Healthcare

Custom Healthcare Software Development Company

Engineering What’s Next in Healthcare

HIPAA-compliant engineering for hospitals, health systems, health-tech companies, and life sciences — EHR, telemedicine, medical device software, and clinical platforms built for regulated environments.

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Experienced team

Smart solutions

Case Study

“More than a quarter of US healthcare administrative spending, an estimated $265 billion, could be eliminated without compromising care.” — McKinsey & Company

That waste lives in manual workflows and disconnected systems, which is exactly what custom healthcare software is built to remove.

98%

Client Retention Rate

300+

Successful Projects

Clinical records

EHR and EMR platforms that fit specialty workflows and connect to your existing healthcare systems.

Virtual care

Telemedicine software that ties video visits, triage, and billing into one auditable patient journey.

Patient engagement

Portals and healthcare applications that give patients secure records access and clear communication.

Remote monitoring

Remote patient monitoring that streams device readings into clinician dashboards with threshold-based alerting.

Care operations

Hospital and practice management software that coordinates admissions, scheduling, staffing, and capacity.

Clinical analytics

Healthcare analytics platforms that turn scattered healthcare data into operational and clinical insight.

Imaging systems

Medical imaging software with DICOM and PACS integration for faster, safer diagnostic review.

Pharmacy systems

Pharmacy and e-prescribing tools that connect prescribing, dispensing, and medication records securely.

EHR integration

Connect new tools to Epic, Oracle Cerner, and athenahealth through governed interfaces.

Decision support

Clinical decision support that surfaces guidance inside the workflow, never beside it.

E-prescribing

NCPDP SCRIPT e-prescribing that reduces manual entry and prescribing errors.

Population health

Assistive and population-health tools that help healthcare organizations reach at-risk patients earlier.

“Healthcare has the highest data breach cost of any industry, at $7.42 million.” — IBM

Protected health information is a prime target, so we build encryption, access control, and audit logging into the data model before a single record moves.

Custom development

Software built around clinical workflows

Custom software development for healthcare from discovery through release
Systems modeled on real healthcare workflows, clinical and administrative
Compliance requirements mapped into architecture, not bolted on later
Documentation and code ownership handed to your team
Custom healthcare software development services scoped to your roadmap

Legacy modernization

Modernize without disrupting live care

Incremental migration that keeps clinical operations running
Monolith-to-service refactoring for scalable medical software
HL7 v2 interfaces migrated toward FHIR R4
Risk register tracking every cutover step

AI and ML

Production-grade clinical intelligence

Clinical NLP that structures notes, charts, and dictation
Predictive models validated against your own datasets
Documentation assistance that returns time to clinicians
AI governance aligned to ISO 42001

Cloud engineering

Compliant cloud for health data

Architecture on AWS HealthLake and Azure Health Data Services
Encryption, key management, and network isolation by default
Cost accountability with tagged, monitored workloads
Disaster recovery tested against defined objectives

DevOps

HIPAA-aware delivery pipelines

CI/CD pipelines with security gates on every build
Infrastructure as code for auditable, repeatable environments
Observability across services, data flows, and access
Release controls that hold up under audit

QA and validation

Testing for regulated releases

Automated regression suites protecting critical clinical paths
Security and penetration testing before production
Validation evidence for IQ, OQ, and PQ
Traceability from requirement to test to release

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Specialist teams that extend every stage of healthcare software delivery.

Product and UX

Software product development and clinician-tested interfaces that reduce clicks, errors, and training time.

Mobile development

Native and cross-platform healthcare apps engineered for secure, offline-tolerant clinical use.

Data engineering

Pipelines that unify records, claims, and device data for reliable reporting.

Integration services

Interfaces that connect new software into your existing healthcare IT ecosystem.

Application support

Ongoing maintenance and monitoring that keep healthcare software delivery stable post-launch.

Security engineering

Threat modeling, hardening, and monitoring built into medical software development from day one.

“In the case of Zoolatech, it's a very tight partnership.

The team at Zoolatech is incredibly collaborative, and we work as a team despite being thousands of miles away from each other.”

Spencer Rascoff

CEO Match Group

5/5

“Zoolatech has been a key technology partner for Pandora,

enhancing our software development and deployment capabilities. They're ambitious, supportive, fast-moving, and well-skilled, with sound ethical values.”

Erika Romsics

Contract and Vendor Manager, Pandora

5/5

“The apps they’ve developed give us the opportunity to get more customers.

We’re providing more services to target big customers. We can install jobs faster and identify reduce bottlenecks, so we’re providing a better customer experience.”

Aida Youssef

Senior Director of Software Engineering, Complete Solaria

5/5

“Zoolatech has access to a deep talent pool and knows how to identify client's needs.

With the help of Zoolatech, went from a very early and incomplete prototype to the MVP release, the first production release, and the first paying customer!”

Greg Wagenhoffer

CEO, GreenVisr

5/5

“Zoolatech enabled us to build a world-class engineering team quickly and efficiently.

Zoolatech's pre-screening process and engineer training are customized for providing effective engineers that can contribute immediately to accelerating product roadmaps.”

Shariq Minhas

CTO, SVSG

5/5

“We can recommend Zoolatech

for their talent pool, attention, ability to understand our requirements, candidate screening process and constant communication.”

Chaitanya Pallapothula

SVP, Tailored Brands, Inc.

5/5

“Zoolatech’s developers quickly became an integral part of our team effort

with whom we shared daily stand up calls. Overall, Zoolatech fit well with our needs for agile development and continued to adapt as our needs evolved.”

Forrest Glick

UX Designer, Stanford University

5/5

“Working with Zoolatech has been a driving force in our business offerings.

The team utilizes it's experience and expertise meshing with our internal team creating a positive work environment. Zoolatech is by far one of the best teams to work with in the industry.”

Kris Naidu

CEO, Zeacon

5/5

Enterprise healthcare and life sciences leaders choose Zoolatech to modernize mission-critical systems without pausing the care and operations that depend on them.

600+

Engineers company-wide

96%

Client satisfaction rate

Hospitals and systems

Coordinated care at enterprise scale

Admissions, scheduling, and capacity coordination across departments
Integration with the EHR your clinicians already use
Governed data flows for reporting and compliance

Ambulatory and clinics

Faster throughput for outpatient teams

Practice management software tuned to clinic workflows
Patient intake, booking, and reminders in one place
Billing and coding aligned with payer requirements

Home and remote care

Care that reaches beyond the facility

Remote patient monitoring feeding dashboards healthcare professionals trust
Telemedicine software for scheduled and on-demand visits
Alerting that flags deterioration before it escalates

Diagnostics and labs

Traceable results from sample to record

Lab workflow automation with full specimen traceability
Imaging review through DICOM and PACS integration
Structured results delivered straight into clinical records

Pharmacy

Connected prescribing and dispensing

E-prescribing built on NCPDP SCRIPT standards
Medication records synchronized across care teams
Inventory and dispensing tracked without manual reconciliation

Payer and admin

Lower friction across the back office

Claims and eligibility workflows that reduce manual review
Healthcare providers’ data kept accurate across connected systems
Reporting that gives leaders a defensible audit trail

PHI encryption

Protected health information is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.3 across every service.

Access control

Role-based access control and least-privilege rules limit who can reach healthcare data, down to the field level.

Audit logging

Every access to a record is logged immutably, giving your team a clear trail for HIPAA audit readiness.

Identity controls

Multi-factor authentication and automatic session timeout reduce the risk of unauthorized access to clinical systems.

Penetration testing

Independent penetration tests probe applications and infrastructure before any healthcare software reaches production.

Vulnerability management

Continuous scanning and patch discipline keep known weaknesses closed as your healthcare platforms evolve.

Secure SDLC

Threat modeling and code review sit inside the pipeline, so security scales with each release.

Disaster recovery

Backups and tested recovery procedures meet defined objectives, keeping critical services available under stress.

Vendor management

Business Associate Agreements and reviews govern every cloud and third-party dependency handling protected data.

EHR integration

HL7 and legacy

Data exchange

Devices and imaging

Connect to major EHRs

We read and write clinical data across Epic, Oracle Cerner, and athenahealth using their FHIR interfaces.

FHIR R4 APIs: patient demographics, results, medications, and encounters exchanged through governed, versioned endpoints your teams control.
SMART on FHIR: apps launch inside the clinician workflow with scoped, auditable access to existing healthcare records.
Sandbox first: every integration is validated in a sandbox before it touches production clinical data.

Bridge older interfaces

Many healthcare systems still run HL7 v2, so we build reliable interfaces rather than forcing rip-and-replace.

HL7 v2 and v3: message interfaces engineered for ADT, orders, and results across departments.
Mirth Connect: integration engines route, transform, and monitor messages between legacy and modern systems.
C-CDA documents: clinical documents exchanged so care teams keep a complete, portable patient picture.

Standards-based sharing

Healthcare interoperability standards let your organization share the right data with the right party, on demand.

USCDI v3: a common data set keeps records consistent as they move between organizations.
TEFCA and QHIN: we prepare platforms to participate in nationwide health information exchange as it expands.
Patient access: compliant APIs give patients and apps governed access to their own records.

Signals into records

Device and imaging data only helps clinicians when it lands in the record cleanly and quickly.

DICOM and PACS: imaging integrated so studies reach the diagnostic workflow without manual handling.
Monitoring feeds: remote device readings are normalized before they enter clinical dashboards and alerts.
Terminology mapping: codes align across systems so shared data stays accurate and usable.

Scope Your Integration

Bring us your systems, standards, and constraints, and we return an architecture approach your team can act on.

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HIPAA and HITECH

FDA and devices

Interoperability rules

Global and AI

Protecting patient data

HIPAA-compliant healthcare software development starts at the data model, where access, encryption, and logging decisions are made.

Safeguards engineered in: administrative, physical, and technical controls implemented against the HIPAA Security Rule from the first sprint.
Accountable vendors: Business Associate Agreements and breach procedures govern every partner that touches protected health information.

Regulated device software

Medical device software carries obligations that general software development ignores, so we build to the standards regulators expect.

FDA 21 CFR Part 11: electronic records and signatures implemented with the controls auditors verify.
IEC 62304 and SaMD: device software follows a defined lifecycle with risk classification and documented verification.

Meeting federal mandates

Healthcare interoperability standards are now regulatory requirements, and your software must satisfy them to exchange data legally.

ONC and Cures Act: FHIR R4 patient-access APIs implemented to meet 21st Century Cures obligations.
USCDI and TEFCA: data sets and exchange frameworks adopted so records stay portable as rules tighten.

Beyond US requirements

Organizations serving European patients or deploying AI face requirements that healthcare software requires teams to plan for early.

GDPR: consent, data residency, and subject rights engineered for organizations serving patients across Europe.
ISO 42001: AI management practices applied so clinical models stay governed, documented, and accountable.

Clinical warehousing

Records, claims, and device data consolidated into governed stores ready for reliable healthcare analytics.

Population health

Cohort views that help healthcare organizations find at-risk patients and target the right interventions.

Real-world evidence

Structured real-world data pipelines that support research, safety monitoring, and regulatory reporting.

Operational dashboards

Healthcare analytics platforms that expose throughput, cost, and quality metrics to the people accountable for them.

Decision support

Clinical decision support that surfaces evidence-based guidance at the point of care, inside the workflow clinicians already use.

Medical imaging

Imaging models that flag findings for radiologist review, shortening time to diagnosis without removing human judgment.

Predictive analytics

Risk and demand models validated on your data, helping teams anticipate deterioration, readmission, and capacity strain.

Clinical NLP

Natural language processing that structures notes and dictation, turning unstructured healthcare data into usable records.

Governed AI

AI governance keeps clinical models documented, monitored, and auditable as they move into production.

Python

Java

Node.js

React

PostgreSQL

React Native

Apache Kafka

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

TensorFlow

FHIR

Mirth Connect

and other

Step 1

Discovery and scoping

We map your systems, workflows, and healthcare requirements before anything is designed, so the plan reflects how your organization actually runs, not how a template assumes it does.

Step 2

Compliance mapping

HIPAA scope, FDA classification, and FHIR obligations are defined before code is written, letting regulatory constraints shape the architecture rather than arriving as late-stage surprises.

Step 3

Secure architecture

We design the encrypted data model, HL7 and FHIR interfaces, and role-based access control first, because security decisions made at this stage cost the least to get right.

Step 4

Build and validate

Delivery runs in two-week sprints with security testing on every cycle, so validation evidence accumulates continuously instead of piling up before release.

Step 5

Deploy without downtime

Releases ship through zero-downtime deployment and phased clinical rollout, keeping care and operations running while new software takes over underneath them.

Step 6

Support and evolution

SLA-backed support tracks regulatory change and platform health after launch, so the software keeps pace with rules and volumes that never stop moving.

Assess and architect first

Every HL7 v2 feed across existing healthcare systems is cataloged, and the FHIR R4 target is designed before a single interface moves.

Migrate feed by feed

Interfaces move in controlled increments with rollback ready, so the healthcare software evolution never gambles live operations on one cutover.

Validate in parallel

Old and new run side by side until outputs match, with healthcare interoperability standards keeping shared data meaning the same thing everywhere.

Cut over, then watch

Zero-downtime cutover in a planned window, monitored after, so healthcare software delivery continues without interrupting patient care for a shift.

Classified design

Software is classified against IEC 62304 safety classes, with hazards identified early and every requirement placed under documented control.

Controlled build

We build scalable medical software under version control and mandatory review, keeping each change linked to a requirement so nothing ships undocumented.

Evidence forward

Verification and validation produce the test evidence your custom medical software needs for FDA submission, and post-market surveillance keeps releases compliant.

Lower operating cost

Automating documentation, claims, and coordination reduces manual effort, so budgets stretch further without adding clinical or administrative headcount.

Audit-ready compliance

With HIPAA, FDA, and GDPR controls engineered in, your teams meet regulatory requirements without scrambling before every audit.

Connected records

Interoperable systems keep patient information consistent across settings, helping healthcare organizations improve coordination and reduce duplicated work.

Wider access

Telemedicine software and remote monitoring extend care to patients who cannot easily reach a facility.

Faster decisions

Healthcare analytics put reliable data in front of leaders, turning reporting into decisions your teams can act on quickly.

Stable modernization

Incremental delivery upgrades legacy systems while live operations keep running, so improvement never means downtime.

Clinician time back

Workflow-fit software and AI documentation return hours to clinicians, easing the burden that drives burnout.

Room to scale

Cloud-native design lets healthcare solutions that help today expand to new sites, services, and patient volumes tomorrow.

Off-the-shelf

Packaged platforms deploy quickly and suit standard processes, but they constrain you to their model. Healthcare organizations often outgrow them in the second year.

Fast initial rollout
Lower upfront cost
Standard workflows only
Limited integration flexibility

Custom medical software

Custom solutions fit software to your clinical reality and enable healthcare organizations to connect deeply with existing systems.

Workflows matched exactly
Deep system integration
No vendor lock-in
Scales with your growth

Healthcare domain depth

Look for specific healthcare experience, not a portfolio where healthcare is one of thirty industries. Real understanding of healthcare shows in EHR, telemedicine, and device work.

Compliance maturity

Ask how the partner will handle healthcare software audits across HIPAA, FDA, and interoperability obligations. Strong teams map compliance at architecture stage rather than treating it as a final review.

Interoperability record

Confirm hands-on experience with HL7, FHIR, and named EHR integrations. Custom healthcare software development companies that have connected Epic or Cerner will scope your integrations realistically.

Security practices

Request specifics on encryption, access control, and testing. A serious partner describes concrete engineering measures, not vague assurances that healthcare software requires them to make.

Code ownership

Clarify who owns the code, documentation, and infrastructure at the end. You should leave every engagement able to maintain and extend the software independently.

Delivery and support

Examine how the team runs discovery, sprints, and post-launch support. Predictable healthcare software delivery depends on governance and a support model defined before the build begins.

Proof over promises

Ask for measurable outcomes from comparable regulated work. Teams that build software for regulated care prove it in named results, not general software development claims.

Weighing a build decision?

Share your workflow, constraints, and integration landscape, and we will map a realistic path forward.

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VP-led governance

A dedicated delivery manager and VP-level oversight keep every healthcare project's scope, risk, and quality visible to your leadership throughout the engagement.

Senior engineers

Your software development team is staffed with senior specialists who have shipped regulated systems, not juniors learning on your project.

Live risk register

A running risk register tracks every compliance, integration, and delivery risk, so issues surface early instead of at release.

Formal QA gates

A structured quality checkpoint precedes every release, giving your development team a defensible record before code reaches patients.

Managed delivery

We own the outcome end to end, with a delivery manager, QA governance, and accountability for scope and timeline.

Team extension

We embed senior healthcare software developers into your team, adding capacity under your direction with full delivery oversight.

Offshore delivery center

We stand up a dedicated offshore delivery center across Poland, Ukraine, Mexico, and Turkey, with US coordination for scale.

Software and technology

Digital products and enterprise platforms engineered for scale across growing technology businesses.

Retail

Commerce systems connecting checkout, inventory, fulfillment, and customer engagement across channels.

Fintech

Financial platforms supporting secure payments, compliance, and high-volume transaction processing.

Healthcare

Clinical and operational systems built for HIPAA, interoperability, and regulated delivery.

Telecom

Communications software supporting subscriber operations and connected network services.

Energy

Energy technology improving infrastructure monitoring and field service coordination.

Travel

Booking and loyalty systems connecting reservations to the wider customer journey.

Logistics

Supply chain software coordinating shipments, planning, and operational visibility.

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Custom software development

Software tailored to complex clinical and administrative operations.

Mobile app development

Native and cross-platform apps for connected patient care.

Legacy application modernization

Modernize aging systems for stability, scale, and interoperability.

AI and ML services

Governed AI for clinical intelligence and workflow automation.

Cloud development services

Compliant cloud infrastructure for scalable health data workloads.

Team extension services

Senior engineers embedded to strengthen your delivery team.

Unified Inventory UI Modernization

~45% faster

delivery with standardized UI components.

~90% less

design debt thanks to a unified component system.

AI-Driven Cloud-Native Logbooks for Manufacturing

Operational efficiency

with no-code templates and AI-assisted setup.

Seamless compliance

thanks to digital audit trails, exception handling, and role-based approvals.

At Zoolatech, we create engineering teams for industry leaders across the US and Europe — teams that move fast, think big, and deliver strong impact.

96%

Client Satisfaction

300+

Successful Projects

2017

Year Founded

98%

Retention Rate

At Zoolatech, we create engineering teams for industry leaders across the US and Europe — teams that move fast, think big, and deliver strong impact.

Engineering Excellence. Every Time.

At Zoolatech, we create engineering teams for industry leaders across the US and Europe — teams that move fast, think big, and deliver strong impact.

600+

Employees

Headquarters

USA

Development Centers

Build Compliant Healthcare Software

Tell us your clinical workflow, regulatory constraints, and integration landscape, and we scope an architecture approach fast.

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Questions You May Have

What does a healthcare software development company do?

A healthcare software development company designs, builds, and maintains custom systems such as EHR platforms, telemedicine, patient portals, and medical device software. Teams that develop healthcare software daily also handle needs like HIPAA compliance and HL7/FHIR integration.

What do healthcare software development costs depend on?

The cost of custom healthcare software depends on complexity, regulatory scope, and integrations, so a fixed number before discovery is misleading. Software costs firm up after we map workflows and scope an estimate for your healthcare platform.

What compliance standards must healthcare software meet?

Most systems must meet HIPAA and HITECH, while device software adds FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and IEC 62304. Interoperability requires HL7, FHIR R4, and ONC rules, and EU-facing systems require GDPR.

How do you ensure HIPAA in healthcare software development?

We encrypt protected health information at rest and in transit, enforce role-based access, and log every record access for audit readiness. Security testing validates these controls before any release reaches production.

Can you integrate with our existing EHR like Epic or Cerner?

Yes. We connect to Epic, Oracle Cerner, and athenahealth through their FHIR R4 APIs, and we build HL7 v2 interfaces with Mirth Connect for older systems. Every integration is tested in a sandbox first.

What is the difference between custom and off-the-shelf healthcare software?

Off-the-shelf software deploys faster but limits you to its workflows, while custom software fits your clinical processes and integrates deeply. Many healthcare organizations start packaged and move to custom as they scale.

Do you provide offshore or outsourced healthcare software development?

Yes. We offer managed delivery, team extension, and offshore delivery centers staffed across Poland, Ukraine, Mexico, and Turkey, with US coordination. The model suits organizations seeking cost-predictable engineering without losing domain depth.

What makes Zoolatech different among medical software development services?

We pair deep regulated-industry delivery with named proof, including FDA-grade modernization and ISO 42001 AI governance for MasterControl. Every engagement runs under VP-led governance and formal QA gates.

Custom Healthcare Software Development Company

Industry Leaders We Work With

Healthcare Platforms Built Around Clinical Work

“More than a quarter of US healthcare administrative spending, an estimated $265 billion, could be eliminated without compromising care.” — McKinsey & Company

Custom Healthcare Software Solutions

98%

300+

Clinical records

Virtual care

Patient engagement

Remote monitoring

Care operations

Clinical analytics

Imaging systems

Pharmacy systems

EHR integration

Decision support

E-prescribing

Population health

“Healthcare has the highest data breach cost of any industry, at $7.42 million.” — IBM

Healthcare Software Development Services

Software built around clinical workflows

Modernize without disrupting live care

Production-grade clinical intelligence

Compliant cloud for health data

HIPAA-aware delivery pipelines

Testing for regulated releases

More Services

Product and UX

Mobile development

Data engineering

Integration services

Application support

Security engineering

What Our Customers Say

Healthcare Solutions By Setting

Coordinated care at enterprise scale

Faster throughput for outpatient teams

Care that reaches beyond the facility

Traceable results from sample to record

Connected prescribing and dispensing

Lower friction across the back office

Map Your Build

Protecting Health Data

PHI encryption

Access control

Audit logging

Identity controls

Penetration testing

Vulnerability management

Secure SDLC

Disaster recovery

Vendor management

Integration And Interoperability

Connect to major EHRs

Bridge older interfaces

Standards-based sharing

Signals into records

Scope Your Integration

HIPAA And FDA Compliance

Protecting patient data

Regulated device software

Meeting federal mandates

Beyond US requirements

Analytics That Guide Care

Clinical warehousing

Population health

Real-world evidence

Operational dashboards

Applied Intelligence For Clinical And Operational Work

Decision support

Medical imaging

Predictive analytics

Clinical NLP

Governed AI

Healthcare Technology Stack

Our Development Process

Discovery and scoping

Compliance mapping

Secure architecture