Rx for the Future: How AI and Automation Are Reshaping Healthcare | 💊 + 🤖 +🛸

Jeff Mard
2 min readMar 15, 2024

Lessons learned from the “The Future of Healthcare: How Robots, Automation, and AI are Transforming Care Delivery” Keynote delivered at #HIMSS24.

Source: Zipline

Zipline epitomizes the fusion of crowd-sourced trends, cutting-edge technology, healthcare innovation, and globalaltruism towards those most in need.

At HIMSS’s flagship conference, amidst a crowd of thousands, I had the privilege of witnessing Keller Rinaudo Cliffton and his team unveil a groundbreaking initiative. Which I consider the transformation of global healthcare delivery through near-real-time drone transport of critical medications.

With an impressive range of 320 km and a speed of 60 mph on a single charge, this startup has covered millions of miles, delivering over 60,000 packages, each potentially life-saving. Picture this: a distress call comes in, and within a mere two minutes, essential medication is en route to the patient. Achieving a remarkable 100% delivery accuracy across nearly one million deliveries is a testament to the seamless integration of technology and human innovation — a feat worthy of applause.

For a visual depiction of its functionality, I urge you to watch the timelapse video captured during Keller’s keynote address.

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Jeff Mard

Content creator & conference aficionado 💡 Captures keynotes, startups & exhibitors ✍🏼 Expert @ Networking 🤝 Building Meaningful Value 💰 Lifting Others Up ⬆️