Building a healthcare app but struggling to find a development team that understands HIPAA, clinical workflow, and healthcare UX?
Patient-facing app with low adoption because the UX wasn't designed for healthcare users?
Custom mobile and web applications for digital health companies, private healthcare operators, and health systems who need patient-facing and clinical-facing apps built to healthcare standards.
From patient portals to clinical workflow apps to mHealth platforms -- we build the healthcare software that compliance teams can approve and patients and clinicians actually use.
Patient-facing apps with HIPAA-aware data handling and healthcare-appropriate UX
Clinical workflow apps that fit how your care team actually delivers care
mHealth platforms with wearable integration and health data management
App Store and Play Store submission with healthcare app compliance requirements
RaftLabs builds healthcare mobile applications for digital health startups, private healthcare operators, and health systems. We develop patient-facing apps (appointment booking, health tracking, patient portals), clinical workflow tools, mHealth applications, and digital therapeutics. All apps are built with HIPAA-aware architecture, secure data handling, and the accessibility standards that healthcare user populations require.
Healthcare apps fail at adoption more often than technology. Patients don't use apps that are confusing, slow, or ask for information the care team doesn't use. Clinicians don't use tools that don't fit their workflow or create documentation burden.
We design and build around the actual user -- patient or clinician -- before writing a line of code.
Patient-facing apps for appointment booking, test results, medication reminders, care plan tracking, and secure messaging with providers. HIPAA-compliant data handling, user authentication, and consent management. Designed for the full patient demographic -- including older patients who are not confident technology users. Works on iOS, Android, and mobile web. Integration with your existing EHR for patient data access.
Mobile health applications: chronic disease management apps, fitness and wellness tracking, medication adherence tools, symptom journals, and nutrition tracking. Wearable device integration (Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit, Garmin, Oura) for passive health data collection. Push notification strategies for adherence and engagement. Clinical data exchange where the app connects to a provider-facing dashboard.
Software-based therapeutic interventions: CBT programs for mental health, chronic pain management apps, rehabilitation tracking, and behavioural health platforms. Evidence-based content delivery with outcome measurement. FDA software classification (SaMD) consideration in the design. For digital health companies building interventions that need to demonstrate clinical outcomes, not just engagement metrics.
Apps for care teams: task management, care plan tracking, clinical handover, escalation workflows, and care coordination. Designed around actual clinical workflows rather than generic task management patterns. Integration with your EMR for data that should live in the system of record. For NHS trusts, private hospitals, and care networks who need digital tools that fit how their clinicians work.
Patient-facing apps for remote patient monitoring programs: vital sign submission (blood pressure, glucose, weight, SpO2), symptom check-ins, medication logging, and alert thresholds that notify the care team when readings are outside target range. See our dedicated remote patient monitoring page for the full RPM capability.
Healthcare appointment booking platforms, provider marketplace apps, and care coordination platforms that connect patients to the right provider. Specialty search, availability management, insurance verification, and review systems. For digital health companies building patient-provider matching products rather than single-provider apps.
Frequently asked questions
A patient-facing healthcare app with core features (appointment booking, messaging, health tracking) typically runs $40,000--$90,000 for iOS and Android plus a web portal. Clinical workflow apps and mHealth platforms with data exchange and wearable integration run $60,000--$150,000. Digital therapeutics with clinical outcome measurement and regulatory documentation run $80,000--$200,000. See our healthcare app development cost guide for a detailed breakdown.
Three factors distinguish healthcare app development: compliance (HIPAA data handling requirements affect architecture, storage, and third-party integrations), user population (healthcare users span a wide age range, health literacy level, and technology confidence -- UX decisions that work for consumer apps often fail in healthcare), and clinical integration (healthcare apps often need to exchange data with EMR systems, which adds significant integration complexity and risk).
Yes. HealthKit (Apple Health) and Google Health Connect integration allow apps to read passive health data -- steps, heart rate, sleep, glucose readings from compatible devices -- without requiring manual entry. We implement appropriate permission requests, data privacy handling, and sync strategies. Wearable data is only useful if it changes clinical behaviour -- we design the data integration around the clinical use case, not just the technical capability.
Yes. Healthcare apps have specific review requirements for both the App Store and Play Store: appropriate medical disclaimer content, data handling disclosures, and in some cases review by Apple or Google's health team. We handle the submission process including preparing the required documentation, managing the review process, and responding to reviewer queries. This is often slower for healthcare apps than for consumer apps -- we plan for it in the project timeline.
Tell us who the users are, what the app needs to do, and your compliance requirements. We will scope the build.