Healthcare software has compliance requirements that generic tools ignore and developers frequently miss.
HIPAA-compliant software for healthcare providers requires more than a checkbox — it requires PHI handling, BAA agreements with all infrastructure vendors, audit logging, and the access controls that protect patient data. We build healthcare software correctly.
Healthcare provider that needs software for patient management, telehealth, or clinical operations — and needs it built to HIPAA compliance standards
Healthcare software has a higher compliance bar than most sectors, and that bar has real teeth: HIPAA violations result in fines ranging from $100 to $50,000 per violation with annual caps up to $1.9M, and willful neglect violations can involve criminal penalties. The compliance requirements are specific and non-negotiable.
The HIPAA requirements that affect software:
PHI handling. Protected Health Information — any information that identifies a patient and relates to their health condition, care, or payment — must be encrypted at rest and in transit. This isn't "nice to have."
Business Associate Agreements. Every vendor that handles PHI on behalf of a covered entity must sign a BAA. AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure offer BAAs. Vercel offers a BAA on Enterprise plan. Neon offers a BAA. Every infrastructure component in a HIPAA application needs a BAA.
Audit logging. HIPAA requires a complete audit trail of PHI access: who accessed it, when, from what system. Audit logs must be retained for 6 years.
Access controls. Minimum necessary access — users should only have access to the PHI required for their role. Workforce access to PHI must be documented and controlled.
Breach notification procedures. In the event of a breach, there are specific notification requirements (patients, HHS, and in some cases media) with defined timelines.
HIPAA-compliant healthcare application with proper PHI handling, BAA-covered infrastructure, audit logging, and the access controls that protect patient data
PHI data handling
Patient data identified and treated as PHI throughout the application. Encryption at rest (database-level and application-level where required). TLS 1.2+ for all data in transit.
BAA-covered infrastructure
AWS or GCP with BAA, Neon Enterprise with BAA, Vercel Enterprise with BAA, Resend with BAA. All infrastructure components verified for BAA availability before the stack is finalized.
Audit logging
Comprehensive audit trail for all PHI access: user ID, timestamp, action, and record accessed. Audit log immutability via append-only logging. 6-year retention.
Role-based access control
Provider roles with access to their assigned patients' data. Administrative roles for practice management without clinical PHI access. Patient roles for their own data only.
Patient portal
Secure patient-facing portal for appointment management, secure messaging with providers, and access to their health information.
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
HIPAA-compliant healthcare application with proper PHI handling, BAA-covered infrastructure, audit logging, and the access controls that protect patient data
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
Healthcare providers need cost certainty on software investments. Fixed scope, fixed price.
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
HIPAA compliance affects the infrastructure choices (BAA-covered vendors at higher pricing tiers), the audit logging implementation, and the access control design. These aren't "add-on" costs — they're part of the correct implementation for healthcare software.
Telehealth video requires a HIPAA-compliant video infrastructure vendor. Daily.co, Zoom for Healthcare, and AWS Chime each offer BAAs and can be integrated. The video session is part of the application; the infrastructure uses a BAA-covered provider.
HIPAA-compliant web application: from $30k. Telemedicine platform with video: from $45k. Fixed-price.
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