About Us
About CardMedic
At CardMedic, we are on a mission to make patient communication in healthcare more accessible and become a movement for change. At our core is an ethos of improving patient safety, experience and quality of care, and reducing health inequalities.
Our approach
Inclusive Communication
We believe in making healthcare information accessible for all.
So we built a digital "One Stop Communication Shop" to empower staff and patients to communicate across any barrier.
Now we want to become a movement for change.

OUR INSPIRATION
The Human Element
CardMedic is an innovative and multi award-winning website and app designed to improve communication between healthcare staff and patients, across any barrier – whether that’s visual, hearing or cognitive impairment, a language barrier, or PPE (personal protective equipment). CardMedic encompasses an A-Z collection of digital flashcards accessible via smart phone, tablet or desktop. Written by clinical experts, simply and succinctly, CardMedic replicates conversations around common healthcare topics with simple questions and explanations to guide the clinical interaction.
Meet The Founders


Our founders, Rachael and Tim, were inspired to create CardMedic after reading a news article about a critically ill Covid-19 survivor, terrified when unable to understand healthcare staff through the PPE barrier. This struck a chord. It highlighted the daily struggles and health inequalities faced by patients with communication challenges, over hundreds of years. Stuck abroad at the height of the pandemic and unable to return home to work on the frontline, CardMedic was established to ensure that every patient can be offered healthcare information in a format they understand.
Our Mission
Reduce Health Inequalities
Everyone has a right to understand healthcare information.
Offer Patient-Centred Care
Why do we do what we do? To better our patients' experiences. Simple.
Enhance Quality of Care
We want to empower staff and patients to overcome any communication barrier.
Improve Patient Safety
Our aim is to reduce critical incidents secondary to miscommunication.
Design Inclusive Communication
We are proud partners of Inclusive Fruit and Include - experts in inclusive content.
Become A Movement For Change
CardMedic Foundation actively seeks to contribute towards global health equality aligned with WHO Global Health Policy & UN Sustainable Development Goals.
FEATURED IN







Our Team

Dr Rachael Grimaldi
Co- Founder & CEO

Tim Grimaldi
Co-Founder & Managing Director

Jim Gabriel
CCO

Siobhan Macdonald
Head of Client Engagement

Mirella Lingwood
Operations & HR Manager

Dave Nurse
CTO

Bill Turpin
VP & Advisor North America, Texas Medical Center Innovation Advisor

Clara Courtauld
CardMedic Foundation Lead

Gilly Nicol
Account Manager & Accessibility Lead

Marianne Olaleye
Communications & PR Consultant

Dr Scarlett Brandley
Content Curator

Dr Suga Roy
Content Curator

Dr Paulina Perez-Duarte Mendiola
Translator & Content Curator

Alix Lewer
Include.org Charity Partner

Michele Gasper
Accessibility Lead, Speech & Language Therapist

Nadia Iftikhar
Speech & Language Therapist

Fiona O'Neill
Speech & Language Therapist

Emma Shah
Speech & Language Therapist

James Dartnall
Production & Inclusive Communications Lead

Edward Richards
Sign Language Lead

Tony McCarthy
Interpreter
Advisory Panel

Dr Sameer Mistry
Global Global Medical Affairs Lead - GlaxoSmithKline

Blake Mosher
Advisor & Board Observer

Helen Hughes
CEO - Patient Safety Learning

Neil Roberts
CEO - South East Health Technologies Alliance

Ayse McCracken
Texas Medical Center Innovation Advisor

Kristen Phillips
Non-Executive Director, Golden Section Ventures

Marcus Stow OBE
Medical Innovation Advisor

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP, Digital Healthcare Consultant, ICB Clinical Lead

Dr Constantin Jabarin
CMIO International - Altera Digital Health