EHR and EMR Software Development
With a portfolio of 100+ successful healthcare IT projects, ScienceSoft helps software product companies, medical practices, and hospitals develop secure and reliable EHR solutions that fully meet the needs of medical staff.
Since 2005, ScienceSoft has provided a full scope of EHR and EMR software development services to power secure PHI management and facilitate billing and treatment. Our team of healthcare IT experts with 5-20 years of experience guarantees high EHR usability, interoperability, compliance, and efficiency.
ScienceSoft Is a Leader in Healthcare IT Services Market in 2022 SPARK Matrix
ScienceSoft is featured as a leading healthcare IT services provider, along with Athena Health and Oracle Cerner. This achievement is a result of 18 years of tireless pursuit of technological innovation, made possible by ScienceSoft’s passionate team of healthcare IT experts who always strive to make a difference for patients and caregivers alike.
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Features to advance your EHR
The Difference between EHR for Practices and EHR for Hospitals
By 2021, 78% of US office-based physicians and 96% of non-federal acute care hospitals have adopted EHRs and experienced the software’s ups and downs. Even though having access to cohesive health and billing data is convenient, many doctors are frustrated with their EHRs’ unintuitive UI, lack of relevant features, and lengthy data entry processes. ScienceSoft’s consultants suggest focusing on these aspects when designing an EHR for practices or hospitals:
EHR for medical practices
- A holistic medical history for each patient.
- Patient access to personal health records (e.g., via a patient app).
- Support for standard healthcare services like appointments, tests, prescriptions, etc.
- Built-in service coding and billing documentation assistance.
EHR for hospitals
- Instant data exchange between multiple hospital departments.
- Sharing of ADT data with patients’ medical practices.
- Extensive health records storage capacity.
- Support for a wide range of healthcare services (from consultations to surgeries).
Medical Specialties That Can Benefit from a Tailored EHR
Physicians in some medical specialties are less satisfied with off-the-shelf EHRs. Here are the eight specialties with the lowest user experience score. For these fields, the implementation of a custom or specialized EHR solution is likely to be more beneficial in the long run.
Behavioral therapy and mental health
Ophthalmology
Cardiology
Orthopedics
Surgery and critical care
Dermatology
Otolaryngology
Oncology
- 34 years in software development and 18 years in healthcare IT.
- Working experience with healthcare standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, ICD-10, CPT, XDS/XDS-I).
- ISO 27001, ISO 13485, and ISO 9001 certifications proving our dedication to data security, medical devices regulatory compliance, and quality management.
- Rich expertise in developing software compliant with HIPAA, GDPR, ONC, FDA, MDR, MACRA, MIPS, CEHRT, SAFER, NCPDP, and SAMHSA.
- Research-based UX/UI design focused on user convenience.
- 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 for the HTN Now Awards 2023 in the Excellence in Remote Patient Monitoring category.
The Financial Times Includes ScienceSoft USA Corporation in the List of the Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies 2023
For the second year in a row, ScienceSoft USA Corporation ranks among 500 American companies with the highest revenue growth. This achievement is the result of our unfailing commitment to provide high-quality IT services and create best-value solutions that meet and even exceed our clients’ expectations.

How We Develop a Custom EHR: Step by Step
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Discovery stage
You get:
- A Business Associate Agreement (for HIPAA-covered entities).
- EHR market, target audience, and competitors research (for software product companies).
- Business needs and clinical workflows analysis (for healthcare organizations).
- Compliance requirements list (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, ONC, CMS, FDA, MDR, local regulations).
- An EHR concept and marketing/implementation strategy.
- A business case with TCO and ROI.
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EHR project planning
You get:
- A feature list and a software requirements specification (SRS).
- A comprehensive EHR design document (including architecture, integrations, and tech stack).
- Risk assessment and mitigation plans.
- A project plan with timeframes, key milestones, KPIs, and budget.
- EHR certification plan (e.g., ONC certification for US-targeted solutions).
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UX and UI design
You get:
- EHR user scenarios for different roles within the healthcare organization.
- UX wireframes.
- UI prototypes.
4
Iterative development and testing
You get:
- Fully functional EHR front end, back end, and APIs for EHR integration.
- EHR quality report based on the results of functional, performance, security, compliance, compatibility, and accessibility testing.
5
Pre-launch
You get:
- Revised and updated documentation, risk assessment and mitigation plan.
- HIPAA compliance pre-audit or GDPR compliance audit report.
- Help with submitting the EHR to an ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory (for the US).
- For SaMD modules: help with premarket submission according to the FDA 501k program (US) or premarket certification by a Notified Body designated under MDR/IVDR (EU) or other authority according to local regulations.
- User training documentation.
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EHR launch, support, maintenance, and evolution
You get:
- Data migration from the legacy records storage software to EHR (for healthcare organizations).
- EHR deployment to the production environment.
- A help desk and a maintenance team for your EHR (if required).
- The continuous evolution of EHR software functionality & UI based on user feedback and security audits (if required).
EHR market entry consulting
We help you:
- Design an EHR feature set with a focus on care workflows.
- Plan high-level EHR architecture and a tech stack.
- Create a business case (featuring investments, ROI, etc.).
- Design user adoption strategy.
Full-cycle EHR software development
We take over:
- EHR feature set design.
- Software architecture planning.
- UX/UI design.
- MVP development (with core EHR features), iterative improvements, and QA.
- Assistance with all relevant certifications.
EHR evolution
We offer:
- Analysis of your legacy EHR software and business needs.
- Designing new EHR features, requirements, advanced modules, etc.
- UI/UX redesign, code refactoring, and development.
- Compliance and security audits with further improvements.
Ease of use
You get EHR software with a human-centric design tailored for the medical staff’s convenience. Doctors or nurses can access EHR from their tablets and smartphones, and software performance will remain stable.
Interoperability
ScienceSoft’s custom EHRs seamlessly communicate with other healthcare IT systems thanks to healthcare data exchange standards at their core (e.g., HL7, FHIR, XDS/XDS-I).
Advanced technologies
With ScienceSoft’s ample expertise in advanced techs, you can leverage EHR data analytics for diagnostic assistance, blockchain for secure medical data exchange, AI for image recognition, and more.
Regulatory compliance
ScienceSoft’s EHRs are developed in line with the industry’s best security practices and relevant regulations, such as HIPAA, GDPR, CEHRT, SAFER, and MACRA.
Delivery timelines
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The cost of custom EHR software development can range from $400,000 to over $2,000,000 and largely depends on the project specifics and target use cases.
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