Improving access to health care from 7,000 miles away, with Michael Marin, MD

More than five billion people lack access to relatively simple surgical procedures that could dramatically improve their quality of life, and even save their lives. In this episode of Connected & Ready, host Gemma Milne joins Dr. Michael Marin, Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief for the Mount Sinai Health System, about developing a remote surgery program to help address this enormous gap in access to health care. Just one year old, this groundbreaking pilot program uses a shared surgery model and mixed reality technologies like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist and HoloLens so that surgeons at Mount Sinai can guide their counterparts at Kyabirwa Surgical Center in Uganda through new procedures and train them in new skills, in real time, thus expanding the capabilities of local medical care. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist leverages mixed reality to enable remote teams to work with experts and solve problems in real time. Request a live demo today: https://aka.ms/AA8kzgj Thank you for listening to Connected & Ready! Do you have ideas of how we can improve the show? Want to recommend a guest for us to interview? We value your partnership and participation. Please drop us a note at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you.