Hourly
Weekly invoicing, minimum 40 hours per month, weekly demos. You pay only for the hours we log against your project board. Best for healthcare maintenance, FHIR integration updates, or regulatory-driven changes.
Healthcare · HIPAA-aware · NHS-aware · FHIR/HL7
Hire healthcare app developers. HIPAA-aware, NHS-aware senior talent.
Senior healthcare app engineers — HIPAA-aware iOS and Android, NHS-adjacent UK builds, FHIR / HL7 integrations, telehealth, EHR connectivity, HealthKit / Health Connect — into your team in 14 calendar days. The senior engineers we deploy have shipped this stack in production, not configured a HealthKit demo.
eCorpIT places senior healthcare app engineers — HIPAA-aware, NHS-aware, FHIR/HL7, telehealth, EHR connectivity — into your team in 14 calendar days. Rates run $32/hr mid-level to $58/hr architect, against US senior healthcare rates of $90–$160/hr. Reagan Medical Center is our named US reference. MSA + BAA-friendly clauses available; HIPAA-aware delivery from Sprint 1.
- 14 calendar days to first demo
- $44 senior rate /hr (vs $90–160 US)
- HIPAA aware delivery from Sprint 1
- 5.0 Google rating · 55 reviewers
- NDA-first · within 4 hours
- MSA + DPA before code
- Senior-only delivery
- Weekly demos, weekly invoicing
- Founder review at every milestone
Why eCorpIT
Why hire Healthcare developers through eCorpIT.
Healthcare mobile sits at the intersection of regulated data, integration complexity and design responsibility. HIPAA-aware (US) and UK GDPR + DPA 2018 (UK) data handling the covered entity can defend in audit. Encryption at rest, in transit and in processing. Audit-trail logging that meets a Subject Access Request or a HIPAA Privacy Rule complaint. EHR integration (Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, EMIS) with HL7 v2 and FHIR R4/R5.
Manu Shukla reviews every healthcare engagement at architecture and milestone stages. The engineer whose CV you interviewed is the engineer who ships.
US seniors $90–$160/hr
UK seniors £50–£95/hr
eCorpIT $44–$48/hr (senior)
A 60–70% vs US specialists saving at the same seniority, on a dedicated pod with an MSA and DPA signed before code is written. Industry rate benchmarks.
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HIPAA-aware by default
Data classification at the schema level. PHI in encrypted columns. Audit-log tables for every read/write of protected data. BAA-friendly cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP). No PHI in logs, on device beyond authenticated sessions, or in third-party analytics.
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NHS-adjacent UK work
Patient-facing apps touching NHS Trust data, UK GDPR + DPA 2018 compliant, ICO standard contractual clauses for cross-border data, CQC-aware care-provider workflows, awareness of NHS Digital DCB0129 / DCB0160 clinical-risk standards.
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FHIR R4/R5 & HL7 v2
Senior engineers who have shipped FHIR-based EHR integrations beat juniors who treat FHIR as one library call — same for HL7 v2 segment parsing, ADT/ORU/MDM flows, and the per-EHR quirks that always appear.
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HealthKit & Health Connect
Real-world experience with the consent flows, data-type granularity and background-sync limits both platforms enforce. Shipped for US health systems and UK wellness brands.
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Telehealth & device interop
WebRTC, Twilio Video, Vonage, Daily SDK; Bluetooth LE for BP cuffs, glucose meters, pulse oximeters and CGMs. End-to-end-encrypted variants for high-sensitivity workloads.
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Synthetic-data discipline
Development uses synthetic data only — no real PHI ever lands in dev or staging. Production data access stays in the customer’s deployment, with audit-log tables for every PHI access.
Transparent pricing
Healthcare rate card (USD, hourly).
Same rate card as the umbrella hire page. Healthcare work is typically staffed at the Senior or Lead tier given the regulatory exposure; Junior engineers rarely work without senior pairing on PHI-handling workloads. All-in, weekly invoicing, net 14.
| Tier | Experience | Flutter / RN | iOS | Android |
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| Junior | 1–2 years | $22/hr | $24/hr | $22/hr |
| Mid-level | 3–5 years | $32/hr | $35/hr | $32/hr |
| Senior | 6+ years | $44/hr | $48/hr | $44/hr |
| Lead / Architect | 8+ years | $58/hr | $62/hr | $58/hr |
For a typical US-bought HIPAA-aware telehealth MVP at 160 hours/month with one Senior plus shared backend support, that is about $46K eCorpIT versus $120K at the US senior midpoint. Same regulatory comfort, same shipped app.
How you work with us
Four engagement models.
You pick the one that fits how you actually want to work. We do not push everyone into the same shape.
Monthly
160 hours per month, dedicated. 10% discount on the hourly rate. The engineer attends your standups, sits in your Slack, follows your sprint cadence. Pause with 30 days’ written notice. Best for active builds.
Quarterly
3-month commit, 15% discount on hourly. Includes a shared designer (40 hours) familiar with WCAG 2.2 AA and clinical UX and a shared QA engineer (40 hours) at no additional cost. The pod model — a real team behind one engineer.
Project
$15K (healthcare-aware) MVP starting (a small premium over the $8K cross-platform start because regulatory overhead is real). We own scope, milestones and acceptance criteria. Weekly demos, weekly invoicing against milestones. Best when the spec is well-defined and you want predictability.
All four models include the NDA signed before any technical conversation, an MSA with India and EU/UK-aligned clauses, a DPA aligned with GDPR and India’s DPDP Act, weekly invoicing, and a single named delivery lead for the whole engagement. MSA + BAA-friendly DPA before code; HIPAA-aware delivery from Sprint 1.
Real seniors on the bench
Sample engineer profiles (anonymised).
We send full anonymised CVs on request and arrange interviews within 5 business days of NDA.
Senior Mobile Healthcare Engineer
9 years
Swift/SwiftUI + Kotlin, HealthKit (HIPAA-aware), CareKit, ResearchKit, FHIR R4 client SDKs, Epic on FHIR, Twilio Video. Shipped a HIPAA-aware patient-engagement app for a US clinic group (Reagan Medical Center, 52k MAU, BAA in place), a UK wellness companion, and an Indian clinical-trial recruitment app. Strong on HIPAA audit-log architecture and BAA-friendly cloud setup.
Available: Monthly or quarterly
Senior Mobile Healthcare Engineer
8 years
React Native + native modules, HL7 v2 ADT/ORU/MDM handling, FHIR R5, on-device biometric auth, Bluetooth LE for connected medical devices, asynchronous video consultation with WebRTC. Shipped a US telehealth platform (180k MAU), a UK NHS-adjacent triage app, and an Indian out-patient appointment app. Specialism: device interop and async workflows.
Available: Hourly, monthly or quarterly
Healthcare Lead / Architect
13 years mobile, 10 years healthcare
HIPAA-aware architecture, BAA negotiation patterns, FHIR R5 server-side design, OAuth 2.0 + SMART on FHIR, OWASP MASVS L2 for healthcare data, DCB0129 clinical-risk documentation, NHS Digital integration. Led the architecture review of a US health system’s EHR-companion build and a UK NHS Trust patient-app rewrite.
Available: Monthly, quarterly or fixed-price
Full anonymised CVs and arranged interviews follow the 14-day onboarding (Days 2–5). Additional healthcare references on request under NDA — US clinic groups, UK wellness brands, Indian out-patient platforms.
The promise
The 14-day onboarding, day by day.
This is a calendar-day commitment, not a "best efforts" promise. If we miss any of these dates, the first month of the engagement is on the house.
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NDA signed
Within 4 hours of your first inbound message. Sign it; the technical conversation starts immediately.
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Discovery call
60 minutes. Manu Shukla joins. We map the problem, target users, your existing stack and constraints. We map the regulatory perimeter (HIPAA US, UK GDPR + DPA 2018, India DPDP), data classification (PHI, special-category data), EHR integration scope and clinical workflow. You leave with a one-page strategy doc by end of day.
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Shortlist CVs
3 anonymised CVs of senior healthcare engineers matched to your build, each with 3 shipped apps and a 30-minute video introduction.
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Interviews
You interview 2–3 of the shortlisted engineers. We do not block on “first available.” You pick.
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Team selection & plan
Engineer (or pod) finalised, engagement model agreed, draft project plan with milestones shared.
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MSA + DPA signed
Master Services Agreement and Data Processing Addendum (GDPR + DPDP aligned) signed both sides.
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Environment setup
Repository, Slack/Teams (with PHI-redaction discipline agreed upfront), Jira/Linear/Asana, EHR sandbox access, secrets vault.
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Kick-off
Founder-led kick-off call with Manu, the delivery lead, the assigned engineer(s) and your team. Sprint 0 deliverables aligned.
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Sprint 1 planning + technical design
Technical design document for the first deliverable. Sprint 1 backlog locked.
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Sprint 1 in build
Daily standups in your timezone. Slack-first communication.
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First demo
Working build of the first user-facing feature with PHI handling already aligned. Retro. Sprint 2 plan agreed.
No surprises
Included in every Healthcare engagement.
The line items that show up as “extras” with other vendors are baked into our rates.
- Architecture review with HIPAA data-flow analysis by a Lead before Sprint 1.
- Code review by a second senior engineer on every PR, including secrets and PHI-handling review.
- CI/CD pipeline setup with secrets-vault integration and SAST/DAST scanning.
- HIPAA-aware data-flow diagram and audit-log architecture documented before PHI-touching code is written.
- OWASP MASVS Level 1 by default; Level 2 for highly sensitive workloads.
- App Store & Play Store submission, including category-required disclosures.
- Crashlytics/Sentry/Bugsnag with PHI redaction configured.
- Accessibility audit (VoiceOver, TalkBack, Dynamic Type, WCAG 2.2 AA — important for clinical workflows) before submission.
- Weekly demos, Friday status notes, founder review at milestones.
- ISO 27001:2022-aligned source-code handling. 30 days post-launch support.
Not included unless quoted separately: BAA-eligible cloud infrastructure costs (AWS, Azure, GCP), third-party EHR SDK licences, formal HIPAA audit costs, external penetration tests, and clinical safety case (DCB0129) authoring for NHS work are quoted separately.
Procurement-ready
The credentials a US or UK procurement team checks.
We have them all on file and will share them under NDA.
- CMMI Level 5 appraised
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security
- ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management
- ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 — Service management
- ISO 45001:2018 — Occupational H&S
- GDPR-aligned data handling
- DPDP Act (India) compliant
- DPIIT recognised startup
- MSME registered
- D-U-N-S® verified · #854367803
HIPAA-aware design: we ship the data-classification, encryption, audit-trail and BAA-friendly infrastructure patterns HIPAA requires of vendors. Final HIPAA compliance is the covered entity’s certification, not the vendor’s — no credible offshore partner should claim otherwise. NHS-adjacent awareness (DCB0129 / DCB0160) and ICO standard contractual clauses for UK/EU cross-border data. Reagan Medical Center is our named US healthcare reference.
5.0 from 55 reviewers on Google, on the canonical AI Mobile App Development page. Founder LinkedIn and verified company profiles are linked from the footer.
Free project estimate · 24 hours
Tell us about your project. Get a free estimate in 24 hours.
Within 24 working hours, you receive a one-page PDF: recommended scope, suggested tech approach, indicative pricing range, and a delivery timeline. Reviewed by a senior architect from the eCorpIT team. No sales pressure, no follow-up unless you ask for one.
- One-page strategy doc + indicative range
- NDA available on request
- Reviewed personally by a senior architect
- No sales pressure. No follow-up unless you ask.
Request received
Got it — we'll be in touch within 24 hours.
A senior architect will review your brief and reply by email with a one-page strategy doc, indicative pricing, and a realistic timeline.
- 1 We review your brief and map it to the right practice + team.
- 2 You get a one-page estimate with scope, pricing range, and timeline.
- 3 If it's a fit, we book a 30-min discovery call — no obligation.
Reference — · We'll reply from contact@ecorpit.com.
Answers, up front
How much does it cost to hire healthcare app developers?
eCorpIT senior healthcare app engineers bill $22–$58/hour by seniority — about 60–70% below US cost — with HIPAA-aware (and NHS/FHIR/HL7-aware) delivery. The compliance overlay adds engineering hours, but the rate base keeps a regulated build far below US-agency pricing.
What do healthcare app developers need to know about compliance?
Healthcare apps need HIPAA-aware design — audit trails, encryption, BAAs, least-privilege access — plus FHIR/HL7 interoperability and, for the UK, NHS and DSPT alignment. eCorpIT’s engineers build these controls in from the first sprint rather than retrofitting them before launch.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What US and UK teams ask before hiring Healthcare developers with us.
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Do you build HIPAA-compliant apps?
We build HIPAA-aware apps with the data classification, encryption, audit-trail and BAA-friendly infrastructure HIPAA requires of vendors. Final HIPAA compliance is the covered entity’s certification, not the vendor’s. Reagan Medical Center is our named US reference.
Will you sign a BAA?
Yes — as the covered entity’s downstream vendor where appropriate, with our cloud partner (AWS, Azure or GCP) signing a parallel BAA for the infrastructure layer. We have shipped multiple US healthcare engagements under BAA.
Can you integrate with Epic, Cerner, Allscripts or EMIS?
Yes — FHIR R4/R5 client SDKs, SMART on FHIR OAuth 2.0, Epic on FHIR app submission, and HL7 v2 ADT/ORU/MDM handling are in our senior healthcare engineers’ production experience.
Do you handle NHS-adjacent UK builds?
Yes — patient-facing UK apps, UK GDPR + DPA 2018 compliant, ICO clauses for cross-border data, awareness of DCB0129/DCB0160. We provide the engineering evidence a UK clinical safety officer needs (we don’t authorise the clinical risk case ourselves).
What are your healthcare rates vs a US specialist agency?
eCorpIT senior rate is $44–$48/hour. US healthcare-specialist agencies bill $90–$160/hour at the same seniority. Arbitrage is 60–70% on like-for-like work.
Can you ship a telehealth app with WebRTC video?
Yes — WebRTC, Twilio Video, Vonage or Daily SDK in production. End-to-end-encrypted variants for high-sensitivity workloads.
Do you handle HealthKit, Health Connect and connected devices?
Yes — HealthKit (iOS), Health Connect (Android), Bluetooth LE for BP cuffs, glucose meters, pulse oximeters and CGMs. Production experience for US and UK clients.
How do you protect PHI during development?
Development uses synthetic data only — no real PHI in dev or staging. Production data access restricted to the customer’s deployment. Audit-log tables for every PHI access.
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