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Reduce admin burden. Keep clinicians with patients.

We build HIPAA-compliant patient engagement platforms, clinical documentation tools, triage systems, and compliance automation for healthcare organizations. Every product meets regulatory requirements from day one, not as an afterthought.

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Overview

The admin burden is crushing your clinical team

Healthcare software development at 1Raft is compliance-first engineering. We bring patterns from 100+ products across adjacent industries to build patient intake automation, clinical documentation AI, telehealth platforms, and EHR integration tools - each engineered to pass HIPAA, SOC 2, and state-level regulatory requirements while reducing the administrative burden that burns out clinical staff.

Healthcare organizations drown in administrative work. Clinicians spend 2 hours on documentation for every 1 hour with patients. Schedulers juggle phone calls, faxes, and portal messages. Compliance teams manually audit charts. The result: burnout, errors, and wasted spend.

We build software that automates the administrative layer. AI documentation tools that draft notes during visits. Patient intake systems that collect history before the appointment. Triage agents that route urgent cases in minutes instead of hours.

Every product ships HIPAA-compliant from the start. We handle BAAs, encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging, and role-based access. Compliance isn't a feature we add later - it's the foundation.

Experience Signal

1Raft builds patient engagement platforms, clinical documentation tools, triage systems, and compliance automation for health systems and provider groups. Our engineering draws on patterns validated across 100+ products in adjacent industries.

97%

Call completion

HIPAA

Compliant

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Industry Pain Points

What's broken in healthcare

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Clinicians spend 49% of their time on EHR documentation and administrative tasks instead of patient care

02

Patient no-show rates average 18-25% because reminder systems are generic and poorly timed

03

Phone-based triage creates 20-40 minute wait times, pushing non-urgent cases to expensive ER visits

04

Manual chart auditing for compliance catches errors weeks after they happen, not in real time

05

Patient intake still involves clipboards and paper forms that staff manually enter into EHR systems

06

Care coordination between providers relies on fax machines, phone calls, and fragmented portals

Solutions

Problems we solve in healthcare

Each solution is built from patterns we've validated across 100+ products. No experiments on your budget.

01

Clinical Documentation Automation

AI listens to patient-clinician conversations and drafts structured notes in real time. Clinicians review and approve instead of typing from scratch. Saves 60-90 minutes per day per provider.

02

Automated Patient Triage

Patients describe symptoms through chat or voice. AI assesses urgency, routes to the right care level, and pre-populates clinical context for the provider. Reduces unnecessary ER visits.

03

Intelligent Appointment Scheduling

Predicts no-show risk by patient, adjusts reminder cadence and channel (SMS, call, email), and optimizes scheduling to reduce gaps. Fills cancelled slots automatically.

04

Automated Compliance Monitoring

Continuously audits documentation, coding, and billing against CMS, HIPAA, and payer-specific rules. Flags issues in real time instead of quarterly chart reviews.

05

Digital Patient Intake and Pre-Visit

Patients complete medical history, insurance verification, and consent forms on their phone before arrival. Data flows directly into the EHR. Eliminates manual entry and waiting room delays.

06

Care Coordination Platform

Connects referring providers, specialists, labs, and pharmacies on a shared timeline. AI tracks referral status, flags delays, and so follow-up tasks don't fall through the cracks.

Use Cases

Real-world use cases

Documentation Automation for a Multi-Specialty Clinic

Problem

A 45-provider clinic group averaged 2.1 hours of after-hours documentation per clinician per day. Burnout-related turnover cost $380K annually.

What we built

We built an ambient documentation tool that captures visit conversations, generates structured SOAP notes, and integrates with their Epic EHR. Clinicians review and approve with one click.

Result

Documentation time dropped to 35 minutes per day. After-hours charting fell 74%. Clinician satisfaction scores improved 31% in the first quarter.

AI Triage System for an Urgent Care Network

Problem

A 12-location urgent care network handled 800+ phone calls daily. Average triage wait was 28 minutes. 22% of callers hung up before speaking with a nurse.

What we built

We deployed an AI triage agent on web and SMS. Patients answer structured symptom questions. The system assesses urgency, recommends care level, and books appointments directly.

Result

Phone volume dropped 41%. Average time-to-triage went from 28 minutes to 3 minutes. ER referrals for non-urgent cases decreased 33%.

Patient Engagement Platform for a Health System

Problem

A regional health system had 23% no-show rates and $2.4M in annual lost revenue from empty appointment slots.

What we built

We built a patient engagement platform with predictive no-show scoring, multi-channel smart reminders, and automated waitlist management to fill cancelled slots.

Result

No-show rate dropped to 11%. Slot utilization increased 18%. The system recovered an estimated $1.1M in previously lost appointment revenue in year one.

Our Approach

How we approach healthcare projects

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Phase 1· Weeks 1-3

Clinical Workflow Analysis and Compliance Scoping

We shadow clinical and administrative workflows, identify bottlenecks, and map regulatory requirements. We define the compliance framework before any design work begins.

Deliverables

  • Workflow bottleneck analysis with time and cost estimates
  • Compliance requirements matrix (HIPAA, state regulations, payer rules)
  • Prioritized opportunity list with projected ROI
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Phase 2· Weeks 4-5

Architecture and Security Design

We design the system architecture with HIPAA compliance built in - encryption, access controls, audit logging, and BAA requirements. EHR integration points are mapped and validated.

Deliverables

  • HIPAA-compliant architecture with security controls
  • EHR integration plan with API specifications
  • Data flow diagram with PHI handling documentation
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Phase 3· Weeks 6-12

Build and Clinical Pilot

We build in sprints and pilot with a small provider group. Clinical feedback shapes iteration. Real patient interactions validate accuracy and safety before wider rollout.

Deliverables

  • Working product deployed with pilot provider group
  • Clinical accuracy and safety metrics from real usage
  • Compliance validation and risk assessment update
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Phase 4· Weeks 13-16

Organization-Wide Rollout and Monitoring

We scale across departments and locations with role-specific configuration. Continuous monitoring tracks clinical accuracy, compliance adherence, and operational impact.

Deliverables

  • Organization-wide deployment with department-level tuning
  • Clinical quality dashboard for leadership visibility
  • Ongoing compliance monitoring and audit trail

Outcomes

Measurable outcomes

60-75% reduction in clinician documentation time through ambient AI note generation
30-45% decrease in patient no-show rates through predictive engagement
40-60% reduction in phone-based triage volume through AI-powered self-service
Real-time compliance monitoring replacing quarterly manual chart audits
15-25 minutes saved per patient encounter through digital intake automation
$500K-$2M in recovered annual revenue through improved scheduling and slot utilization

Pattern Transfer

1Raft built anomaly detection systems for fintech fraud scoring before applying the same pattern-matching architecture to clinical early warning tools. Both require real-time analysis of streaming data against learned baselines - the domain changed from financial transactions to vital signs, but the engineering approach translated directly.

Services

Services for healthcare

Proof

HealthcareHIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platform
15,000+

Monthly visits

14

Weeks to launch

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Frequently asked questions

Projects typically range from $60K-$200K. Compliance adds 15-20% to a standard build because of encryption, audit logging, access controls, and BAA requirements. We include this in every estimate - it's not a surprise add-on.

Next Step

Every month of manual clinical documentation is another month your providers burn out.

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