Amazon Starts Delivering Medications via Drone
Amazon Pharmacy is now offering a drone delivery service for prescription medications in College Station, Texas. The service is free and allows patients to receive their medications within 60 minutes.
Merck takes part in test of medicine-delivery drones in Puerto Rico
Merck, Volans-I, Softbox and AT&T are working with Direct Relief to test the drone system, which will deliver medicines to remote areas of the island.
Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.
In emergencies, drones can help deliver medical supplies and … even Google Glass
Medical drones can not only deliver vital medical supplies but also provide devices like the Google Glass through a HIPAA-compliant platform to help physicians communicate with victims on the ground.
Zipline raises $25M as it prepares to launch drone delivery medical supply service in U.S.
The drone business is planning to expand its drone delivery service in Rwanda. It also plans to launch in the U.S. next year, as part of a partnership with the White House and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Your critical medical supplies could be a drone away
Companies like Zipline and Flirtey are testing the use of drones to ship critical medical supplies like blood units to far-flung regions of the world. The White House is supporting unmanned aerial vehicles for healthcare too.
Morning Read: Deal boosts idea of drones for organ delivery, N.Y. gets statewide Parkinson’s telemedicine
Also, Humana consider dropping individual Obamacare plans, "world's most expensive medicine" rarely used and California to raise smoking age to 21.
The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
Drones hold promise for delivering blood samples to labs
This work from Johns Hopkins researchers could open up access to testing in remote and poor corners of the globe, according to an article published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One.