Nephrology EHR software
built around how you practice.
Nephrology runs on dialysis flowsheets and long lab trends. Generic EHRs cannot model a dialysis prescription or trend a year of labs without a spreadsheet beside the chart. We build the nephrology EHR around how you actually work, or say when off-the-shelf is the smarter buy.
Scoped estimate in 3 to 5 days. No obligation, NDA on request.
“They were absolutely phenomenal. The team put in a lot of work to break down what was required of the project and gave an excellent presentation on the process. I highly recommend them and will be working with them again in the future.”
Kayode Leonard
Founder, Project Wolf
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We build EHRs around how you practice
HighCraft is a senior team that pairs full-stack engineering with applied AI for healthcare, SaaS, and expert-led businesses. We have earned Top Rated and a 100 percent Job Success Score on Upwork, one five-star delivery at a time.
We built a HIPAA-aligned EMR and patient portal for a healthcare wellness platform, with intake, clinical workflows, AI lab analysis, and billing. You work with the engineers who designed those records, not a sales layer.
2 weeks
idea to working prototype
End to end
prototype to production
Senior
engineers, no handoffs
A nephrology EHR is only worth building when off-the-shelf fails you on dialysis flowsheets and lab trending. When it does, we build to the FHIR specification standard so dialysis machines and clinics, plus lab feeds for long-term trend tracking flow into the record, and we shipped a HIPAA-aligned EMR under real regulatory scrutiny.
What a nephrology EHR has to get right
The dialysis prescription and the long lab trend a general chart cannot hold without a spreadsheet beside it.
Dialysis prescriptions and flowsheets
In-center and home treatment flowsheets, the dialysis prescription, and adequacy tracking on Kt/V and URR, built as structured data instead of the spreadsheet most renal practices keep next to a general EHR.
Long-term lab trending
CKD staging on eGFR, anemia and mineral-bone management, and a year of labs that reads as a trend rather than a stack of separate results, the way a chronic-kidney population is actually managed.
Device and registry integration
Feeds from dialysis machines and clinics, lab integration, and the reporting to the CMS EQRS system, formerly CROWNWeb, that dialysis facilities owe under the Conditions for Coverage, all built to the FHIR standard.
Value-based ready
The care coordination and reporting the CMS Kidney Care Choices model expects, so a practice managing advanced CKD and ESRD has the data the model pays on, not a manual export.
Build or buy: the honest answer
There are strong nephrology products. Acumen, including its Epic Connect platform, covers dialysis-specific workflows for thousands of kidney-care providers, and Epic and athenahealth serve renal practices too. If one fits how you practice, buying beats building, and we will say so. Custom earns its cost at the edges: a dialysis-machine integration the off-the-shelf option will not open up, a value-based program you report into, or a workflow none of them model. We tell you which case you are in before quoting a build.
100%
Job Success on Upwork
5.0
Average client rating
Top Rated
Agency on Upwork
11 yrs
Engineering leadership
HIPAA
Aligned delivery
Awards and accreditations
Verified on Upwork and recognized by independent agency directories.
Built for the rules healthcare runs on. Practices documented, not implied.
Security & trustAI Prototype Sprint
Validate the workflow before you fund the platform.
A two-week sprint that turns a complex workflow into a working prototype, architecture direction, and a build estimate you can act on.
- Working prototype
- Workflow map
- Architecture recommendation
- AI opportunity and risk assessment
- Delivery roadmap
- Fixed or phased build estimate
Two weeks, one fixed scope. You own everything we build, whether or not you continue.
Week 1
Discover the workflow, build the spine
Week 2
AI where it pays back, then prototype + estimate
Four ways to engage, and a low-risk way to start
We fit the model to the project and the risk, not to our invoice. Most clients start with a two-week discovery sprint that turns the idea into a working prototype and a real estimate, then move into whichever model fits the build.
Time and materials
You pay for the hours you use, billed weekly or monthly. The right call when scope is still moving and you want to steer as you go.
Dedicated team
A senior team embedded with yours and billed monthly, scaling up or down as the roadmap changes. Built for ongoing work, not a one-off.
Fixed price
Agreed scope, agreed price, agreed date. Works when the requirements are already clear and you want certainty before you sign.
Fixed milestones
Phased delivery, paid one milestone at a time. A way to take on a larger build and de-risk it stage by stage.
Clients trust us with messy, real-world software
From regulated healthcare workflows to payment-heavy platforms and internal business systems, the common thread is delivery that survives production.
Alex and his team built the core of our Healthcare SaaS. Their grasp of HIPAA and GDPR was crucial for our telemedicine features, and they added AI into the EMR so providers could make better data-driven calls. They know the Microsoft stack and held to WCAG 2.1 throughout. For a healthcare product that needs regulatory care and real engineering, HighCraft.io is the partner you want.
Oleg Shumar
Owner, GetTrusted.io
They were absolutely phenomenal. The team put in a lot of work to break down what was required of the project and gave an excellent presentation on the process. They were very attentive and kept open lines of communication throughout. The quality of the code was outstanding. Great knowledge of agile development and testable code. I highly recommend them and will be working with them again in the future.
Kayode Leonard
Founder, Project Wolf
Really enjoyed working with HighCraft.io. They are true professionals that know how to get things done. They were hardworking and skillful, exactly what we were looking for.
Maxim Grossman
Executive, Enigmex Technologies
HighCraft team did a great job creating a brand new site for my company, and I am loving it. It is exactly what I wanted and the team were true professionals and very nice to work with.
Alina Virstiuk
Founder, AwesomeKyiv
Three ways we turn complex workflows into working software
Start with a prototype, add AI where it creates leverage, or build the full production platform.
- 01
Working prototypes
A working prototype built around the real edge cases, so you can validate scope before funding a full build. The cheapest way to find the edge case nobody mentioned.
- 02
AI-enabled features
AI inside the product you already run: intake, search, summarization, classification, recommendations, or workflow assistance, with evaluation and guardrails. Built so a real user opens it twice.
- 03
Production platforms
Custom platforms built for real users: integrations, permissions, billing, audit trails, and maintenance. HIPAA-aware where it has to be.
Free vendor-risk check
Before you build, check the risk first.
Answer a few plain-English questions and get a vendor-risk read on ownership, proof of work, data exposure, and handover gaps before you fund the build.
- Takes about 3 minutes
- Built for vendor decisions
The page shows the first risk instantly. Email sends the full report.
Part of the same healthcare build
If your project touches more than one of these, one team covers them.
Software that works, in production
Our clients get to focus on their business, instead of babysitting the stack that holds it together. Client cases below are anonymized where compliance demands; the rest ship under their own names.
How we build AI workflows that stay controllable
Agentic does not have to mean opaque. We put the controls where the risk is: permissions, approvals, and audit around every AI-assisted step.
Frontend
The product your users and staff actually work in.
API
Typed contracts and validation at the boundary.
Workflow engine
The deterministic spine: states, rules, and handoffs.
Agentic workflow layer
Inspects context, suggests next steps, and triggers tools, with human approval where it matters.
AI / LLM services
Models behind evaluation and fallback logic, not raw and unchecked output.
Integrations
EMR, Stripe, CRM, scheduling, and internal APIs.
Audit, monitoring, permissions
Every AI-assisted step logged, observable, and role-gated.
Controls, not black boxes
- Human approval for sensitive actions
- Tool calls scoped by permissions
- Audit logs for every AI-assisted step
- Evaluation and fallback logic, not raw model output
- Role-based access throughout
- Observability in production
- Integration with EMR, Stripe, CRM, scheduling, or internal APIs
Building a nephrology EHR
What buyers ask before they start.
Can a custom nephrology EHR handle dialysis flowsheets and prescriptions?
Yes. We build dialysis prescriptions, in-center and home treatment flowsheets, and the dosing tracking a renal practice runs on, instead of the spreadsheet most nephrologists keep next to a general EHR.
Can a custom nephrology EHR trend labs and support CKD staging over time?
Yes. We build long-term lab trending, CKD staging, and the recurring review a chronic-kidney population needs, so a year of values reads as a trend, not a stack of separate results.
How much does a custom nephrology EHR cost?
Send your nephrology workflow and the integrations you need and we reply with a scoped estimate, usually within 3 to 5 business days. Cost tracks the number of clinical workflows, the device and lab integrations, and the compliance scope. We phase it so the core ships first.
Should we build a custom nephrology EHR or buy one?
Buy when a nephrology product fits how you practice and you can live inside its workflow. Build when the off-the-shelf options force dialysis flowsheets and lab trending into a generic chart. We will tell you honestly which case you are in before quoting a build.
When are you not the right fit?
If a configurable nephrology EHR already covers your practice, that is cheaper than a custom build, and we will say so. Custom work earns its cost when the standard products stop at the edge of how you actually practice.
Tell us about your project
Send the shape of the problem, even if the requirements are still blurry. We reply with a scoped estimate, usually within 3 to 5 business days. No obligation, NDA on request.
- A senior engineer reads every brief, not a sales rep.
- If an off-the-shelf tool fits better, we will tell you.
- NDA on request before you share anything sensitive.
Prefer email? Write to business@highcraft.io
Rather talk it through? Book a 30-minute estimate review
“Really enjoyed working with HighCraft.io. They are true professionals that know how to get things done. They were hardworking and skillful, exactly what we were looking for.”
Maxim Grossman
Executive, Enigmex Technologies