The healthcare language app is now funded until March next year to help it develop a portal which delivers language services.
Oxford-based healthcare language app CardMedic has secured £411,000 in grant funding from Innovate UK’s SMART grant programme.
The grant will fund a 12-month project until March next year, to scale and integrate a portal which delivers language services.
Funds will be used to strengthen the firm’s existing software to create an AI-enhanced end-to-end language service provision system which enables immediate access to healthcare content. This will include on-demand personalised interpreter services from trusted translation and interpretation providers.
“This funding enables us to realise our long-term vision of making healthcare communication even more accessible and efficient,” said co-founder and managing director Tim Grimaldi.
Speed and accessibility
New developments include enhancements to the existing CardMedic Frontline app. The firm aims to deliver improved speed and accessibility features including adjustable content sizes for people with visual impairments, streamlined language navigation for people with English as a second or third language, enhanced performance for NHS integration, offline, device agnostic use and optimised landscape viewing enabling patients to better understand diagnostics and treatment.
CardMedic Connect will be the company’s new portal. By offering access to diverse language service providers tailored to specific needs, patients will benefit from clearer information and the ability to make more informed choices about their care. The integration of AI technology will enhance CardMedic’s expert-validated medical communication database and create a comprehensive and specialised resource. This ensures accurate and consistent communication and facilitates access to interpreters who not only understand the language but also the crucial cultural context and norms, enabling healthcare providers to access different language service providers.
This latest funding follows CardMedic’s £499,683 grant from Small Business Research Initiative Healthcare in April.
