Becker's Healthcare October 15, 2024
Giles Bruce

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has tested out drone delivery for its hospital-at-home program.

Here are six things to know:

1. The health system rolled out the first phase of its proof-of-concept drone project for medical delivery in August at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston. Working with drone company Draganfly and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s aeronautics division, Mass General Brigham successfully simulated a drone delivery of hospital-at-home supplies, with a paramedic retrieving the medical package.

2. While Mass General Brigham already has the largest hospital-at-home program in the U.S., with the capacity to treat 70 patients at a time, drone delivery would give it the ability to expand further, according to David Levine, MD, clinical director of...

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Topics: Drones, Health System / Hospital, Home, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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