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Zipline begins medical drone deliveries in Utah

Zipline drone delivery medical supplies prescriptions

There are two pet peeves that just about every sick person has in common: a trip to the doctor’s office and a trip to the pharmacy. 

The first problem has been addressed by services like telehealth, which take the visit out of the doctor’s visit. But unless you live next door to a pharmacy, you will probably still need to get dressed and go for a drive.

Unless you live in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley.

This week, drone delivery firm Zipline began flying commercially in the region with Intermountain...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zipline-begins-medical-drone-deliveries-in-utah

Zipline launches US commercial deliveries with Walmart

Zipline and Walmart are partnering on commercial drone delivery of medical supplies in Pea Ridge, Arkansas

Zipline has made a name for itself as the drone company for underserved and remote populations, delivering emergency medical supplies like vaccines and blood transfusions to remote locations across Africa and Southeast Asia. Now it’s coming to the U.S.

Zipline and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have partnered to launch an autonomous drone delivery service in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, which will mark the company’s first commercial deliveries in the U.S. The rollout of the new service closely follows news earlier...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zipline-launches-us-commercial-deliveries-with-walmart

Health systems pushing medical suppliers on sustainability

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This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

The trend: As hospital systems aim to reduce their carbon emissions and other pollutants, they’re pushing manufacturers, distributors and other suppliers to adopt more aggressive environmental goals.

Last year, Kaiser Permanente became the first U.S. hospital system to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by cutting its own energy use and investing in projects that remove carbon from the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/health-systems-pushing-medical-suppliers-on-sustainability