Bladeware

A founder-led software company, Bladeware has changed direction. It once presented itself as a general web and mobile development house and a source of outstaffed engineers for start-ups around the world. Its current pages set out a narrower promise: build, automate and repair the software that specialty practices and health-tech start-ups rely on.

Healthcare software it builds

The company lists these solutions on its site:

• security and HIPAA audits, for products that were built quickly with AI, covering the code, the infrastructure and the HIPAA posture
• healthcare AI and automation, such as intake handled by AI, clinical scribing and dictation straight into the chart, all to take routine work away from staff
• patient-facing apps with portals, scheduling, messaging and payments
• EHR and EMR tools, including charting, clinical workflows, provider dashboards, practice management and EHR integrations
• telehealth platforms with video visits, virtual consultations, messaging and remote intake
• a healthcare MVP service that takes an idea from a napkin sketch to something first users can test

How an engagement runs

Bladeware describes five steps. It begins with an audit, looking at code for start-ups and at workflows for practices. Findings come as a prioritized list of what the problem costs and what to fix first. The right fix may be automation, a custom build or only advice, and the company says it will pick the lightest option that solves the problem. Building and shipping happens in short cycles of weeks rather than months, with HIPAA treated as part of the build and not an afterthought. After launch it offers support, maintenance and the next items from the client's list.

Earlier work in web and mobile

Previously the firm offered full-cycle design and development of mobile and web products, including UX design, wireframes and clickable prototypes, as well as launch help such as store account set-up and approvals, and ongoing optimization. Its older material also described team augmentation, in which specialists work full-time under the client's own workflow. It reports mobile app work for start-ups in sports training, VPN services and laundry, and says it worked across time zones.