Dr Rachael Grimaldi is an adult and paediatric NHS anaesthetist, 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.   
 

CardMedic is a growing and disruptive UK/US-based innovative digital health company focused on value-based care, by reducing health inequities due to communication barriers including language, cognitive and sensory impairment, learning disabilities and literacy issues. Designed in rapid response to the global communication crisis in healthcare at the start of the pandemic, CardMedic has quickly evolved into a flexible tool to overcome any communication barrier in healthcare – language, visual, hearing or cognitive impairment, or PPE. CardMedic is available in over 10% of NHS Trusts across the UK and growing. Drop them a note on contact@cardmedic.com for a chat!