Top 10 Healthcare Software Development Companies 2023 for Risk-free Digital Transformation

Below, I provide a brief overview of the custom healthcare software development companies. Working for a software developer myself, I tried to make this list of the healthcare software vendors unbiased and representative. When preparing for this blog post, I researched agencies that have been in the market for at least 5+ years, have an extensive portfolio of healthcare projects, expertise in adjacent areas – insurance, fintech – was considered as a plus, but not obligatory. Vendors’ geographies span three continents (Americas and Eurasia); developer’s hourly rates in this article range from $25 to 199.

Is your perfect fit among those listed below? Let’s check!

• Hourly rates: $50 - $99 / hr
• Company size: 250+
• Founded in: 2008
• HQs: US
• Development center: Poland

Back in 2008, Symfa started as a web agency to evolve into a strong international software vendor by 2023, specializing in complex digital transformations for healthcare. Symfa is a go-for option to finally start with EHR/EMR solutions development, ERP and CRM customization, revenue cycle management solutions, chronic disease management platforms, health insurance solutions, inventory management, e-prescribing solutions and more. The agency is a great fit in case you have to deal with a lot of legacy modernization work and integration hurdles. Along with a strong custom development portfolio of 300+ projects (100+ of which are highlighted on the company’s website), Symfa is a great choice for insurance integrations (insurtech and fintech being their two other major business lines). Besides custom development and comprehensive support, the agency’s focus is on Business Intelligence and ETL solutions. With a strong BI vendor, you can finally give your innovative ideas the green light to better analyze current and future health risks using lifestyle, commerce and social media data. 

Symfa covers the full SDLC for healthcare, with 250+ in-house software specialists (BAs, PMs, solutions architects, software engineers, QA engineers, DevOps and UX/UI) working in their physical development center in Poland and remotely in 32 countries worldwide. More about Symfa on DesignRush.

• Hourly rates: $50 - $99 / hr
• Company size: 50 - 249
• Founded in: 2010
• HQs: Uruguay 
• Development centers: Brazil, US

Ingenious offers unique software development services for the health and wellness category. The agency relies heavily on applying data and behavioral sciences in the development of tools that enable physicians to diagnose, treat, and follow patients in a more patient-centric, innovative way.

• Hourly rates: $150 - $199 / hr
• Company size: 9
• Founded in: 2004
• HQs and development center: US

ActiveColor is more of a boutique software agency, which “purposely kept the team small and remain committed to craftsman’s quality in our work”.

Experts in medical app development and creative website design, ActiveColor creates bespoke experiences far above regular, oftentimes reserved UXs – the pattern that the majority follows. Years of partnerships with world-class clients like USC, Lawry’s, and Clifton’s gave the team a unique understanding of their position in the world of custom software so that they could settle down with the healthcare industry. Engineers and designers for such clients as the University of Chicago Medical and American Cancer Society, ActiveColor is your bold choice.

• Hourly rates: $50 - $99 / hr
• Company size: 45
• Founded in: 2010
• HQs: US
• Development center: India

Asahi Technologies has over a decade of experience in healthcare technology consulting and providing solutions for startups and enterprises. With an extensive portfolio of 300+ projects, the agency’s focus is mainly on healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical, life science and wellness projects. 

Asahi technologies offers 360-degree healthcare custom software development service – from concept, to development, to testing and support.

• Hourly rates: $25 - $49 / hr
• Company size: 50+
• Founded in: 2013
• HQs: US
• Development centers: Sweden, Ukraine

Exoft is a software vendor offering affordable full-cycle product development, mobile and web development, QA and tech support services for healthcare.

The agency is a long-term healthcare software provider, with an extensive knowledge of industry and its needs. Besides being a strong patient-facing software developer (telemedicine, CRM, EHR, EMR and Laboratory software development), Exoft is a reliable vendor to cover backend operations for larger healthcare providers (Logistics and Warehouse management system development).

• Hourly rates: $50 - $99 / hr
• Company size: 100+
• Founded in: 2010
• HQs and development center: Warsaw

A ISO9001 and ISO27001 certified and award-winning developer, itCraft boasts a rich healthcare portfolio with projects enabling operations for nursing homes, doctor-on-demand applications, telemonitoring and teleconsultations across Europe and US. A go-for option if you are a healthcare major looking for refined development workflows in a strictly controlled environment. itCraft’s strong security approach will be a decisive factor for Business Intelligence and Data management implementers.

• Hourly rates: $50 - $99 / hr
• Company size: 130+
• Founded in: 2008
• HQs: UK
• Development center: Bulgaria

Among the software development agencies listed here, BGO Software is the one that has digital health products of their own. As they say on their website - We Design, Develop and Validate Your Digital Health Products and Solutions - and with two proprietary digital health products, they really mean it when they offer to validate yours. It’s been a long way since the company’s inception in 2008, but eventually BGO Software has transformed into a software company with 100% focus on healthcare in 2020 and has shown steady progress in this direction since then.

• Hourly rates: $50 - $99 / hr
• Company size: 10 - 49
• Founded in: 2015
• HQs and development center: US

Technology Rivers is a US-based software company with a focus on healthcare software development. With a set of services pretty common for an average software player – custom development, cloud migrations and software integrations, Technology Rivers emphasizes affordability and accessibility. It’s a one-stop-shop for a healthcare provider. The agency promises to guide you throughout the entire process of creating your software, even if you “don’t have a technical background in software application development”.

• Hourly rates: $25 - $49 / hr
• Company size: 280+
• Founded in: 2011
• HQs: US
• Development centers: Ukraine, Estonia

Cleveroad is a reliable partner in software development for healthcare designing and developing EHRs, patient portals, telehealth software, patient management systems, e-prescribing software and more. It has all the resources in-house to meet your software development needs across an entire SDLC, from BAs and designers, to mobile and web engineers, to security compliance specialists. Cleveroad takes security seriously and developed their own frameworks to ensure compliance with HIPAA, IEC 62304, ISO 13485 / ISO 27001 / ISO 27799, to name a few.

• Hourly rates: $25 - $49 / hr
• Company size: 60+
• Founded in: 2016
• HQs: Estonia
• Development centers: Poland, Ukraine

Young and ambitious, Ralabs provides custom software solutions both for healthcare and fintech, which you might find just the right combo for your project. The agency promises to meet any and all user needs that might be out there, but most importantly, – “draconian governmental regulations”, as they specifically mention on their website. They know a thing or two about healthcare software development.

Each situation is unique, so some of those vendors may not be an option for you due to budgetary constraints or location mismatch. Yet, I tried to make this list as diverse and representative as possible, so that it might suit the needs of the majority of our readers looking for high-quality healthcare engineering solutions.

It’s worth mentioning that although all the above medical software development companies provide professional development services, there’s no particular certification needed to be allowed to do software development in this highly regulated industry. Thus, when looking for a vendor, pay attention to the core partnership data first – the skill matrix, team scalability options, partnership/cooperation models (find the corresponding information about Symfa in our Team staffing profile). As for the data security and compliance for your application, don’t think twice about clarifying those issues before the development begins, in the Presale phase.

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