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Healthcare Software
Development
Healthcare software development is a process of creating custom medical apps for state-of-the-art care delivery and cost-efficient internal processes. Proficient in HIPAA, FDA/CE, ISO 13485 requirements, AV Advisors capable developers are committed to delivering robust and cutting-edge software.
Innovative technologies that make your healthcare products fast & secure
Our mobile app development process is guided by technology sets that make your
healthcare product interoperable, robust, fast, and secure.
healthcare product interoperable, robust, fast, and secure.
Big Data
Data Science
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Internet of Things (IoT)
Augmented Reality (AR)
Virtual Reality (VR)
Blockchain
Our approach to Custom Healthcare Software Development and Evolution
Custom healthcare software development is centered on the convenience of the end user (a patient, a physician, a nurse, etc.) throughout the process: from planning the functionality and architecture to designing UI and UX, integrating and improving medical software. Being an ISO 13485-certified vendor, we know how to deliver healthcare software of any complexity and follow the steps below to help achieve tangible business outcomes.
1. Planning
AV Advisors business analysts with extensive experience in the healthcare domain will:
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- Help translate your healthcare software idea into a competitive solution.
- Elicit and analyze functional, operational, and accessibility requirements to create a healthcare software specification.
- Define the applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, FDA, GDPR, MDR, IVDR) and incorporate them into the software design and delivery plan.
- Define the healthcare software development project scope and provide a high-level delivery schedule.
- Analyze the potential risks of software development, software use, etc., and develop a risk mitigation action plan.
2. Design
Our team of UX and UI designers will:
- Map user journeys to design intuitive and simple user experience.
- Design a visual identity for your healthcare software brand.
- Create attractive software interface elements (buttons, menus, icons, etc.) to achieve a sleek visual design with a focus on accessibility.
3. Development
Our skilled developers will :
- Deliver the project according to an iterative approach (with 2-4 week iterations).
- Develop an MVP or the first application version with a set of high-priority features to ensure faster ROI.
- Implement advanced security features to guard PHI (e.g., multi-factor authentication, role-based access, data encryption).
- Integrate software with a healthcare organization’s IT environment or implement APIs for healthcare software products.
4. Testing
Before all major releases of healthcare software, AV Advisor’s QA engineers conduct:
- Functional testing and integration testing.
- Software compliance and vulnerability assessment, penetration testing.
- Performance testing.
- Usability and accessibility testing.
5. Pre-launch activities
- Revise and update the software documentation.
- Conduct a HIPAA compliance pre-audit or GDPR compliance audit.
- For SaMD or medical device software: initiate premarket submission according to the FDA 501k program (US) or the requirements of a Notified Body designated under MDR/IVDR (EU).
6. Launch
Our project team releases healthcare software into the production environment.
7. Support and maintenance
If required, Our healthcare IT support team:
- Monitors and manages the performance of healthcare software.
- Proactively detects and fixes defects.
- Performs daily healthcare software administration tasks (e.g., security checks and updates, user or access management).
- Conducts audits to ensure compliance with HIPAA and GDPR requirements.
8. Healthcare software evolution
If you need to introduce new features (including advanced AI, ML, IoT functionality), customization capabilities, integrations, AV Advisors healthcare IT team is ready to plan and handle healthcare software evolution.
How to Ensure HIPAA Compliance of the Software?
When AV Advisors works on a healthcare software project, we engage our in-house regulatory consultants and integrate HIPAA compliance into all development stages to minimize risks of patient data loss, theft, alteration, and potential financial risks. We sign Business Associate Agreement with each customer to guarantee that we follow HIPAA guidelines. During the development, we implement data security, access management, encryption methods, security practices documentation, etc. We also draw up a risk mitigation plan for medical software usage and review it throughout the project.
Solutions We Offer
Remote Patient
Monitoring
Healthcare Integration
Custom EHR/EMR
Healthcare Integration
Practice Management
Practice Management
mHealth
Healthcare Analytics
Healthcare Software Development Timelines
Medical software project start
within 1 week.
MVP release
from 2-4 months.
New healthcare software versions
every 2-4 weeks.
Technologies We Use
Back-end programming languages
Front-end programming languages
LANGUAGES
JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORKS
Mobile
Clouds
DevOps
CONTAINERIZATION
AUTOMATION
CI/CD TOOLS
MONITORING
Platforms
Benefits
Tailored to Match
Existing Needs
Existing Needs
User-Friendly
Design
Design
Emphasis on Regulatory
Compliance
Compliance
Tailored to Match
Existing Needs
Existing Needs
AV Advisors project managers have spent years in every stage of health care software development and take the time to understand your company’s requirements. Whether you’re a bootstrapped startup or a large corporation, we will build intuitive applications that will boost your productivity and enable your stakeholders to derive value. The best part – since we design solutions to match your needs, your employees will have little to no difficulty adapting to the platform.
User-Friendly
Design
Design
We place interactivity, user-friendliness, and navigability as the highest priority and ensure that our software can be used with minimum training. We will assess your organization’s existing workflows and design the functionality of our applications to match those workflows. As a result, your staff can begin using it without ambiguity. AV Advisors follows global best practices in building the user interface and tests it against rigorous standards.
Emphasis on Regulatory
Compliance
Compliance
AV Advisors has over a decade of experience with healthcare custom software development, among others, and is well aware of the importance of data privacy. We ensure that every custom healthcare solution we build complies with existing government regulations and ensures the safety and integrity of confidential data. We conduct comprehensive testing to ensure the application functions as desired without compromising compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is custom healthcare software development?
Custom healthcare software development is the process of building software for a particular purpose, function, or organization in the healthcare industry. Companies offering such type of medical software development services begin with discussing the requirements with the clients. This is followed by knowing which features to add and setting the deadlines. The software is built to cater to specific needs.
What are the advantages of healthcare apps?
Healthcare applications can be accessed and used through a smartphone and an internet connection. Such applications have many advantages like –
- Simplified online payments
- Patient engagement
- Appointment scheduling
- Virtual consultations
- IoT based remote health monitoring
- Quick access to patient portal
What is healthcare software?
Healthcare software is any software that is developed specifically for use in the healthcare industry. It can either be for clinical purposes like patient monitoring, telehealth, or laboratory management, or administrative purposes like billing, inventory management, or hospital administration. Healthcare software replaces physical pen and paper-based activities with digital workflows.
Why is healthcare software important?
Software for healthcare streamlines and accelerates all the operations at hospitals and clinics. This includes patient care as well as day-to-day administration. Medical software digitizes activities and eliminates the need for handling physical documentation or paperwork. Not only does this improve the data security, speed, and productivity of operations, but also reduces the carbon footprint from the healthcare industry.
What type of software is used in healthcare?
Healthcare primarily uses electronic health record software (EHR). It is a digital format for patients’ medical records that can be accessed by authorized medical staff and the patients. Since they are in digital format, EHR allows doctors to share patient information to other doctors and collaborate for care. It is a single, unified repository for medical data on patients that is vital for informed decision making.
What are the most important qualities of healthcare software?
Some of the most important features for any type of healthcare software are –
- Interoperability
- User-friendly interface
- Scalability
- Data security
- Reporting and analytics
- Workflow automation
- Compatibility
What are the benefits of healthcare software?
The use of software for healthcare operations over conventional pen and paper based systems has many benefits. Some of them are –
- Improved quality of care
- Better patient experience
- Streamlined operations
- Higher revenues
- Lower overhead
- Fewer errors
- Increased productivity
- Transparency and accountability
- Minimal paperwork
What are the benefits of software development for healthcare industry?
Health care software development has not only created a whole new sub-industry within the broader software industry, but also opened up healthcare for innovations. Let’s see how it has benefitted stakeholders –
- Introduction of novel technologies like artificial intelligence, IoT, and Blockchain that can revolutionize the industry
Improved access to care for people in remote locations - Accelerated research into pharmaceuticals, cures and faster drug discovery
- Use of data analytics to predict disease and identify people at higher risk, thereby facilitating a proactive approach to care instead of the usual reactive one
- Improvement in disease management
- Improved doctor-patient rapport for greater patient involvement in care
- Greater convenience for patients, providers, and payers.
What does the future hold for healthcare software development?
The future for software development in healthcare will definitely see an increase in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. In addition to that, we can also expect to see augmented and virtual reality be implemented across healthcare education and novel therapies.
The increasing telecommunication capabilities would usher in IoT-powered remote care where health vitals would be transmitted in real-time through IoT gadgets to providers. In addition to these, there are growing investments towards personalized medicine and robot assisted surgery, coupled with automation across workflows.
Telemedicine is one of the hottest buzzwords in healthcare. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated its adoption and has extended the access to specialist care to remote, rural locations.
3D printing or additive manufacturing has shown great promise in its ability to manufacture prosthetics and other equipment at a fraction of the cost, which could bring relief to millions.
The future of healthcare software development is unfolding with each passing year and growing investments into innovation continue to guide its growth
The increasing telecommunication capabilities would usher in IoT-powered remote care where health vitals would be transmitted in real-time through IoT gadgets to providers. In addition to these, there are growing investments towards personalized medicine and robot assisted surgery, coupled with automation across workflows.
Telemedicine is one of the hottest buzzwords in healthcare. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated its adoption and has extended the access to specialist care to remote, rural locations.
3D printing or additive manufacturing has shown great promise in its ability to manufacture prosthetics and other equipment at a fraction of the cost, which could bring relief to millions.
The future of healthcare software development is unfolding with each passing year and growing investments into innovation continue to guide its growth
What are the challenges faced in custom healthcare software development?
Although software in healthcare has benefitted all the stakeholders and created enormous value, there are significant challenges that every custom healthcare software development company faces –
Cybersecurity – Data has grown in value enormously and hackers have been getting bolder and ever more audacious in their attacks.
Regulations – Newer technologies are bound to attract evolving regulations. Navigating them while also innovating is major hurdle that all medical software developers must face.
Increasing healthcare costs – Increasing costs continue to pose major challenges for patients and payers, resulting in decreasing access to care.
Integrations – Evolving technologies must work seamlessly with legacy or older systems. Achieving this integration is proving to be challenging for medical software companies.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of custom healthcare software development?
Advantages –
- Lower overhead
- Increase in revenues
- Improved patient engagement
- Software tailored according to specific needs
- Improved productivity and efficiency
- Adoption of newer technologies
Disadvantages –
- High initial costs
- Time-consuming
- Reliable vendor support
- Integration with legacy systems
