The health digital revolution is a rolled out. The world digital health market is currently estimated to be USD 312.9 billion in 2024, and is expected to increase to USD 387.8 billion in 2025, with an estimated growth of USD 2.19 trillion by 2034. (Global Market Insights Inc.)
Likewise, the SaaS section of healthcare software will increase its value to between about USD 23.95 billion in 2024 to USD 27.53 billion in 2025 with a 15% CAGR. (thebusinessresearchcompany.com)
This is a golden moment to any organization or individual in the health-tech. A use of software in health care does not merely imply digitization of the old processes, but redefining care, result-based business frameworks, and remaining competitive in a shifting ecosystem in which companies such as Boston Consulting Group and Accenture are profoundly investing.
This article will address some of the most important questions in terms of strategy, recruitment, product road- mapping and examines how AI healthcare consulting is creating new value across the digital health transformation.
- What is the way to create a medical program?
- What is the question of how to become a healthcare software developer?
- Which type of healthcare software is the most popular?
- Which is the most utilized healthcare software?
- What is the healthcare software development?
- What does custom healthcare software development mean?
Let’s dive in.
What is healthcare software development?
The term healthcare software development describes the overall process of designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining digital products, with regard to the healthcare industry. These are patient records, diagnostics, billing, telemedicine and remote monitoring, workflow automation and so on. (Intellectsoft)
The main features that can be used to differentiate healthcare software development and generic software:
- High regulatory and compliance standards (e.g. HIPAA in the US, GDPR in the EU, medical devices regulation). (kandasoft.com)
- Stakes are high: the safety of patients, their data privacy and clinical results are concerned.
- Interaction with complicated legacy systems (EHRs/EMRs, hospital information systems, medical devices).
- Require strong interoperability, data exchange and real-time data exchange. (flobotics.io)
- Ease of use among a broad variety of stakeholders: clinicians, administrators, patients, payers.
Why it matters now?
As it was stated above, digital health and healthcare-software markets are rapidly expanding. (Global Market Insights Inc.)
A 2025 executive outlook found that approximately 90 percent of C-suite healthcare executives believe that digital technologies will take off faster and that half of them will see a big difference in 2025. (Deloitte)
In the case of organisations, that not only is the opportunity to create not merely healthcare software but also differentiated, scalable, AI-enabled, cloud-native platforms that match the future of care but also that they offer.
What is custom healthcare software development?
A subset of the above is custom healthcare software development in which the software is developed to meet the unique interests of a client (hospital network, clinic chain, insurer, etc.), and not an off-the-shelf product.
What makes it distinct?
- The process of requirements gathering is more thorough: processes, roles of users, regulatory environment, current systems. (Intellectsoft)
- The architecture is constructed in a manner that can be expanded, is modular, integrates and tends to be compliant on the first day. (timspark.com)
- Change management, training, user adoption and frequent integration with legacy/hospital systems are also common in deployment.
- It is maintenance-and-evolution time: health-tech is developing at a rapid pace (AI, IoT wearables, telehealth, remote monitoring). (DECODE)
Why custom matters?
Although most providers purchase generic EHR/EMR solutions, most enterprises continue to require more differentiated features (e.g., predictive analytics pipes, patient engagement portals, remote monitoring platforms) that are not in the standard solutions.
Custom provides you strategic advantage
- you are able to create unique workflows, data models, AI integrations and ecosystem attachments.
- As a product-strategy, custom assists you in developing an owned IP, which is significant should you be operating in a competitive market of health-tech services.
Which healthcare software is the most popular?
Most popular may be understood as market leadership or installed base. There is one U.S. hospital/acute-care EHR vendor that is unique.
As of May 2025, Epic Systems Corporation controls about 41.3 percent of the inpatient hospital EHR market share in the United States. (Definitive Healthcare)
Oracle Health (formerly “Cerner”) has slightly more than half of it, at 21.8%. (Definitive Healthcare)
Epic scope
Deployed by most of the major health systems is integrated through hospital, clinic, outpatient, revenue cycle, population health. (epic.com)
Therefore, this makes Epic by far the leader in the U.S. market when it comes to the issue of popularity as defined by market share in large hospitals.
In a bigger perspective (not limited to EHR) the categories of healthcare software that become popular in 2025 are telemedicine, remote monitoring/wearables, AI-diagnostic tools, patient portals, imaging analytics. (talentelgia.com)
What is the most popular healthcare software?
Most used may once again refer to installed base or intensity of use. Because giant hospital systems collect into a single vendor of EHR, it can also be said that Epic is the most utilized in some settings. For example:
In early 2023 a study had reported that Epic was used in 89% of acute care hospitals in the U.S. (PMC)
Most of the U.S. News best hospitals are Epic users. (Wikipedia)
Accordingly, in reality, were you to choose one software that has taken over the usage of the hospital, then it would be Epic.
In other sub-categories (billing, telehealth, patient apps), these are more fragmented and vendor-specific in terms of usage. However, when Epic is dominant in hospital EHRs, interoperability with Epic is a feasible necessity to many health-tech developers.
What is the way to become a healthcare software developer?
Career wise (also useful in organisations employing/educating engineers) the following may be a realist route:
Step-by-step Guide to become a healthcare software developers
- Education – The majority of the positions will entail bachelors degree in computing science, software engineering or a similar degree. (Indeed)
- Learn software competencies Coding languages (Java, C#, Python), databases, APIs, web/mobile applications, cloud, DevOps.
- Learn domain knowledge – Knowledge of healthcare workflow, terminology, regulations, EHR/EMR system, HL7/FHIR standards, interoperability.
- Experience – Internships, projects involving writing code, preferably in the health-tech or medical software field. Build a portfolio. (Indeed)
- Develop communication and problem-solving capabilities – You will have to advise the clinicians, administrators, regulatory stakeholders. Soft skills matter.
- Gain certifications (not mandatory, but good) Safety in medical device software, healthcare IT certifications, data privacy/security.
- Keep learning – Health-tech is changing rapidly (AI, IoT, remote monitoring). Staying current is vital.
Tips for success
- Some experience in healthcare/clinical domain (or a great desire to get it) would make you stand out. (invene.com)
- Consider focusing on: e.g. mobile health apps, telemedicine services, EHR integrations, billing/claims, healthcare data analytics.
- Create a preview of results (open-source contributions, side-projects, demo apps) to prove that you can deliver.
- Know regulatory and security background- in healthcare bugs or compliance issues can have severe outcomes.
What should be done to create a healthcare software?
Regarding the product and engineering aspect, the strategic roadmap is as follows:
Step-by-Step Guide to create a healthcare software
- State problem/target audience What clinical/operational issue are you addressing? Who are the users? Which workflow is going to be changed? (peerbits.com)
- Establish needs and regulatory environment – Learn compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, FDA, IEC 62304 etc.), interoperability, data flows. (Radixweb)
- Design architecture and prototype – Determine tech stack, modular design, scalability, integration points, user interface / UX design. Test something prematurely. (peerbits.com)
- Develop MVP – The Minimum Viable Product should be developed with the basic features and early user feedback should be incorporated. (Jellyfish Technologies)
- Testing and validation: Necessary in healthcare, in particular, functional testing, performance, security, compliance, user-acceptance, clinical validation. (Radixweb)
- Deployment The integration – Software launch, Implement in live setting, Interoperate with current systems (EHRs, hospital HIS, devices). Train users.
- Maintenance, evolution & monitoring – Health care software is not yet done. You will require updates (security, changes in regulations, new functions such as AI modules, wearables). (DECODE)
- The major thoughts when dealing with healthcare-focused projects.
- Data privacy/security: access control, audit trails, encryption.
- Interoperability: FHIR, HL7, open APIs, device integration.
- Usability: users cannot tolerate ill-conceived applications; design is important.
- Scalability & reliability: healthcare systems cannot be allowed to go offline.
- Change management: the implementation of new software in hospital settings involves training, stakeholder acquisition.
- Regulatory compliance: depending on the product, might require approvals (FDA of device software, CE mark in Europe).
Conclusion
Healthcare software is a high stakes dynamic world full of prospects. Regardless of coming up with new products, attracting talent, or collaborating with healthcare organisations, it is crucial to know the lifecycle, the strategy, the development, and the deployment of the products.
By focusing your efforts at any company on the development of custom-designed, scalable, regulatory-compliant healthcare software solutions, and by enabling the developers to pursue the right career path, you can achieve significant gains in such areas as AI-assisted predictive analytics, fraud detection, remote patient monitoring and others.
You can also give me a note on whether you wish to get deeper into any section such as a detailed process map of healthcare software development, what regulative requirements look like based on region or what skill sets you need to build into your developer recruitment strategy.
