MUHS collaborates with Microsoft for digital innovation in medical education

Maharashtra: Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has signed a MoU with Microsoft for digital innovation in medical education and healthcare services. It's a year-long collaboration.

Microsoft will provide the tools and technologies to build applications, including mixed reality, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and blockchain. MUHS and Microsoft will co-develop solutions using Microsoft HoloLens 2 to improve healthcare delivery and build training content for doctors, nurses and other clinical staff.

MUHS wants to use technology in various aspects of medical education and healthcare services. Through technology, the university wants to live demonstrate critical surgeries to its students, seek expert advice during operation, digital tools to convert speech into text having multilanguage support, etc.

MUHS VC, Lt Gen Dr Madhuri Kanitkar (Retd) said, "MUHS is on a pathway of a new vision and new vistas. In this regard, we are happy to collaborate with Microsoft using mixed reality to reach the unreached. We stand by our commitments towards Digital Health as a way forward aligning with the nation's Digital India policy," as quoted by Times Now.

Microsoft set up its India operations in 1990 and offers its global cloud services from local data centers to accelerate digital transformation across Indian start-ups, businesses, and government agencies. The primary mission is to enable every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) is a higher education institution in Nashik, Maharashtra. The university was established on June 3, 1998, by the Government of Maharashtra through an ordinance. The State Legislature passed the ordinance, and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences was declared open by the governor of Maharashtra on June 10, 1998. All colleges and institutions imparting education in health science in the state of Maharashtra have been affiliated with this new university under Section 6(3) of the Act.[2].