Mass General Brigham tests drones for 'hospital at home': 6 things to know

Mass General Brigham tests drones for 'hospital at home': 6 things to know 
Becker's Health IT; by Giles Bruce; 10/15/24 
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has tested out drone delivery for its hospital-at-home program. Here are six things to know:

1. The health system rolled out the first phase of its proof-of-concept drone project for medical delivery in August at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston. ...
2. While Mass General Brigham already has the largest hospital-at-home program in the U.S., with the capacity to treat 70 patients at a time, drone delivery would give it the ability to expand further, ...
3. The drone program is still a ways off from going live. ...
4. Cost is another factor. ...
5. Dr. Levine cited a possible use case: ...
6. Drones could ultimately be just one part of the technological supply chain that powers "hospital-at-home," which already relies on remote monitoring and smart devices to provide acute care at home. ...