Beginning in 2025, Cleveland Clinic is looking to use drones to deliver medications directly to patient’s homes.
Cleveland Clinic will use drone company Zipline’s Platform 2 system, which can execute precise deliveries to dense urban areas and completes a 10-mile delivery in about 10 minutes. Docking/charging stations and loading portals for the drones will be added at several of Cleveland Clinic’s Northeast Ohio facilities.
While the service will initially be used to transport specialty medicine and other prescritions, the program will eventually expand to include delivery of lab samples, prescription meals, medical and surgical supplies, and items for hospital at home services.
Watch the video below to see how the Zipline drones operate.