Healthcare IT News May 24, 2024
New partnerships with Mayo Clinic and Memorial Hermann Health Systems will bring Zipline’s autonomous home-delivery service to Houston, Jacksonville and Rochester, Minnesota.
Zipline, the drone delivery and logistics company, announced this week its new partnership with Mayo Clinic’s hospital-at-home program that’s designed to deliver medications and other home-based care needs.
Texas-based Memorial Hermann Health System will also work with the autonomous delivery and logistics company to integrate drone-based transport for specialty prescriptions and medical supplies directly to patient homes in the Houston area beginning in 2026, the health system said.
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Drone delivery of prescriptions may help hasten the goals of healthcare systems and providers that seek to meet patients where they are.
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