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This year, the market size value of the healthcare IT market reached $192.2 billion, making more and more people wonder whether it’s time to enter the niche and seize some of that profit. To do that on the US market, you need to not only come up with an innovative app idea but also to make sure that your solution will meet the HIPAA compliance software checklist. There are laws of this kind in countries all over the world but in this article, we will specifically focus on HIPAA. HIPAA (Healt

If your business is in any way connected to information technology and software (and you probably wouldn’t be here reading this if it weren’t) you must have heard of massive layoffs in tech companies in 2022 and 2023. You must have also heard that, contrary to the fact that layoffs took place, there’s actually a shortage of tech talent on the market. One of the solutions for the latter is IT staff augmentation. Mind Studios provides IT personnel augmentation services alongside other cooperat

There are plenty of metrics for analyzing user engagement. However, you don’t need to track all of them. What user engagement metrics you should track depends on the specifics of your business and the category of your mobile app. Engagement metrics like the number of items added to the cart and the cart abandonment rate are highly relevant for eCommerce mobile apps but completely unusable for news or social media apps. In turn, for social media apps, it’s better to track the amount of time use

Over the past ten years, more and more companies, among which are Pinterest, Moz, and Bleacher Report, have switched to Elixir. Not to mention products like Discord and WhatsApp that were built with Elixir right from the start. What's the reason? Simply put, using Elixir for development results in services capable of processing much bigger traffic. You'll get a platform that can quickly scale and grow without losing reliability while increasing overall performance. In business terms, it mean

Empty slots. No-show patients. Annoyed staff overwhelmed with administrative tasks. You feel there must be something that can help your clinic sidestep all these issues. The coronavirus pandemic caused rapid demand for mHealth apps, and it continues to grow now. So developing a doctor appointment app seems like a good idea. But what features should your app provide to satisfy both doctors and patients? What technologies and tools to use to make your app work smoothly? How to set up the doctor

More and more companies developing their own mobile apps take the extra steps to ensure mobile application data security — and for a good reason. According to the 2021 annual report by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the year 2021 was a record high in the number of data compromises — 1,862 instances. At the time of us writing this article, in three quarters of 2022, the center reported 1,291 data compromises so far. That’s data on publicly disclosed breaches in the US only. On ave

Rising focus on personal health and wellness, rapid evolution in technology, and the critical need for accessible healthcare are just a few factors that have triggered a surge in healthcare app development. Now that more doctors and patients than ever are on board with using mHealth apps, it might be high time to build a product that meets their needs. Read also: How to Build Custom CRM Software from Scratch So, why does the mHealth app market look so promising today? How to make a heal

Insurance businesses are finally joining the trend: new insurance mobile apps are appearing more often today than a couple of years ago. Largely due to the benefits which mobile apps provide to insurance agencies: more satisfied customers, lower costs, and higher growth. In this article, we go over the insurance app development process and, based on the Mind Studios experience, provide a reliable estimate for building your own insurance mobile app. Why your insurance company needs a mobile

Shopping online has never been easier: all one has to do is download the app, make a few scrolls and taps, and wait for the order to get shipped. So, it’s no wonder that mobile commerce, with its “one-click purchase” and “quick checkout” options, is rapidly outnumbering other types of eCommerce. According to GlobalData, mCommerce transactions from all around the world reached $2.8 trillion in 2021 and are expected to reach $4.9 trillion by 2025. What is more, in 2021, global mCommerce’s share

In recent years, the market has seen an increase in stock trading apps. You’ve probably heard of E-Trade and perhaps the Robinhood app. In parallel with stocks, the demand for cryptocurrency trading is steadily increasing. But you no doubt knew all that since you’re already planning to make a custom trading platform. So without further ado, let’s talk about how to build a trading platform that will take your business to the next level. Choose the right trading platform type We’ll assum

Developers at Mind Studios are an experienced bunch but we’re constantly striving to work better, faster, and learn as many emerging technologies as possible. Naturally, our people are hyped over things like VR and AR. Which is why in this article, we venture into the hot topic of augmented reality apps and specifically AR home shopping app development on the example of IKEA Place, the pioneer in the niche. Mobile Augmented Reality (AR) Market Size Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, au

People seek medical assistance online when they can’t get it offline for any number of reasons. In the US, about 94% of young adults looked up health information online in 2020. At the same time, only 20% of young adults connected with a health provider online. One of the reasons for that might be that the healthcare industry is lagging behind when it comes to digital transformation. This makes medical web development a sure way to get ahead of your competitors in the industry — there’s high d