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UPS Eyes In-Home Health Services With U.S. Vaccine Project

posted by chromas on Monday March 25 2019, @12:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the vax-me dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

oann.com/ups-eyes-in-home-health-services-with-u-s-vaccine-project

United Parcel Service Inc wants to get beyond U.S. doorsteps with a new push into healthcare.

The world’s largest package delivery firm is preparing to test a U.S. service that dispatches nurses to vaccinate adults in their homes, Reuters has learned, as the company and its healthcare clients work to fend off cost pressures and competitive threats from Amazon.com.

UPS did not disclose which vaccines it would be using in the project, but drug and vaccine maker Merck & Co told Reuters it is looking at partnering with the company for the initiative.

[...] Here is how the test, slated to launch later this year, will operate: Workers in UPS’ 1.7 million-square-foot healthcare complex at Worldport will package and ship the vaccine to one of the more 4,700 franchised U.S. UPS stores. A home health nurse contracted by UPS’ clinical trial logistics unit known as Marken will collect the insulated package, transport it the “last mile” to the patient’s home and administer the vaccine, which will target a viral illness in adults.

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  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Monday March 25 2019, @01:37PM (1 child)

    by Alfred (4006) on Monday March 25 2019, @01:37PM (#819493) Journal
    Which is why I laughed so hard at the idea. With USPS in charge it will never work and they will botch it for sure, all while NOT saving money. UPS is better, but still...
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:00PM (#819620)

    If they want a change at 100% participation, it'll have to be USPS. UPS and FedEx don't come to my door. They drop it off at the local post office and make them do the last leg.