New COVID-19 Test Supports Latest NYC DOH Guidance
As NYC DOH recommends weekly and monthly COVID-19 testing for some healthcare workers, Mobile Health has added a new Point of Care COVID-19 rapid test to its NY clinic offerings. The Accula SARS-CoV-2 Test by Mesa Biotech joins two other COVID-19 tests available at four Mobile Health New York locations. For employers preferring to evaluate staff at[Read the Rest]
Schools Get Education on COVID-19 Testing
Masks, face shields and hybrid schedules are not the only changes returning students face this fall. Many, including New York City students, will encounter random COVID-19 testing and screening. To help students cope with pandemic-related stress, some districts have incorporated social-emotional learning (SEL) taught by psychologists and social workers. Several Long Island school superintendents and[Read the Rest]
After Hansom Cab Tests, NY Canters Toward Normalcy
Since COVID-19 struck, native New Yorker Mobile Health has screened and protected frontline workers inside its city clinics. Recently, however, it stepped outside to help breathe life back into its neighborhood — by giving rapid-result COVID-19 tests to Central Park carriage drivers. A Mobile Health medical team administered the Accula SARS-CoV-2 Test by Mesa Biotech to about a[Read the Rest]
Unpacking FIT KIT: Out-of-the-Box Fit Testing
Mobile Health has always offered Respirator Fit Tests, either by clinic appointment or by going onsite to workplaces to fit-test large groups. However, heightened demand for fit tests during COVID-19 inspired a third fit test option: FIT KIT. Mobile Health provides each organization with supplies and live virtual or on-site training. Each kit is shipped to businesses within 72 hours to fit test workers themselves. [Read the Rest]
Workplace Testing: What’s the Cost of ‘NOT’ Doing It?
Businesses contemplating workplace COVID-19 testing should ask themselves a key question: What is the cost of NOT testing? That’s the advice Mobile Health CEO Andrew Shulman offered during a recent webinar, “Safe and Effective Return to Work,” sponsored by the Queens Chamber of Commerce. The program examined COVID-19 testing and screening options for businesses. It’s[Read the Rest]
Worker Drug Test Positivity Highest in 16 Years
Even prior to COVID-19, the U.S. workforce exhibited a troubling trend in employer drug testing positivity, according to the latest Quest Diagnostics analysis. Pre-pandemic research by the diagnostic services provider found that the rate of workforce drug positivity hit a 16-year high in 2019. In particular, positivity rates rose in urine drug tests, climbing to[Read the Rest]
Point of Care PCR Tests: Results in 30 Minutes
There’s good news for businesses, schools, universities and other large groups considering COVID-19 testing but deterred by long waits for results. Mobile Health On-Site COVID-19 screening and testing program now offers Point of Care PCR molecular testing with RESULTS IN 30 MINUTES. The on-the-spot PCR test combines the reliability of the ‘gold standard’ PCR diagnostic test with the[Read the Rest]
COVID-19 Rapid Test Now at 4 NY Clinics
Mobile Health now offers COVID-19 rapid antigen testing at four New York locations, with results available in 15 minutes. Clients can schedule appointments for the Quidel Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA test at the following New York clinics: Manhattan Bronx Queens Court Street, Brooklyn The first antigen test to receive FDA Emergency Use Approval (EUA)[Read the Rest]
Meet Steven Miller – Director of Account Management
If you want to know something, ask. This philosophy has served Director of Account Management Steven Miller from a young age. Curious about becoming a journalist, he phoned former Newsday reporter Gail Collins and asked her how she did it. When he developed an interest in sports broadcasting, he grilled the New York Knicks public[Read the Rest]
Pooled Testing: Diagnostic Quality, Lower Costs
When it comes to COVID-19 testing, most enterprises seek a low-cost, high-quality diagnostic test that delivers rapid results. While no current test checks every box, pooled testing comes close by expanding diagnostic testing capacity while reducing costs and turnaround. The CDC defines pooled testing— also called pooling or batch testing— as combining nasal swab respiratory[Read the Rest]
