CardMedic is an Oxford-based COVID start-up founded in 2020. It has an award-winning application and a website to support vital communication between healthcare staff and patients. The app is available in over 30 languages in the UK, Europe, Canada, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. It is accessible on Android and Apple devices and has 55,000 active users and 22,000 app downloads. To cater to various users and needs, CardMedic offers three plans- CardMedic Lite (Free), CardMedic health, and CardMedic health plus.
The focus of the app is to overcome health inequities and communication challenges by offering its use in primary, secondary, tertiary, community, or pre-hospital care. To facilitate communication without barriers the application hosts an A-Z library of digital flashcards replicating clinical conversations around common healthcare topics, read-aloud functionality, and sign language features for D/deaf users. The content on the app is written by experts and its features are fully customizable to improve the quality of care for patients.
