Intermountain Healthcare is working to bring drone prescription delivery to patients across the Salt Lake Valley with the help of Zipline, a California-based logistics company.
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Imagine a drone delivering prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to the doorstep or backyard of your home.
FOX 13 News got a first-hand glimpse of how this will work at Zipline's distribution center in South Jordan. Corry said they are in a pilot phase with Zipline on this project, which could involve pharmaceuticals going to a distribution site and then flown out by a drone to a patient's home in just a matter of minutes.
When it comes to the delivery process, Krieger says the patient will receive a text message once the drone is launched and will be able to track the entire course of the delivery, up until the point it arrives at their home."The drone itself has the capability of going in a 50-mile radius, but right now with the different FAA regulations, we're still in kind of a pilot mode," said Corry.
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