I've written about health care for three decades, starting from my native Iowa where I covered the presidential campaign bus rides of Bill and Hillary Clinton through the Hawkeye state talking health reform and the economy.
Amazon said its pharmacy business is launching drone delivery of prescription medications in College Station, Texas, ahead of an eventual launch in other cities across the U.S.
Medications will be dropped outside customer doors within 60 minutes of placing their orders at “no additional cost,” Amazon Pharmacy“Eligible Amazon Pharmacy customers can select ‘free drone delivery in less than 60 minutes’ at checkout,” Amazon said in its announcement. “A pharmacist will then ensure medications are loaded and transported to a customer’s home within the next hour.
Amazon isn’t the first retail pharmacy to experiment with drone delivery of prescriptions. Rivals including Walgreens, CVS Health and Walmart have already launched drone delivery of prescription drugs. It’s part of the latest effort by retail pharmacies to increase medication adherence and offer healthcare services in the right place, at the right time and in the right amount. Even when consumers have drug coverage, studies show at least one in three customers who are prescribed medications don’t pick them up, don’t take them appropriately or don’t take them at all.
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