Category: hospital & health care
Sowingo is a healthcare technology company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2012. It specializes in cloud-based solutions tailored for dental practices, aiming to enhance supply chain management, inventory tracking, and referral workflows. The company serves over 12,000 dental practices across North America.
Sowingo offers a range of products and services, including an inventory management platform that automates stock-level updates and a marketplace for centralized purchasing of dental supplies. It also provides compliance tools for maintaining regulatory standards and a referral management system that facilitates secure sharing of patient information among dental professionals. The platform features real-time collaboration tools and digital treatment letters to streamline communication and improve patient care. Sowingo emphasizes security, real-time data synchronization, and mobile accessibility in its offerings.
The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) is a national organization founded in 2006 to promote interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice in healthcare throughout Canada. It acts as a central hub for health organizations, educators, researchers, professionals, and students, focusing on enhancing team-based care through knowledge sharing and competency development.
CIHC develops the Interprofessional Competency Framework, which outlines essential domains for effective collaboration in healthcare. The organization offers support for IPE curriculum design, faculty development, and training resources. It also shares best practices and research through publications and conferences, serving as a repository for evidence-based IPE strategies. CIHC provides membership benefits that include networking opportunities and access to valuable resources for academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and policymakers. The 2024 refresh of its framework highlights the importance of adaptability in addressing current healthcare challenges.
The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) is a key resource for environmental health practitioners and policymakers in Canada. Established in 2005 and funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the NCCEH focuses on the effects of natural and built environments on health and well-being. It aims to enhance public health practices by synthesizing and translating scientific research into actionable knowledge.
NCCEH offers various services, including knowledge synthesis, evidence-based interventions, and capacity building through networking and collaboration. It produces guidance documents, reports, evidence reviews, fact sheets, and case studies tailored to the needs of its audience. The centre is dedicated to staying informed on current environmental public health issues and is guided by an advisory board of senior professionals in the field. Additionally, the NCCEH is committed to acknowledging Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge, contributing to a better future through its initiatives.
ViewsIQ is a healthcare technology company that develops microscopy imaging solutions for academic institutions and clinical laboratories.
The company’s recent innovation, Panoptiq™, is a digital pathology slide imaging system. Due to its software-based platform, Panoptiq™ integrates into a user’s existing microscopy workflow for real-time slide digitization. To replicate the clearest image possible, Panoptiq™ enables the user to optimize the focus with their microscope. The software automatically sharpens out-of-focus areas within the panoramic image to achieve the best results. Panoptiq™ is an ideal microscopy communication tool for pathology education, tumor boards, and consultations in remote and group settings.
DISCLAIMER: Panoptiq™ is not for primary diagnostic use.
