Healthcare has advanced over the years and now to make providing healthcare to the public even more convenient the Healthcare is integrated with Information Technology. The successful example of Integrated Healthcare and Information Technology is Practo App.

If you wish to find a doctor with a particular specialty nearby your desired location then an app like Practo is the most convenient option. In Practo you can check out the complete details of the doctor like experience, specialization, patient reviews, etc. The main parameters that affect the cost of development are the number & complexity of features and the time it takes to develop that feature.

Complex Features in App for Finding a Doctor

1. Fetching Insurance Details – Based on the user's insurance policy the platform should have a system of fetching the insurance details. These features require advanced coding and system requirements thus directly affecting cost.

2. Advanced Filter – Advanced filter options should be able to filter out doctors based on specialty, years of experience, Visiting Charges, Location, Searching doctor’s name, etc. To provide users with a lot of filter options features the time for development increases and thus affecting the cost.

3. Security – As the health details of the patient are very sensitive information, it requires an advanced security system most probably similar to the one used in the banking system for the payment transactions. As the platform requires a top-level security system the platform development cost increases.

Apart from the above-advanced features the time for the development of its basic features like login for the patient, doctor, and admin, Storing heath detail of patient, Store treatment details, providing a review, location-based doctor list, etc. also affects the cost to develop an app like Practo.

Technology Stack 


Time for Development of App to Find a Doctor

Deliverables

Estimated Mobile Hours

Estimated Web Hours

Web Admin Panel

0

660

Doctor Panel (Web/App)

460

220

Web Clinic

0

150

Web Diagnostic Centre

0

75

Patient Panel (Web/App)

530

415

Delivery Staff App

80

0

Apart from the above development, you would require System Setup, UI/UX Design, Graphic Design for Web & App, HTML, etc. which would approximately take about 1600 hours to develop.

Based on the above calculation considering the approximate time of development as 4500 hours. The Cost to develop a Healthcare app like Practo is $70K - $125K.