A package drop from a Zipline drone. Image courtesy of Zipline.
Intermountain Healthcare is the first health system west of the Mississippi River to use Zipline, the global leader in instant delivery, to bring prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to patients’ homes by way of a drone-based delivery service.
This enables Intermountain to provide people-first care to its patients, in-person or virtually, and ensures patients can receive support in a convenient and accessible way
Zipline’s delivery system features a fleet of small, fixed-wing, fully autonomous aircraft that operate quietly and releases packages with parachutes to a patient’s yard, in an area about the size of a couple parking spaces. Zipline’s aircrafts can fly up to a 50-mile radius in most weather conditions.
Test flights in Utah began several weeks ago.
This partnership will expand gradually over five years and over time, the companies will expand beyond the Salt Lake Valley area to serve other communities throughout Utah so that patients can access the care they need, regardless of where they live.
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