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Healthcare IT Consulting
Our clients get comprehensive action plans to launch successful healthcare software and optimize IT delivery while ensuring full regulatory compliance and PHI protection. We would be pleased to help with your initiative.
Gala Batsishcha
ScienceSoft's Healthcare IT Consultant, MD
Healthcare IT consulting services by ScienceSoft drive fail-proof IT strategy planning and worry-free tech launch for care providers, product, medical device, and pharma companies. ISO 13485-certified, we meticulously study your business and help create secure and efficient solutions and operations.
About ScienceSoft
- Healthcare IT consulting firm with 19 years of experience in the healthcare industry.
- 35 years in the information technology market.
- ISO 13485:2016 certification that guarantees medical software development compliance with the requirements of the FDA and The Council of the European Union.
- Working experience with HIPAA, GDPR, MDR, and FDA requirements and healthcare standards (e.g., HL7, ICD-10, CPT, XDS/XDS-I).
- A clear understanding of the healthcare organizations’ internal processes.
- ScienceSoft’s RPM solution won the Best Healthcare Technology Solution Award 2022 from Health Tech Digital.
- ScienceSoft became a finalist for the Health Tech Award 2022 with its laboratory diagnostics software and the HTN Now Awards 2023 in the Excellence in Remote Patient Monitoring category.
What makes ScienceSoft different
We achieve project success no matter what
ScienceSoft does not pass mere project administration off as project management, which, unfortunately, often happens on the market. We practice real project management, achieving project success for our clients no matter what.
Results That ScienceSoft’s Clients Achieve
10x cheaper patient data storage
thanks to optimized cloud resources consumption.
30% reduction in development time
thanks to proactive project management.
$7 million estimated annual savings
due to automated hospital asset management.
3x user growth
thanks to new convenience-centered functionality of a SaMD web demo.
4% better patient outcomes
thanks to reimbursable video consultations.
Healthcare Information Technology Consulting Service Options
ScienceSoft provides a full scope of healthcare IT services to ensure efficient resource allocation, healthcare data integrity, and security. Our healthcare consultants are proficient in advanced technologies like AI, IoT, blockchain, etc., and are ready to help you introduce new software and improve existing solutions.
Healthcare IT consulting
- Analysis of the business needs and workflows that are affected by IT.
- Healthcare IT assessment and strategic planning based on the current IT maturity level.
- Digital transformation and cloud consulting.
- Consulting on incident, change, and configuration management.
- IT infrastructure optimization: performance and availability improvement, cost reduction, etc.
- IT delivery process optimization, employee training.
- IT compliance consulting.
Healthcare software consulting
- (for software product companies) Market analysis, software idea productization.
- (for healthcare providers) Assistance in choosing between custom and market-available software options.
- Healthcare software design: features, architecture, integrations, tech stack.
- Feasibility study and business case delivery, cost and ROI estimation.
- Healthcare software development and QA consulting, DevOps implementation.
- Guidance on achieving software compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, FDA, GDPR, MDR, IVDR, and other regulations.
- Design of flexible architecture and required integrations.
- Convenient UX design for doctors, nurses, patients, etc.
- Development in compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and other regulations.
- (if required) User training for doctors, nurses, etc.
- Support and maintenance services according to the required schedule.
- Support of all healthcare IT ecosystem components (e.g., networks, IoMT infrastructure, EHR, patient portals).
- Proactive healthcare IT support (e.g., security, healthcare IT infrastructure monitoring and maintenance).
- Reactive IT support (e.g., L1-L3 support).
Healthcare software optimization and modernization
- Performance optimization.
- Healthcare software architecture redesign.
- Evolution of medical software (e.g., implementation of advanced techs, new functionality, convenience features).
- Security and compliance improvement.
Migration to a HIPAA-compliant cloud
- Selection of an optimal HIPAA-compliant cloud provider (AWS, Azure, etc.).
- Planning software migration to a HIPAA-compliant cloud.
- Carrying out migration to a cloud.
- Optimizing software in a HIPAA-compliant cloud and the use of cloud resources to cut expenses.
Integration of healthcare software
ScienceSoft helps integrate the software with:
- Clinical software (e.g., EHR, laboratory management system, medical imaging software).
- Patient software (patient portals, telehealth apps, etc.).
- Management software (e.g., CRM, practice management software).
- IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) systems and connected medical devices.
Healthcare cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance assessment
- HIPAA compliance of technical (e.g., ePHI access control) and physical (e.g., facility access control) safeguards.
- Correction measures for the vulnerabilities that may be exploited by cybercriminals.
- Security testing routine to ensure timely vulnerability detection and elimination.
Success Stories
Clients We Serve
We take charge of the organization’s IT environment and help smoothly introduce new digital health initiatives or enhance existing solutions and processes.
Prominent clients: Delaware Community Health
Medical device manufacturers
We design and develop SaMD and software for medical devices, covering regulatory documentation preparation for FDA, MDR, and IVDR submission.
Prominent clients: Montex Swiss AG
We help shape healthcare software product idea and take over its implementation, post-launch support and evolution.
Prominent clients: AKLOS Health
Pharmaceutical companies
We help manage IT infrastructures and develop tailored apps for clinical trials, medication ordering and tracking.
Prominent clients: PerkinElmer
Our Clients Say
bioAffinity Technologies hired ScienceSoft to help in the development of its automated data analysis software for detection of lung cancer using flow cytometry.
Our project required a large amount of industry specific methodology and algorithms to be implemented into our new software connected to EHR/LIS systems, which the team handled well. They are reliable, thorough, smart, available, extremely good communicators and very friendly.
During our cooperation, ScienceSoft proved to have vast expertise in the Healthcare and Life Science industries related to the development of desktop software connected to laboratory equipment, a mobile application, and a data analytics platform.
They bring top-quality talents and deep knowledge of IT technologies and approaches in accordance with ISO 13485 and IEC 62304 standards.
We engaged ScienceSoft to build an Android app that complements our web-based platform for our patients.
They advised and successfully lead the way from end to end through the technical challenges and considerations with development of the app. We have also engaged them to introduce a few enhancements to the app and would certainly consider ScienceSoft as a technology partner in further software development initiatives.
Healthcare IT Solutions We Offer
Patient engagement solutions
ScienceSoft will help you design and plan the development of:
- Custom patient portals.
- Medical websites.
- Mobile applications for health parameters tracking, nutrition monitoring, etc.
- Chronic disease management applications.
- Health education software.
- Clinical maps.
Implementation timeline: MVP in 2-4 months.
Remote patient monitoring (RPM)
We advise on RPM software that allows:
- Collecting and analyzing detailed information about patients’ vitals.
- Sharing patient data with integrated healthcare IT systems (e.g., EHR, HMS).
- Alerting a doctor, a patient, and caregivers in case of alarming health parameters.
Implementation timeline: MVP in around 4-8 months.
Telemedicine software
ScienceSoft's experts design telemedicine software offering:
- Engaging video appointments.
- Remote diagnosing and vitals tracking (e.g., for pulse, blood pressure).
- Automated billing due to integration with EHR.
- Data analytics of patient outcome trends, and physician performance.
Implementation timeline: MVP in around 4-8 months.
We design software featuring:
- Notifications on scheduled appointments, lab results, medication management, and more.
- Medication intake scheme.
- Disease-specific therapy programs aimed at symptom relief (breathing exercises for cardiac health, etc.).
- Nutrition and activity instructions.
Implementation timeline: MVP in 3-6 months.
Virtual reality (VR) software
ScienceSoft’s experts will help you plan VR software for:
- Medical education and training of medical students and starting-out healthcare professionals.
- Surgery training and planning.
- Pain management of chronic, acute medical procedure pain.
- Patient rehabilitation, including stroke rehabilitation.
- Physical therapy.
Implementation timeline: MVP in 2-4 months.
Image analysis software
We advise our clients on software handling:
- Analysis of various medical images (CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, ultrasound, radiography, mammography, etc.).
- 3D image analysis of particular body parts (respiratory system, brain, cardiovascular system, etc.).
- Image analysis for a wide range of standards (e.g., DICOM, MINC, NifTI).
Implementation timeline: MVP in 2-4 months.
Patient relationship management
ScienceSoft will help you plan:
- Patient CRM with a 360-degree patient view.
- Digital PR and marketing strategy.
- Integrations of patient relationship management software with EHR and other clinical applications to avoid dispersed data.
Implementation timeline: from 2-4 months.
Healthcare data management and analytics
We help integrate data from all required apps to get insights into:
- Patient outcomes.
- Physicians’ and nurses’ performance.
- Research and development progress.
- Staffing gaps.
- Population health.
- Financial data analytics.
- Medical devices usage and performance.
- Medical facilities condition and usage.
Implementation timeline: from 2-4 months.
Digital collaboration and internal process automation solutions
- Office 365-based collaboration and workflow automation to support multiteam patient care.
- SharePoint Intranet and Extranet to keep medical and administrative staff informed on critical data and enable all-around collaboration.
- Remote workplace for nurses and physicians.
- SharePoint policy management and ticketing systems.
- Learning management system.
Implementation timeline: from 1-2 months.
Staff, patient, and facility tracking software
We offer consultancy on IoT software for:
- Staff tracking to avoid overwork and optimize workflows.
- Inpatient tracking with smart sensors or devices to improve safety and provide timely care.
- Hospital asset tracking using RFID tags to avoid underutilization or loss of the equipment.
Implementation timeline: starting from 2 months for a platform-based software.
Medical device software and software as a medical device (SaMD)
- Software for medical devices (e.g., glucose meters, laboratory equipment).
- Software as a Medical Device (e.g., for treatment planning, medical image viewing, drug dosage calculation).
- IoMT software design (e.g., for asset tracking, staff tracking).
Implementation timeline: MVP in 4-8 months.
Harness the Power of Advanced Technologies in Healthcare
Medical IT Consulting: Step by Step
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Business analysis
- (for healthcare organizations) Business needs analysis and current IT ecosystem analysis.
- (for product companies) Market analysis and competitors research, target customer segment identification.
- Elicitation of functional and non-functional software requirements, feature planning, and prioritization.
- Healthcare software compliance requirements gathering for applicable regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR).
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Architecture design of healthcare software, tech stack selection, integration design, etc.
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Project planning
Healthcare software delivery schedule planning, budget planning, and ROI calculation.
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Risk assessment and risk management planning
- Analysis of the potential risks of healthcare software development and use.
- Drawing up the risk mitigation plan.
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ScienceSoft recommends: If your healthcare software needs early stakeholder or market validation, start with MVP development. MVP features core software functionality with simple UX and UI design and then can be enhanced further based on the received feedback. |
Highlights of Our Services
Deep proficiency in healthcare
Our healthcare technology consultants with 5-20 years of domain expertise will help you meet your strategic IT goals and mitigate financial, security, and compliance risks.
End-to-end services
ScienceSoft combines consulting with practical assistance: we’re ready to launch your digital initiatives, develop custom software, provide managed IT services, and more.
Cost-effectiveness
In each engagement, we strive to reduce IT costs by fixing process inefficiencies, optimizing cloud consumption, using proven open-source software components, and more. This way, we have helped our healthcare clients reduce app ownership costs and cut data storage spending by 10 times.
Meet Our Leading Healthcare IT Experts
Alena Madden
Healthcare IT Consultant and Business Analyst with 10+ years of experience
With 20+ successful IT projects and expertise in international sales, Alena Madden helps bring together the latest trends from the clinical and technological realms. Alena dives deep into the clients' needs to elaborate their ideas and bring to life innovative healthcare solutions.
Gala Batsishcha
Healthcare IT Consultant, Doctor of Medicine with 20+ years of experience in the healthcare industry
Working with companies like Pfizer, Dr.Reddy's, Roche, Gala Batsishcha acquired vast expertise in the healthcare business. Gala’s strategical thinking, practical medical knowledge, and understanding of the healthcare trends help her design IT solutions that tackle unmet medical needs.
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ScienceSoft's tip: If your software incorporates SaMD features (e.g., pulse monitoring using a smartphone, drug prescription software), it may require FDA registration. |
Our Approach to Pricing
We offer an optimal pricing model, taking into account your project and budget specifics:
Fixed price (FP)
We charge a fixed quote for the defined healthcare project scope. The payment schedule is aligned with the project’s milestones.
Optimal for: Waterfall projects.
Time and Materials (T&M)
We charge for the actual time spent on healthcare software development at an hourly rate of the outsourced specialists and issue monthly invoices with reports on completed work.
Optimal for: Agile projects, projects with a scope that is likely to change.
Time and Materials with a cap (T&M NTE)
We charge for the actual time spent on healthcare software development but cannot exceed a certain total charge. The client is charged monthly.
Optimal for: projects with potential slight changes of scope, but with strict budget limitations.
Sample cost ranges for popular healthcare IT solutions
From $150,000 to $400,000
for telemedicine software with must-have functionality
From $200,000 to $400,000
for remote patient monitoring or medical device software
From $400,000 to over $2,000,000
for EHR software
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In the meantime, would you like to learn more about ScienceSoft?
- Project success no matter what: learn how we make good on our mission.
- 19 years in healthcare IT services: check what we do.
- 4,000 successful projects: explore our portfolio.
- 1,300+ incredible clients: read what they say.
Technologies We Work With
KPIs in Focus
When designing an IT strategy or digital health software for hospitals, labs, healthcare startups, mature software product companies, medical device providers, and pharmaceutical companies, we build our healthcare IT advisory services around clients’ goals and KPIs. These are a few groups of KPIs we focus on:
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Patient health outcomes and quality of care, e.g., reduced complications rate, and lower readmission rate. |
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Medical staff performance, e.g., faster patient care delivery, and reduced time spent on report creation. |
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Cost of care, e.g., decreased length of patient stay in the hospital and ancillary costs, and reduced cost per visit. |
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Patient engagement, e.g., increased visit attendance, and reduced hospitalizations. |
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User satisfaction, e.g., the number of active patients using a mobile healthcare app daily. |
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Asset management, e.g., increased asset utilization rate, and decreased asset search time. |
Leverage IT Consulting for Healthcare
Healthcare consulting firm with 19 years of experience in digital health, ScienceSoft provides startup, pharmaceutical, hospital technology advisory services to help you benefit from a cost-effective digital health solution or a bestselling medical software product.