HIPAA compliant software development
built in.
Bolting HIPAA onto a finished product is where budgets go to die. HIPAA compliant software development means access controls, audit logging, and encryption from the first commit, not a panicked retrofit the week before launch. HighCraft builds healthcare software this way, start to finish.
Scoped estimate in 3 to 5 days. No obligation, NDA on request.
“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 handled the Twilio integration and held to WCAG 2.1 throughout. The team knows the Microsoft stack, C#, .NET, and Azure, and kept us aligned at every milestone. For a healthcare product that needs regulatory care and real engineering, HighCraft.io is the partner you want.”
Oleg Shumar
Owner, GetTrusted.io
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We have built under HIPAA, not just read the rule
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, all under real regulatory scrutiny. You work with the engineers who handled the PHI, not a compliance slide deck.
2 weeks
idea to working prototype
End to end
prototype to production
Senior
engineers, no handoffs
HIPAA is not a checkbox you add at the end. It is access control, audit trails, encryption in transit and at rest, breach handling, and a signed BAA with every party that touches PHI. We have shipped under that scrutiny, on infrastructure that carries the HIPAA and HITRUST attestations Microsoft Azure documents.
What HIPAA looks like in the code
The safeguards that have to live in the build, not in a policy document.
Access control and identity
Role-based access so a user reaches only the PHI their job needs, with multi-factor auth on the way in. Least privilege, enforced on every request. Granted once and forgotten is how data leaks.
Audit logging on every PHI touch
Every read, write, and export of protected health information recorded with who, what, and when. When a breach question comes, the answer is a query, not a guess. The log decides whether an incident is contained or reportable.
Encryption in transit and at rest
TLS on every connection and AES-256 on stored data, with keys held in a vault rather than a config file. Encryption is the floor. The key handling is the part most retrofits get wrong.
BAAs and the vendor chain
A signed Business Associate Agreement wherever we touch PHI, and a build where your hosting, email, and analytics vendors each hold theirs. HIPAA follows the data, so one unsigned vendor leaves the whole chain exposed.
Compliance is not a certificate you buy
HIPAA has no official certification, so any vendor claiming to be HIPAA certified is selling a story. Real compliance is the safeguards above, enforced in the software and provable in an audit. If you need a paperwork-only assessment with no engineering, a specialist compliance firm is the better call, and we will say so.
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. 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
Hiring a HIPAA compliant software development team
What buyers ask before they start.
What makes software HIPAA compliant?
Three layers of safeguards: administrative, physical, and technical. In practice that means role-based access control, audit logging of every PHI touch, encryption in transit and at rest, secure hosting under a BAA, and a documented breach process. Compliant software enforces these in code, not in a policy nobody reads.
How much does HIPAA compliant software development cost?
Send the shape of the problem and we reply with a scoped estimate, usually within 3 to 5 business days. Building HIPAA-aware from the start adds far less than retrofitting later. A retrofit on a finished app is almost always the more expensive path.
Do you sign a BAA?
Yes, where we handle protected health information we will sign a Business Associate Agreement. We also build so your hosting provider and other vendors in the chain have their BAAs in place, since HIPAA follows the data through every party that touches it. Our operating practices are documented on our Security and trust page at /trust/.
Can you make our existing app HIPAA compliant?
Often, yes. We start with an assessment of where PHI flows and where the gaps are, then remediate: access control, audit logging, encryption, secure hosting, and the missing agreements. If the foundation cannot get there safely, we will tell you that too.
Is hosting on Azure or AWS enough for HIPAA?
No. A cloud BAA covers the infrastructure layer, not your application. The provider secures the data center; you are still responsible for access control, logging, encryption, and how your app handles PHI. We build that application layer to match.
When are you not the right fit?
If you need a paperwork-only compliance audit with no software work, a specialist firm is a better call than us. And if an off-the-shelf product already covers your use case under its own BAA, we will point you there instead of quoting a build.
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
“Alex and the HighCraft.io team built our healthcare MVP and got to the heart of what a startup on a tight budget actually needs. He suggested Azure Functions for the event-driven parts and lifecycle policies on Blob Storage, which brought our infrastructure costs down without cutting quality. He broke the tech down so I understood it, which gave me real confidence in the build.”
Oleg Shumar
Owner, GetTrusted.io