We’re absolutely thrilled to share that CardMedic has been awarded funding by SBRI Healthcare! This incredible milestone fills our entire team with both gratitude and renewed purpose. This award reinforces our commitment to improving patient safety and tackling health inequalities … Read More
Author Archives: CardMedic
Forbes shares how CardMedic is overcoming communication barriers in healthcare
Search engines and social media have fuelled a growing trend toward DIY diagnosis, as Check Warner recently highlighted in Forbes. However, health literacy remains a significant challenge – more than 40% of UK adults struggle to understand the medical information … Read More
Making digital patient consent more accessible through collaboration with digital health innovators Â
What happens when you bring together innovative healthcare companies to solve real-world patient communication challenges? Magic! That’s exactly what we witnessed at a recent demo day at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), marking the culmination of an exciting 11-week … Read More
Enhancing maternity care through accessible communication
By Sallie Crosier, Community Midwife Team Lead, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust As a community midwife team leader working with an increasingly diverse population, I’ve witnessed firsthand how language barriers can significantly impact maternity care. While we … Read More
Breaking down barriers: addressing racial disparities in maternity care Â
By Ruby Jackson, Midwife, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Digital Health Innovator Working at the intersection of healthcare innovation and maternal care, I know how structural racism and unconscious bias continues to shape the experiences of Black … Read More
It’s time to create accountability for improving healthcare communicationÂ
By Maria Rowntree, Community Midwife Team Lead Working as an NHS midwife, I’ve seen firsthand how care experiences are affected when the person being cared for doesn’t speak or speaks limited English. My research has indicated that pregnant people are … Read More
Bridging the Language Gap: PhD Study demonstrates How CardMedic Transformed Patient Satisfaction and Healthcare Equity
Health disparities have long been a challenge for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients, leading to disadvantages in accurate diagnosis and effective treatment due to communication barriers. Patients with LEP often struggle with poorer health outcomes and a lack of access … Read More
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust goes live with CardMedic to improve health equity
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is the latest large healthcare provider to go live with CardMedic, the innovative communication app that is helping the NHS improve health equity and access to care. The trust wide roll out to 7,500 staff … Read More
Why we’re not relying on generative AI to improve patient communication – for now
As a company whose primary business is clinical content creation, you might think we’re worried about the advent of generative AI in healthcare. We’re not – in fact, we’re cautiously excited about its possibilities. Let us explain why. In healthcare, … Read More
Collaborating to tackle health inequities at the Royal Society of Medicine
We’ve started the year with a bang! Our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Rachael Grimaldi went to the Royal Society of Medicine‘s #TacklingInequalities event last week, and it was inspiring to see a room filled with people who want to make a difference. She shared … Read More
