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Draganfly Announces Agreement to Pilot Drone Delivery Services Program for Mass General Brigham’s Home Hospital

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Boston, MA., Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8A) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions and systems developer, is pleased to announce an agreement with Mass General Brigham to provide drone delivery and solutions for the healthcare system’s Home Hospital patients. Home Hospital aims to create a model that enhances the overall patient experience, improves access to essential services, and provides more cost-effective solutions for its patients.

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  • Boston, MA., Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8A) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions and systems developer, is pleased to announce an agreement with Mass General Brigham to provide drone delivery and solutions for the healthcare system’s Home Hospital patients.
  • Home Hospital aims to create a model that enhances the overall patient experience, improves access to essential services, and provides more cost-effective solutions for its patients.
  • Mass General Brigham’s Home Hospital is one of the largest in the country.
  • Draganfly’s drone technology and pilot services will map and develop delivery routes to support the needs of both patients and staff.

Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham collaborate to meet patients’ growing Healthcare at Home needs

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham are collaborating to support a new model of healthcare delivery that serves patients where they want to be — at home.

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  • Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham are collaborating to support a new model of healthcare delivery that serves patients where they want to be — at home.
  • Together, Home Hospital and Home Care are components of Mass General Brigham’s overall Healthcare at Home portfolio, which will now be supported by Best Buy Health.
  • Together, Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham will develop customized systems and capabilities to enhance the experience for patients receiving Home Hospital care as well as for the multi-dimensional care team that provides it.
  • As part of this relationship, Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham will engage with and make significant investments in the community to enable the next generation of the Healthcare at Home workforce.

VCU Health and Anthem announce new multi-year contract

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

VCU Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have renewed a new multi-year agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities and physicians in Anthem’s network guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members.

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  • VCU Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have renewed a new multi-year agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities and physicians in Anthem’s network guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members.
  • "We hold our partnership with Anthem in high regard, and we are delighted to forge a fresh agreement that expands our collaboration, ensuring uninterrupted access to high-quality healthcare for Anthem customers," said Marlon Levy, M.D., interim senior vice president for VCU Health Sciences and interim CEO of VCU Health System.
  • The Food is Medicine program at VCU Health, sponsored by Feed More, works to reduce hunger among patients screening positive for food insecurity during health care visits.
  • There are now Food is Medicine screening sites at a total of 14 VCU Health clinics.

Inbound Health Exceeds 5,000 Acute Care-at-Home Episodes in its Partnership with Allina Health

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Inbound Health, a company that enables health systems and health plans to offer hospital-at-home and skilled nursing-at-home programs, has announced today that their proprietary platform has enabled Allina Health to successfully conduct over 5,000 home-based acute care episodes. Data generated from the 5,000+ historical episodes show that Allina Health is caring for patients with high severity of illness yet achieving outsized clinical outcomes. Since the program's inception, the average severity of illness score for the home hospital cohort of patients was 24.3% higher than that of the cohort of patients that were referred to a facility-based care setting. At the same time, the program generated a potentially preventable readmissions score of .91, outperforming brick-and-mortar post-acute care settings. The program has generated an average NPS score of 86, demonstrating that patients and their family members prefer this level of care when clinically appropriate.

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  • Data generated from the 5,000+ historical episodes show that Allina Health is caring for patients with high severity of illness yet achieving outsized clinical outcomes.
  • The company's flexible partnership structure enables Allina Health to leverage its existing assets and capabilities while relying on Inbound Health to fill the gaps required to scale these programs across its service area.
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota was an early supporter of Inbound Health through its network agreement with Allina Health.
  • "We are very proud of the fact that our partnership with Allina Health has delivered safe and high-quality care at a lower total cost," said Dave Kerwar, CEO of Inbound Health.

HMA conference to look at future of Hospital at Home model in Asia

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

This is why Hospital Management Asia is organising the Hospital@Home Asia conference, with Singapore's MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation as knowledge partner.

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  • This is why Hospital Management Asia is organising the Hospital@Home Asia conference, with Singapore's MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation as knowledge partner.
  • The one-day event on 25 November will delve into different aspects of hospital at home programmes with a particular focus on Singapore's MIC@Home (Mobile Inpatient Care at Home).
  • Prof Dan and Dr Montalto will be joining the first panel discussion looking at whether Hospital at Home is the future of acute medicine.
  • Registration is now open - click on this link for more information on the agenda, speakers, and to register: www.hospitalmanagementasia.com/events/hospital-at-home/.

The Worldwide Body-Worn Temperature Sensors Industry is Projected to Reach $528 Million by 2027 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The Global Body-Worn Temperature Sensors Market is estimated to be USD 80 Mn in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 528.89 Mn by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 45.9%.

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  • The Global Body-Worn Temperature Sensors Market is estimated to be USD 80 Mn in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 528.89 Mn by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 45.9%.
  • Market dynamics are forces that impact the prices and behaviors of the Global Body-Worn Temperature Sensors Market stakeholders.
  • The report presents a detailed Ansoff matrix analysis for the Global Body-Worn Temperature Sensors Market.
  • Based on the SWOT analysis conducted on the industry and industry players, the analyst has devised suitable strategies for market growth.

Blessing Health System Partners with Biofourmis to Launch Home Hospital Services

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

BOSTON, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biofourmis, a Boston-based global leader in virtual care and digital therapeutics, today announced that it was selected by Blessing Health System in Quincy, Ill., as the technology solutions partner for its newest program, which delivers acute-level hospital care inside patients' homes.

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  • Blessing Health System is an integrated rural health system spread over three states (Illinois, Missouri and Iowa) consisting of three hospitals, two physician groups, an accredited college of nursing and health sciences, a network of medical specialty businesses and a charitable foundation.
  • Biofourmis is supporting the health system with its turnkey, end-to-end, home hospital solution for participation in the Rural Home Hospital project.
  • Blessing Health System providers will visit patients in their homes and utilize Biofourmis technology to remotely monitor them using biosensors and a patient-centric companion app.
  • Blessing Health System is also one of 92 health systems in the nation to receive the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, with 204 hospitals in 34 states participating (as of March 17).