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💛 Help raise funds and support a world record attempt at #Rewired25💛   If you're at #Rewired25 digital health event, come support an extraordinary mission to set a new world record and help children with cancer and their families.   A team of 12 aims to row 1 million metres non-stop in under 61 hours, 58 minutes, and 41 seconds and set a new world record. The money raised will go towards providing exercise therapy for children with cancer.   This amazing challenge is the idea of anaesthetist Gihan Ganesh, whose 2-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a rare pelvic tumour. He aims to raise £1,000 for every day that his daughter was on active treatment - a total of £169,000.   Come by the CardMedic stand 62 at Digital Health Rewired to find out more about the idea and meet the team involved in this inspiring record attempt!   You can also find out more on the dedicated website: https://lnkd.in/eT-CUA-B Nuala Foley

We listened with great interest to Dr John Ford and GP Dr Liam Loftus from the Health Equity Evidence Centre on the Talking General Practice podcast with Emma Bower. Their discussion of health inequalities - an issue close to our hearts - highlighted how clinicians, system leaders, and policymakers can make evidence-based decisions to create more equitable healthcare. A key takeaway? Communication support in suitable languages is vital. One simple and effective measure to address health inequalities is the multilingual promotion of cancer screening for non-English speakers. Ensuring that migrants and vulnerable groups are aware of their right to care and translation support is another critical step. With MBRRACE-UK data showing that services often fail to meet migrant women’s needs - impacting care from booking to bereavement - the evidence is clear: 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. We’re hopeful that future NHS plans will act on this evidence and implement the necessary support. Discover more: https://lnkd.in/eHUq8MDE #HealthEquity #TranslationMatters #PrimaryCare #HealthInequalities #InclusiveHealthcare

🚨 We’re heading to #Rewired25 on March 18-19! 🚨    Visit us at Stand F62 (by the Integrated Care Stage) to see how CardMedic is eliminating language barriers in healthcare and enhancing access for all.    Used by NHS trusts and integrated care systems, CardMedic connects caregivers and patients to language services at the point of need - helping the 1 in 2 patients who face communication challenges.    Why does this matter? Communication barriers   ▶️ Disrupt patient flow  ▶️ Contribute to staff burnout  ▶️ Can impact the quality of care    Our platform gives every patient a voice, regardless of language, ability, or background, so they can engage in clearer conversations about their care.    Let’s talk about breaking down barriers in healthcare at #Rewired25! See you there. 👋  https://lnkd.in/dhQFnyD 

International Women’s Day is a time to honour the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women worldwide. 💜   This year’s theme, #IAccelerateAction, perfectly embodies our CEO Rachael Grimaldi. Her dedication to breaking down communication barriers is central to CardMedic’s mission to create the world’s most inclusive and accessible language platform.   Today, we celebrate the world's women and thank 👏 Rachael for her passion, leadership and commitment to transforming healthcare communication for all.   #IAccelerateAction #IWD2025

🚀 What happens when you bring together innovative healthcare companies to solve real-world challenges? Magic! At a recent demo day at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust (and supported by the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA), CardMedic joined forces with Concentric Health, VirtTuri, Remcare, and Eviden to tackle a key NHS issue - ensuring every patient fully understands the consent process, regardless of language or communication needs. Concentric has already digitised the consent process and wanted to reach patients who face communication barriers. By combining its expertise with CardMedic’s accessibility features, we’ve created a more inclusive healthcare experience. By integrating CardMedic’s content and communication tools with Concentric’s digitised consent solution, we have developed an integrated platform that can reduce last-minute cancellations and enables hospitals to have consent conversations earlier in the patient journey. Early data is promising and shows around a 5% reduction in delays and cancellations when using this digital approach. Scaled more widely, the solution could help cut NHS backlogs and improve theatre productivity. 👍 Learn more about this great example of how healthtech collaboration can drive positive change. https://lnkd.in/eVMuGfKT ▶️ Hear from our CEO Rachael Grimaldi on her thoughts about the day in this video round-up #DigitalConsent #HealthEquity

Women from ethnic minorities face language and communication barriers and inadequate access to interpreters throughout their healthcare experiences, The King's Fund highlights. Its report calls on policy makers and integrated care boards to improve access to equitable, culturally competent healthcare, including translation and interpretation services, to address ethnic disparities in women's health across all life stages. Thanks to Prof. Bola Owolabi, MRCGP MFPH(Hon), FRSPH for flagging this important report. Together, we can address the issues that exacerbate #HealthInequality and give staff the tools to enhance healthcare for all women. #IWD2025

World Hearing Day reminds us of the importance of supporting those who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing. By 2030, over 500 million people are expected to have disabling hearing loss.     CardMedic helps patients and healthcare professionals communicate with clinical content in sign language and 50+ other formats. See more of our features: https://lnkd.in/esxkCmnV #WorldHearingDay #WHD25 

NHS figures show that over 21,000 last-minute operations were cancelled in the three months leading to 2024. Around 10% of delays and cancellations relate to day-of-surgery consent processes.  By integrating CardMedic’s content and communication tools with Concentric Health’s digitised consent solution, we've developed an integrated platform that can reduce last minute cancellations and enables hospitals to have consent conversations earlier in the patient journey.  Find out more about how this unique collaboration has driven positive change in the blog 👇 Dr Penny Kechagioglou Dafydd Loughran University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA University of Warwick

Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) play a crucial role in improving health and wellbeing. Many rely on CardMedic's clinically validated, multilingual content to overcome communication barriers, enabling effective interactions between AHPs and patients. This directly supports efforts to reduce health inequalities - a mission at the heart of everything we do.    We welcome the new UK AHP Public Health Strategic Framework 2025-2030. This framework empowers AHPs to collaborate with communities to address such inequalities, as well as improve access and enhance health outcomes for diverse population groups.    At CardMedic, we’re proud to support the NHS workforce in building a more equitable future, so we can make healthcare more inclusive for everyone.  https://lnkd.in/eeKZngdY 

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), with National Voices and The Point of Care Foundation, has developed a self-assessment and improvement framework to help integrated care systems (ICSs) engage meaningfully with people and communities to tackle health inequalities better.    We welcome this framework and its recommendations to enhance accessibility by removing barriers to engagement. The advice to provide materials in multiple formats and real-time interpretation availability is excellent.  These are all features of CardMedic, which has evolved to meet the needs of patients and professionals.    The guidance could build on the data on communication needs to be captured for the NHS elective reform plan. This would allow engagement activities to be strategically tailored to address those quantified needs.    We know that engaging well with people and communities in appropriate formats goes a long way to enhancing health equity. Reports from CQC, MBRRACE, and the NHS Race & Health Observatory have shown the devastating impact of language barriers, particularly in maternity care, that can affect underserved communities.     If we know a person speaks a language other than English, we must ensure their communication needs are identified and met when discussing, designing, and delivering care. Doing so could reduce the distressing outcomes described in these reports and address the communication gaps our CEO, Rachael Grimaldi, has written about .    https://lnkd.in/eafrEn4z