How to Choose a Healthcare Software Development Company: 9 Checks Before You Sign
How to choose a healthcare software development company: nine checks on the HIPAA boundary, BAAs, AI and PHI, integrations, continuity, pricing and red flags.
Healthcare app development by EltexSoft. Patient portals, telemedicine, marketplaces. RiseMD (20X ROI), WinitClinic, MOTTIV. $50-99/hr.
EltexSoft is a healthcare app development company headquartered in Los Angeles, with an office in Lisbon and senior engineers in Ukraine. 11 years in business. We build HIPAA-compliant patient portals, health marketplaces, practice analytics platforms, and fitness/wellness apps. Clients include RiseMD (healthcare marketing, 20X ROI), WinitClinic (functional medicine marketplace), and MOTTIV (endurance training platform for Triathlon Taren, 200K YouTube subscribers). $50-99/hr.
What we ship
Two-sided platforms connecting patients with practitioners. Credential verification, HIPAA-compliant messaging, video consultations, at-home testing. Built WinitClinic: functional medicine marketplace with iOS and Android apps.
First-click-to-revenue patient attribution, EHR integration, call grading, multi-location dashboards. Built RiseMD: 20X ROI, $3.2M production from $160K spend for dental practices.
Training plans, workout tracking, progress analytics, offline mode, subscription billing. Built MOTTIV for Triathlon Taren (200K subscribers): personalized endurance training across triathlon, marathon, running, and cycling.
Video consultations, secure messaging, e-prescribing, remote patient monitoring data ingestion. HIPAA-compliant infrastructure with BAA chain from cloud to application.
Secure messaging, scheduling, records access, push notifications, medication reminders. iOS and Android. HIPAA encryption, MFA, audit logging built in.
Specimen kit logistics, CLIA-certified lab integration, result delivery, clinician sign-off. WinitClinic's at-home testing covers food sensitivity, gut microbiome, hormones, heavy metals, and micronutrients.
HealthTech is broader than hospital software. It includes the practice marketing platform that tracks a dental patient from first ad click to revenue (RiseMD). The functional medicine marketplace that connects patients with naturopathic doctors and ships at-home test kits (WinitClinic). The endurance training app that guides triathletes through 16-week Ironman builds with offline workout support (MOTTIV).
We build all three categories.
EltexSoft is a healthcare app development company. 35-50 senior engineers. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York, Lisbon, and Kyiv. Engineering team in Ukraine. Founded in 2015. Our HealthTech clients include RiseMD, WinitClinic, and MOTTIV.
For strictly regulated healthcare (HIPAA, EHR integration, FDA SaMD), see our medical software development page. This page covers the full HealthTech spectrum.
RiseMD is a proprietary healthcare marketing platform for dental practices, DSOs, and health systems. The platform tracks patients from first ad click through phone call through appointment through treatment through payment. Not clicks. Revenue.
$3.2 million in new patient production from $160,000 in marketing spend over 12 months. 20X ROI. Average 140 new patient calls per month. $81 cost per new patient. Practices doubling production in 15 months. Recognized by Google, Facebook, ADSO, and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
Engineering: EHR integration, call recording with AI grading, Google Ads optimization, AI-powered positioning for ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, multi-location dashboards for DSOs managing 5 to 300+ practices.
WinitClinic connects patients with independent practitioners: functional medicine doctors, naturopathic doctors, holistic medicine practitioners, health coaches, chiropractors, and dietitians. The platform includes practitioner discovery, booking, real-time chat, video consultations, and at-home health testing (food sensitivity, gut microbiome, hormones, heavy metals, mycotoxin, micronutrient tests).
Built on Nuxt.js with iOS and Android companion apps. The credential verification challenge: no unified national API exists for non-MD/DO practitioners. Each board maintains its own registry. At-home testing requires CLIA-certified lab integration, specimen logistics, and clinician sign-off.
MOTTIV is an endurance training platform built from scratch for Taren Gesell (Triathlon Taren, 200K YouTube subscribers). Personalized training plans for triathlon, marathon, running, and cycling. Workout flows, video training, progress analytics, community features, and subscription billing.
The architecture challenge: triathlon means three disciplines (running, cycling, swimming), each with different workout types, metrics, and progression models. The app had to be flexible enough to support all three plus standalone programs. Offline mode was essential because athletes train without internet.
Built over 2 years by a 5-person team (iOS developer, 2 backend engineers, QA, PM). 10,000+ athlete community.
Health marketplaces. Two-sided platforms connecting patients with providers. Credential verification, HIPAA-compliant messaging, video consultations, booking, payments, and review systems. The WinitClinic pattern.
Practice analytics and marketing platforms. Patient attribution, EHR integration, call analysis, campaign optimization, and multi-location dashboards. The RiseMD pattern.
Fitness and wellness apps. Training plans, workout tracking, progress analytics, wearable integration (HealthKit, Garmin, Strava), offline mode, video content, and subscription billing. The MOTTIV pattern.
Telemedicine platforms. Video consultations via WebRTC or Twilio, secure messaging, e-prescribing, RPM data ingestion, and HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.
Patient portals. Secure messaging, scheduling, records access, medication reminders, and push notifications. iOS and Android.
At-home testing platforms. Specimen kit logistics, CLIA-certified lab integration, result delivery, and clinician review workflows.
Senior HealthTech engineer (dedicated): $50-99/hr.
By project type:
Fitness/wellness app MVP: $40K-$100K, 3-5 months.
Patient portal: $40K-$100K, 3-6 months.
Health marketplace (web + mobile): $120K-$350K, 6-12 months.
Telemedicine platform: $70K-$200K, 4-8 months.
Practice analytics platform: $80K-$200K, 4-8 months.
HIPAA-compliant applications add 20-40% to standard costs for encryption, audit logging, and compliance infrastructure.
EltexSoft is a boutique healthcare app development company. 35-50 senior engineers. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York, Lisbon (GDPR-native), and Kyiv. Engineering team in Ukraine. Founded in 2015.
HealthTech clients: RiseMD (20X ROI healthcare marketing), WinitClinic (functional medicine marketplace), MOTTIV (endurance training, 10,000+ athletes). We build with Laravel, React, Vue, Django, iOS, and Android.
5.0 Clutch rating across 30+ verified reviews. 200+ five-star Upwork reviews. Top Rated Plus and Expert-Vetted agency status (top 1%). Average client engagement: 3+ years.
30-minute technical call. Bring your health platform idea, your HIPAA question, or your fitness app requirements. We’ll tell you what we’d build and what we wouldn’t.
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