Your clinical idea is strong. But most healthcare apps
 stall on compliance, integration, and adoption.

A decade designing and building digital products for healthcare. Not an offshore code factory. Design-led development that ships HIPAA-compliant, FHIR-connected apps that patients and clinicians actually adopt.

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"Their process has been very easy to understand and efficient. I am really surprised with their turnaround times."
Isabella Guerrero, Founder, Sponzo
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"Their ability to understand our unique business was very impressive. They quickly built an understanding of who we are."
Marc Yount, President and CCO, Field Agent
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"While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us."
Brett McLaughlin, CTO, Sticky.io
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A Healthcare App Development Company Built on aDecade of results.

We help digital health startups, medtech companies, and provider organizations design and build apps that ship on time, pass compliance, and get used, often improving engagement and retention by double digits over a generic build.After hundreds of product engagements over the past decade, we learned why most healthcare apps fail after launch, and we started designing against it. That research is now baked into every flow, every integration, and every screen we ship.Whether you are a Series A startup racing to a defensible MVP or an established health system replacing a legacy tool clinicians avoid, you deserve an app people open on day 30, not just day one.We have worked across digital health, medical devices, fintech, and enterprise software. Different products, same hard problems: HIPAA, EHR integration, and adoption. As a healthcare app development company that designs and builds, we know exactly where these projects break, and how to keep yours on track.

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Proven impact

UI/UX work that
moves the needle.

Two case studies that illustrate what embedded UX with research, strategy and execution looks like when it ships.

B2B SaaS · Subscription Commerce Platform

Sticky.io

95%Satisfaction score on the redesigned prototype with legacy users.

A complex platform serving two very different buyer types — with no UX/UI on staff. Zero personas. Zero validated flows. In 3 months we established design operations, built a design system from scratch, and redesigned the merchant and admin interfaces.

"While their skills were valuable, it was ultimately their client management and interaction that impressed us."Brett McLaughlin · CTO, Sticky.io
Sticky.io · Subscription commerceSticky.io redesign preview
Cybersecurity · SaaS

Vectrix

Acquiredby Cloudflare. Designed the product they acquired from Vectrix.

WANDR partnered with Vectrix from early-stage to help design a product compelling enough to attract one of the world's leading technology companies. Product strategy, end-to-end UX, and a design system built to ship quickly without sacrificing rigor.

"Wandr understood the strategic value of design from the start — they helped us build a product story that resonated with both users and acquirers."Corey Mahoney · Founder, Vectrix
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Vectrix · Acquired by CloudflareVectrix product design
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By the numbers

Senior UX  work that compounds.

60+
Healthcare and digital products
designed and built
45%
Avg. increase in
user engagement post-redesign
35%
Avg. improvement in 90-day retention
30%
Avg. faster time to launch vs. dev-only teams
10+
Years designing and building for healthcare
300+
Successful projects delivered
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The reality

Most digital products fail
not because of bad tech
‍but because of bad UX.

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$7.42M

is the average cost of a healthcare data breach in 2025, the highest of any industry for 14 years running. In healthcare app development, security and HIPAA are not features you add later.

IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2025, via HIPAA Journal.
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90 days

Most health app users stop using an app within about 90 days. Adoption, not code, is what decides whether a healthcare app succeeds, which is why design-led development wins.

Sahha health app retention analysis.
03 / 04
$172.67B

The mHealth apps market is projected to reach roughly $172.67 billion by 2035, growing at double digits annually. The demand is real. The bar for what patients and clinicians will actually use keeps rising.

Precedence Research.
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A healthcare app that ships late, fails an audit, or gets abandoned after launch does not just cost the build. It costs the runway, the pilot, and the clinical relationship behind it. Getting the design, compliance, and integration right the first time is the cheapest path to a product that lasts.

McKinsey Design Index

Design and compliance first.
‍Code second.

Every healthcare app engagement starts the same way. We map the clinical and business goal, the users, the data, and the compliance and integration constraints, then we design against real risk before writing production code.

4 phases →
Phase 01Discover
01

Discovery and diagnosis.

We map users, jobs to be done, workflows, and the HIPAA, FHIR, and EHR realities your app has to live inside. Where will adoption break? Where will compliance bite? We find it early.

Phase 02Plan
02

Strategy and architecture.

A prioritized roadmap tied to outcomes, plus the technical architecture: platform choices, integration plan, security model, and an MVP scoped to prove value fast without boxing in the future.

Phase 03Design
03

Design and build.

Accessible, trustworthy interfaces for patients and clinicians, engineered with HIPAA-compliant infrastructure, FHIR and EHR integration, and iOS, Android, or web delivered by one team that designs and builds together.

Phase 04Deliver
04

Launch, measure, and scale.

Engagement, retention, task completion, and clinical outcomes. We instrument what matters, learn from real usage, and iterate from MVP to scale.

Phase 01 of 05
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What you get

End-to-end UI & UX design
tailored to your product.

Six services that flex to your stage — from research and strategy through to validation and post-launch iteration. Combine what you need.

01 / 06UX Research

UX Research & Insights

User interviews · Research reports · Opportunity maps

02 / 06UX Strategy

UX Strategy & Roadmapping

Journey maps · User flows · Product guidance frameworks

03 / 06Wireframing

Wireframing & Prototyping

Information architecture · Wireframes · Interactive prototypes

04 / 06UI Design

UI Design & Design Systems

High-fidelity screens · Component libraries · Design systems

05 / 06Usability Testing

Usability & Testing Validation

Structured testing with real users before development

06 / 06Post-Launch Support

Post-Launch
Support & Iteration

Ongoing optimization based on real user behavior and performance data

Compare

How WANDR's UI/UX
design agency compares.

In-House UI/UX HiringTraditional Agencies
Speed to startSlow hiring cyclesHeavy onboarding processReady within days
ScalabilityHard to scale up or downFixed team, fixed scopeFlexible engagement size
RiskRisky long-term hireNo product ownership post-deliveryEmbedded partner with accountability
PerspectiveToo close to the productDetached, vendor-styleOutside objectivity with inside commitment
Product thinkingExecution-focusedDelivery-focusedStrategy + execution
PushbackUnlikely to challenge leadershipUnlikely to risk the contractWe challenge bad ideas
What our clients say

Verified Clutch reviews.

“

Their ability to understand our unique business was very impressive. We have a fairly complex business model and were concerned that they wouldn't be able to understand it enough to create an effective design — but they quickly built an understanding of who we are.

Marc YountPresident & CCO · Field Agent
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They wanted to see our company succeed and celebrated our wins with us. We could see they were invested in the project — they didn't just want to collect their fee and move on. By the time WANDR finished, they helped us get to 500 downloads on Android.

Joannah SmallFounder · Caraleya
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We were impressed with their ability to problem-solve and to conform to extremely tight timelines. The Wandr team successfully deployed product and provided support through the run of show during SXSW.

Grant MordecaiChief Client Officer · Valkyrie Intelligence
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Why Wandr?

A healthcare app has to ship, comply, and get adopted.We build for all three.

01 · Seniority

Design-led product team.

One team that designs and builds, so the people shaping the experience are the ones shipping the code. No lost-in-translation handoff between a design agency and an offshore dev shop.

02 · Evidence

Healthcare-native.

We understand HIPAA and security as architecture, FHIR and EHR integration as core work, and the reality that clinicians abandon anything that slows them down. We have worked across digital health, medtech, fintech, and enterprise software.

03 · Guarantee

Built for adoption.

Most healthcare apps stall after launch. We design for the day-30 user, instrument what matters, and iterate from MVP to scale so the product keeps earning its place in the workflow.

The difference

Same idea. A product people actually use.

Buildbox came to us with a no-code game development platform used by millions — but with friction that was costing them activation. Here's what changed.

BeforeAfter
Before WANDR, MedTrainer:
  • ✕A complex platform with no clear value hierarchy for different users
  • ✕Messaging and flows that looked credible but did not explain what the product does
  • ✕Experience friction that let qualified users leave without acting
After WANDR, MedTrainer:
  • ✓A product that clearly communicates a complex healthcare platform in seconds
  • ✓Trust and credibility built into the experience, before any ask
  • ✓A 23 percent improvement in lead flow within the first month post-launch
MedTrainer·Health Tech·
Who this is for

You know that in healthcare, shipping is only half the job. The app also has to pass compliance, integrate with systems you do not control, and earn adoption from busy people.You are ready to build it right the first time.

We work with heads of product, digital health founders, and medtech and provider leaders who understand that every failed audit, every abandoned onboarding, every clinician who tried the tool once and went back to the old way is more than a metric. It is a pilot that stalled, a renewal at risk, runway spent on a product that did not stick.  Your users and your compliance team both have to trust this app. The question is whether it was built for both from day one.

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Frequently asked.

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  1. Healthcare app development adds HIPAA and security as architecture, EHR and FHIR interoperability, clinical accuracy, and the reality of serving patients and clinicians at once. Where a consumer app optimizes for growth, a healthcare app has to earn trust, protect sensitive data, and fit into workflows and systems it does not control.
  2. Yes. We are a design-led product team that owns both the experience and the engineering, so there is no lossy handoff between a design agency and a separate dev shop. We can also work alongside your in-house engineers when that fits, providing design and architecture leadership through the build.
  3. Yes. We design HIPAA and security into the architecture from the start: encryption in transit and at rest, access controls and audit logging, HIPAA-eligible cloud with signed business associate agreements, and breach-aware design. HIPAA is a way of building, not a certificate you buy, and we build for it from the first decision.
  4. Yes. FHIR and SMART on FHIR, plus integrations with systems like Epic and Cerner or Oracle Health, are core to how we build. We design around read and write scopes, real-world data quirks, and clinician workflow so the integration feels invisible rather than bolted on.
  5. Yes. We build native and cross-platform mobile apps, web apps, and clinician and patient portals, and we help you choose the right platform strategy for your users, budget, and roadmap rather than defaulting to one stack.
  6. Both depend on scope, platforms, integrations, and compliance needs, so we give a clear estimate during discovery. Most engagements start with a focused MVP to prove value quickly, then scale, which keeps early cost and timeline predictable and reduces the risk of building the wrong thing.
  7. Results vary, but our clients commonly see stronger engagement, better retention, faster time to launch, and smoother compliance and integration than a dev-only build. As one data point, MedTrainer saw a 23 percent improvement in lead flow within the first month post-launch. We measure adoption and outcomes, not just delivery.
  8. Look for a partner that treats HIPAA and security as architecture, has real FHIR and EHR integration experience, designs for patients and clinicians together, and measures success by adoption and outcomes. Ask to see healthcare products they actually designed and shipped, and how those products performed after launch, not just a portfolio of screens.
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