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Rachael Grimaldi

Co-Founder and CEO

Card Medic Limited

Oxford, United Kingdom

6 profile visitsSpeakerSustainable/circular solution provider

Dr Rachael Grimaldi is an NHS anaesthetic doctor, Co-Founder & CEO of CardMedic, Fellow on the NHS Innovation Accelerator & NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.

My organisation

Card Medic Limited

Card Medic Limited

Company (SME)

Oxford, United Kingdom

CardMedic is the healthcare language services portal, positioned to connect frontline caregivers with communication support services immediately, at the point of care. CardMedic is a multi-award-winning app designed to reduce health inequities that arise from communication barriers affecting approximately 50% of the population; namely foreign language, sensory impairment (such as deafness and blindness), cognitive problems (such as stroke, dementia, autism), learning disabilities and literacy issues. Written by clinical experts, CardMedic hosts an ever-growing A-Z library of pre-written scripts replicating common clinical interactions to support history-taking, explanation of procedures, investigations, diagnoses and treatment pathways, patient education and much more, that can be changed to 50 languages, easy read, sign language videos and read-aloud. With an integrated speech-to-text translation tool and link to live interpreters, CardMedic overcomes any communication barrier, at the touch of a button.
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About me

Dr Rachael Grimaldi is a senior anaesthetic registrar at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Co-Founder and CEO of CardMedic, Fellow on the NHS Innovation Accelerator and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, and until recently, was the Associate Medical Director of the Brighton Marathon. Rachael has a long-held interest in human factors, patient safety and communication; winning several prizes for previous work on developing a Safer Intensive Care Unit Handover, before going on to win multiple prizes for her social impact start-up, CardMedic.

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Skills

  • anaesthetics
  • health inequalities
  • Digital Health
  • thought leadership

Interests

  • inclusive communication
  • reducing health inequalities
  • patient experience
  • patient safety

Speaker sessions (1)

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

15:00 - 16:00

More resource-saving and efficient: innovative partnerships in home care

Format:Video conferencingTrack:Pitching session

This session presents some entrepreneurial solutions that can also be used by outpatient care companies to meet increasing sustainable and digital demands.

Marketplace (1)

  • Product

    CardMedic - The Healthcare Language Portal

    CardMedic is a one-stop app designed to reduce health inequalities through improving communication between staff and patients.

    • Distribution Partner
    • Customers/application partners
    • Life Science, Healthcare & Cosmetics
    Author

    Rachael Grimaldi

    Co-Founder and CEO at Card Medic Limited

    Oxford, United Kingdom