Build Your HealthTech MVP in 6 Weeks
Greta builds digital health products — patient portals, telehealth platforms, EHR-integrated apps, and condition-monitoring tools — with a HIPAA-aware setup that stands up to clinical scrutiny from day one. If you are wondering what an MVP is, think of it as the first working version of your product — enough to test with real patients, not the finished thing.
Whether you are a clinician-founder with a care-coordination idea, a hospital trust exploring digital triage, or a digital health startup preparing a Series A demo, we scope, design, and ship a production-grade minimum viable product in 6 weeks — not 6 months. We are an MVP development agency that specialises in regulated industries like healthcare.
6 weeks
Delivery timeline
HIPAA-aware
Compliant architecture
Patient portal
Telehealth ready
£15k
Starting price
Why HealthTech MVPs Are Harder Than Other Software Products
Healthcare software lives in a world with very strict rules. Think of it like building a restaurant kitchen — there are health codes you must follow before you open, not after. A payment app that leaks data loses customer trust. A health app that leaks Protected Health Information (PHI — basically any data that identifies a patient) can face HIPAA fines of up to $1.9 million per violation per year. That compliance overhead — encryption, audit logs, consent forms, vendor agreements — has to be built in from the start. You cannot bolt it on later once you have customers.
At the same time, doctors and patients have zero patience for clunky tools. A confusing booking screen means patients do not show up. A poorly designed telehealth interface means clinicians stop using it after one shift. The bar for good design in healthcare is actually higher than in consumer apps — yet most early-stage digital health teams are short on designers. That combination of strict rules and high design expectations is why most general software agencies fail at digital health projects. They simply do not know the territory.
We are a specialist MVP agency that has built patient portals, telehealth platforms, remote monitoring dashboards, and EHR-connected scheduling tools across primary care, mental health, and chronic condition management. We know which technical choices create expensive problems 6 months later — and we make the right ones upfront, even on a 6-week timeline. If you are also building a LegalTech or B2B SaaS product, we apply the same rigour to regulated industries across the board.
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Core HealthTech Features We Build
Every HealthTech MVP is scoped to the clinical use case. Below are the feature modules we build most often — pick the ones your first users actually need, and save the rest for version two.
Secure Patient Portal
Separate logins for patients and clinicians, encrypted health record storage, document upload (referral letters, test results), and consent management — all audited and HIPAA-aware from the first commit.
Appointment Scheduling & Smart Reminders
Clinician availability calendars, self-serve patient booking, reminders by text, email, or push notification, plus cancellation and rescheduling flows. Waitlist management to cut no-show rates by up to 30%.
Telehealth Video Consultations
Encrypted video and audio calls built on Twilio Video or Daily.co — both offer HIPAA agreements. Includes waiting rooms, in-call chat, screen sharing for reviewing scans, and a note-capture box for clinicians after each call.
EHR & HL7 FHIR Integrations
Two-way data exchange with Epic, Cerner, and smaller EHR vendors via HL7 FHIR R4 APIs (think of FHIR as a universal plug for health data). We also read older HL7 v2 message formats, so your app can talk to legacy hospital systems.
Medication & Condition Tracking
Patient-facing medication logs, symptom diaries, and vital sign recording — entered manually or synced from wearables via Apple HealthKit and Google Fit. Clinicians see trend graphs and get alerts when readings go outside safe ranges.
HIPAA-Aware Data Architecture
Strong encryption on stored data and data in transit, patient data kept separate from other data, automatic logouts, full audit trails, and deployment on HIPAA-eligible AWS or GCP cloud environments — documented and ready to hand over.
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Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We will scope your HealthTech MVP, flag any compliance considerations, and give you an honest timeline and fixed price within 48 hours.
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How Greta Builds a HealthTech MVP in 6 Weeks
Our process is like building a house. You do not start painting walls before the foundations are solid. Each week has a clear goal — and you can see progress at every stage. Want to know how this compares to other product types? See our guide on B2B SaaS MVP development for a side-by-side view.
- 01
Clinical Discovery & Workflow Mapping (Week 1)
We talk with you, map every step a patient and clinician takes in your product, and agree which features are truly needed for your first users. Everything else goes on the V2 list. This stops scope creep before it starts — and catches compliance gaps early.
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HIPAA-Aware Architecture Design (Week 1–2)
Our engineers design how data flows and is stored — keeping patient health information separate, encrypted, and locked behind role-based access (meaning a nurse sees different data than a doctor, and a patient sees only their own). We provision cloud infrastructure before writing a single product feature.
- 03
Core Feature Build — Parallel Sprints (Weeks 2–4)
Patient portal and clinician dashboard are built at the same time (we call this parallel sprints — two tracks running side by side, like two lanes on a motorway). Scheduling, reminders, and telehealth video go in during week three. EHR connections and any third-party links (Stripe for billing, HealthKit for wearables) follow in week four. You get a live staging environment with test data by end of week four.
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Compliance Review & Security Hardening (Week 5)
We check the build against HIPAA technical requirements, run OWASP Top 10 security checks (the most common 10 ways apps get hacked), validate consent flows, and close any gaps. We prepare penetration testing readiness documents if your investors or NHS partners need them.
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Beta Launch & Handover (Week 6)
We go live, onboard your first cohort of patients or clinicians, watch for errors, and hand everything over — architecture diagrams, runbooks (step-by-step operations guides), CI/CD pipelines (automated deployment), and a vendor list with agreement status. Your team can own it from day one.
HealthTech MVP Build Options Compared — 2026
There are 4 main ways to build your first working version. Here is how they compare on cost, speed, and support. The table below uses real 2026 market data.
| Option | Cost | Timeline | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional agency | £80,000–£200,000 | 6–12 months | Extra cost |
| Freelancer | £20,000–£60,000 | 3–9 months | You manage it |
| No-code tools | £0–£500/month | Weeks | Very limited |
| Greta | From £15,000 | 6 weeks | Included |
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Get a fixed price for your HealthTech MVP
Share your clinical use case and we will return a scoped proposal with a fixed price and 6-week delivery plan — no retainers, no day-rate surprises.
TALK TO A FOUNDER
Not sure where to start?
Book a 20-minute call. We'll map out your scope, tech stack, and go-to-market plan — for free.
Who Is This For?
This service is built for 3 types of founder. First, the clinician-founder — a doctor, nurse, or physio who has spotted a gap in the care pathway and wants to fix it with a digital tool. You know the problem inside out. You just need a team to build the solution fast, without HIPAA mistakes that come back to haunt you. We are your build-your-MVP-with-an-agency option.
Second, the hospital trust or NHS body that wants to explore digital triage, remote monitoring, or a staff-facing reporting dashboard. You have a procurement process, so you need a supplier who understands DCB0129 clinical risk standards and can produce the documentation your governance team needs. We have done it before.
Third, the digital health startup that has raised a seed round and needs a working product for its Series A pitch — not a prototype, but something real patients actually use. You need speed and credibility. A SaaS product or a mobile app MVP both sit within our delivery model. We handle both in parallel if needed. Speak to our team to find out how we would scope your specific situation.
HealthTech MVP — Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to build a HealthTech MVP?+
Greta delivers HealthTech MVPs in 6 weeks. Week 1 is clinical discovery and architecture design; weeks 2–4 are core feature development (patient portal, scheduling, telehealth); week 5 is compliance review and security hardening; week 6 is beta deployment and handover. More complex builds with full EHR integration can take 8–10 weeks.
Is the MVP HIPAA compliant?+
Greta builds with HIPAA-aware architecture — meaning we apply HIPAA technical safeguards (encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access controls, audit logging, automatic session timeouts) from the start. Achieving full HIPAA compliance requires your organisation to also complete administrative and physical safeguards, staff training, and Business Associate Agreements with vendors. We guide you through all of that but formal certification is your organisation's responsibility.
Can you integrate with existing EHR systems?+
Yes. We have experience integrating with Epic, Cerner, and smaller EHR vendors via HL7 FHIR R4 APIs. We also support direct HL7 v2 message parsing for legacy systems. The complexity — and therefore timeline — of EHR integration depends on the vendor's API access policy and the depth of data exchange required.
What does a HealthTech MVP from Greta cost?+
HealthTech MVPs start from £15,000. A typical build covering patient portal, appointment scheduling, and telehealth video sits in the £15,000–£35,000 range. Projects that require full EHR integration, custom medication management, or advanced analytics pipelines typically run £40,000–£70,000. We provide a fixed-price proposal after the discovery call.
Which telehealth video providers do you use?+
We build telehealth video using Twilio Video or Daily.co. Both offer HIPAA Business Associate Agreements, end-to-end encryption, and robust SDKs for web and mobile. We recommend Daily.co for lower latency and simpler pricing, and Twilio for teams that already use Twilio's communications stack. The choice is made during architecture design based on your specific needs.
Sources & further reading
External references cited on this page.
HHS — HIPAA Security Rule Guidance
Official US Department of Health & Human Services guidance on HIPAA technical safeguards, encryption requirements, and audit controls for digital health software.
HL7 FHIR R4 Specification
The official HL7 FHIR R4 standard defining RESTful APIs for interoperable health data exchange — the foundation for modern EHR integrations.
McKinsey — The Future of Digital Health: Realising the Value
McKinsey analysis of digital health investment trends, patient adoption drivers, and the growing market for telehealth and remote monitoring platforms.
NHS Digital — DCB0129 Clinical Risk Management Standard
NHS England's clinical risk management standard for health IT manufacturers — required reading for HealthTech founders targeting NHS procurement.
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Your digital health platform, live in 6 weeks
Stop losing patients to clunky systems and slow referral pathways. We build HIPAA-aware HealthTech MVPs that clinicians trust and patients actually use — from £15,000 with a fixed price and a 6-week delivery guarantee. Whether you need a full healthcare platform or a focused mobile health app, we scope it to fit your budget and timeline.
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