Integrating drones into NHS patient diagnostic logistics systems: Flight or fantasy?

Andy Oakey; Matt Grote; Angela Smith; Tom Cherrett; Aliaksei Pilko; Janet Dickinson; Laila AitBihiOuali

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264669

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Integrating drones into NHS patient diagnostic logistics systems: Flight or fantasy?

Andy Oakey ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.oakey@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1796-5485

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Matt Grote,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Angela Smith,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bournemouth University Business School, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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Tom Cherrett,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Aliaksei Pilko,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0023-0300

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Janet Dickinson,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bournemouth University Business School, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3310-2882

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Laila AitBihiOuali

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Integrating drones into NHS patient diagnostic logistics systems: Flight or fantasy?

Andy Oakey,
Matt Grote,
Angela Smith,
Tom Cherrett,
Aliaksei Pilko,
Janet Dickinson,
Laila AitBihiOuali

Published: December 22, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264669

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