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Launching a hospital pharmacy drone delivery service for underserved communities

Written by | 17 Feb 2025

Cindy Williams, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Riverside Health, Virginia, USA, is leading a multidisciplinary project to implement medication delivery by drone in order to improve […]

What are the next steps for drone delivery of medicines?

Written by | 16 Feb 2025

Much has been learned in the process of developing the drone-delivery scheme. Routine deliveries of medications have been made every 90 days to project patients for 18 months […]

How does a drone delivery service for medicines work in practice?

Written by | 15 Feb 2025

In this pilot project, deliveries of medicines were made to individuals in single-family homes; the medicines were packaged in purpose-designed boxes and the recipients had to agree to […]

Challenging logistics of a drone delivery service for medicines

Written by | 14 Feb 2025

The drone delivery service had to operate within a number of ‘guard-rails’ including restrictions on the types of medicines that could be carried and the suitability of destinations.  […]

Could a drone delivery service for medicines improve healthcare?

Written by | 13 Feb 2025

Cindy Williams, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Riverside Health, Virginia, USA, is leading a multidisciplinary project to implement medication delivery by drone in order to improve […]

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