The Joplin Regional Alliance for Health and Valkyrie UAS Solutions put on a demonstration last week to show how cargo-carrying drones might improve patient outcomes and help rural health care providers that are facing bankruptcy because of rising costs and falling government reimbursements.
Ty Harmon, co-founder and CEO of Valkyrie UAS Solutions, of El Paso, Texas, said drones can transform the way laboratory samples and medicines are moved from medical hubs such as Joplin to rural clinics and physicians that are hours away by road.
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