Drone Medical Package Delivery for Improved Transportation and Better Patient Outcomes Final Implementation Report

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• Creators:
  El-Adle, Amro ; Alden, Madeline ; Chen, Yin-Hsuen ; Davidson, Melissa
• Corporate Creators:
  Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission ; Riverside Health System ; DroneUp ; Old Dominion University ; Virginia Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy ; Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
• Contributors:
  Doyle, Anne ; O'Brien, Kevin ; Bowles, David ; Costulis, John ; Chuquin, Nick ; Coffey, Cindy ; Schreiber, Sally ; Williams, Cindy ; Hartman, Sally ; James, Greg ; Dutro, Karen ; Zumbuhl, Stephanie ; Weston, April ; Varnson, Eileen ; Zimmerman, Jessica ; Davidson, Joel ; St. Pierre, Katie ; Harte, Chad ; Richter, Heather ; Koehl, Aaron
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accessibility Autonomous Vehicles Delivery Service Drones Geographic Information Systems Health Care Medical Services Medicine Outcome (Medical Treatment) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Socioeconomic Areas

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KB4X8T
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Open Access; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Program
• Abstract:
  The Drone Medical Package Delivery for Improved Transportation and Better Patient Outcomes planning and prototyping grant involves five partners, including Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission (A-NPDC), Riverside Health System, Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy (VISA), Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), and DroneUp. The partners worked together to address access, safety, reliability and sustainability for medical and emergency response package delivery via drone; specifically, where the use of aerial drones could lead to better patient outcomes and improved safety and emergency response.
  
  The goal of the project was to develop an operational prototype that would evolve into a self-sustaining delivery service, significantly improving health care outcomes for vulnerable populations, and ensuring direct access for underserved populations. This includes people living on the rural Eastern Shore of Virginia, as well as Tangier Island, which is located in the Chesapeake Bay, 17 miles from the closest hospital. The structure of this report is comprised of two parts with the first half focusing on Stage 1 prototype results and findings and the second half focuses on data supported benefits of at-scale implementation, operational lessons learned and deployment readiness for Stage 2.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  This is an open access report under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Please cite this report as:
  
  Alden, Madeline; Chen, Yin-Hsuen; El-Adle, Amro; Davidson, Melissa, 2025, "Stage 1 Implementation Report", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KB4X8T, Harvard Dataverse, V1
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3552341006
• Collection(s):
  SMART Program
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:84c6b5658729175561ed0a90ed965c122649535768dae2be9315c1f7c1a4f9cb46dd25850b1b8775d936a496e03de04a0fb8303c3e656c91b96a1a5472e66863
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85114/dot_85114_DS1.pdf
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