Healthcare App Development Company

Updated September 2026 · Written and maintained by the Progression Agency strategy team

Progression Agency builds healthcare apps and software for practices, clinics, digital health startups and health-adjacent businesses: patient scheduling, telehealth, secure messaging, remote monitoring, wellness and internal clinical tools. We design for patients and clinicians, build with privacy and security at the core, and plan for HIPAA, EHR integration and app-store health policies from the first workshop.

What does a healthcare app development company do?

It designs and builds medical and health software that is secure, compliant and usable by patients and clinicians: from scheduling and telehealth to monitoring and portals, including integrations with electronic health records and the privacy safeguards the data requires.

Healthcare app development services

Patient scheduling and intake apps

Online booking, reminders, digital intake forms and insurance capture that reduce no-shows and front-desk workload.

Telehealth and virtual care

Video visits, secure messaging and asynchronous check-ins built on HIPAA-eligible video and messaging services.

Remote patient monitoring

Apps that collect readings from connected devices and wearables through Apple HealthKit and Android Health Connect and surface trends to care teams.

Patient portals

Results, records, messaging and bill pay in one place, integrated with your EHR.

Wellness, fitness and mental health apps

Consumer health apps with subscriptions, content and tracking, built with the privacy expectations and store policies that apply to health data.

Clinical and operational tools

Internal apps that streamline documentation, handoffs, inventory and reporting for care teams, often as part of wider custom software.

HIPAA and healthcare app compliance

HIPAA applies when an app creates, receives, maintains or transmits protected health information for or on behalf of a covered entity, making the developer a business associate. Many direct-to-consumer wellness apps are not covered by HIPAA but are subject to the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule and state health-privacy laws.

We identify which rules apply during discovery, recommend legal review where needed, sign business associate agreements when we handle PHI and host on HIPAA-eligible cloud services under the provider’s BAA.

Security we build into healthcare software

• Role-based access with least privilege and multi-factor authentication.
• Encryption in transit and at rest.
• Audit logs of access to health information.
• HIPAA-eligible hosting on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud under a BAA.
• Code review, dependency scanning and penetration testing before launch.
• Incident response and breach notification procedures documented.

EHR integration and interoperability

We integrate with electronic health records using HL7 FHIR APIs and SMART on FHIR app launch where the EHR supports them, and through vendor-specific APIs or integration engines where it does not.

Standards documentation: HL7 FHIR and SMART Health IT.

How much does healthcare app development cost?

As a planning range, a focused healthcare MVP commonly costs roughly $60,000-$150,000, a full-featured patient or telehealth app roughly $150,000-$350,000, and complex platforms with EHR integration and device connectivity more. Compliance, security testing and integrations are the main drivers above a standard app.

More detail in app development cost.

Why choose Progression Agency for healthcare apps?

• Compliance classification in discovery, before design begins.
• Security safeguards designed in, not added at the end.
• Accessible, patient-friendly design to WCAG 2.2.
• Experience across mobile, web, backend and integrations under one team.
• Healthcare marketing expertise — see medical marketing and healthcare website design.
• Headquartered in New York City, working with health organizations nationwide.

Must-have features in healthcare apps

Healthcare apps succeed when they save patients and staff time without adding risk. These are the features we are asked for most.

Secure login and identity verification

Multi-factor authentication, biometric sign-in on the device and, where required, identity proofing for new patients.

Appointment scheduling and reminders

Real-time availability from the practice management system, reminders by push, SMS or email, and easy rescheduling to reduce no-shows.

Digital intake and consent

Forms completed before the visit, insurance card capture and e-signature for consents, written straight into the record.

Secure messaging

Encrypted patient-provider messaging with routing to the right team and response-time expectations set clearly.

Video visits

HIPAA-eligible video with waiting rooms, device checks and fallbacks for poor connections.

Results, records and education

Lab results with plain-language context, visit summaries and condition-specific education content.

Payments and billing

Statements, card and wallet payments and payment plans integrated with the billing system.

Device and wearable data

Readings from blood pressure cuffs, glucose meters and wearables with thresholds that alert care teams.

Readings from blood pressure cuffs, glucose meters and wearables with thresholds that alert care teams.

Healthcare app users and what each needs

Accessibility in healthcare apps

Patients include older adults and people with disabilities, so accessibility is essential. We design to WCAG 2.2 AA, support screen readers and dynamic text sizes, and test with assistive technology. HHS has also finalized rules on web and mobile accessibility for recipients of federal financial assistance; confirm how they apply to your organization.

Video: HIPAA-aware app development and mobile platforms

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