Experience That Goes Beyond Code, Into Operations and Outcomes
We’ve overseen the rollout of HealthTech platforms across Canada’s largest hospitals and thousands of clinics, integrating with government systems, improving workflows, and delivering reliable outcomes at scale. At Red Corner, we don’t just build software; we’ve lived the operational complexity that makes or breaks healthcare technology.
Our Expertise in Healthcare Software Development
We don’t take shortcuts when it comes to healthcare systems, because shortcuts in this space don’t just fail, they cost. Bugs in production aren’t just a technical nuisance; they’re a financial liability. A single misfired integration or privacy breach can trigger compliance investigations, damage trust with partners, and halt your operations. That’s why Red Corner approaches software quality like a risk management exercise, our goal is not just to ship, but to protect your business.
Security isn’t an afterthought, it’s the architecture. From encryption protocols and audit trails to role-based access controls and secure integrations, we build with HIPAA, PHIPA, and GDPR in mind from day one. Your FCTO knows what auditors look for, where real-world systems often break, and how to catch silent failures before they become headlines.
Integration is another critical layer that most vendors underestimate. But we’ve been on the inside. We’ve managed HL7 and FHIR messaging, retrofitted APIs for legacy systems, and dealt with mismatched data models across hospitals, clinics, and public health infrastructure. Your FCTO won’t waste time figuring out what’s possible, they already know, and they’ll tell you where the real constraints are.
This level of insight doesn’t come from tutorials. It comes from doing the work, fixing the fires, and seeing firsthand how systems behave under pressure. That’s what you get with Red Corner.
The Red Corner Approach
At Red Corner, we don’t just take requirements and write code. Our fractional CTOs have built and scaled healthcare systems from the inside, managing real-world deployments, navigating compliance, and aligning product decisions with clinical outcomes. We bring that same leadership mindset to every engagement, pushing beyond “features” to deliver systems that actually improve care, reduce friction, and scale sustainably.
Foundational
On the foundational stage, we architect your healthcare product with scale, compliance, and integration in mind. We ensure every decision supports real-world usage, across EHR platforms, telehealth interfaces, patient portals, or custom admin systems. Whether you need HL7 or FHIR-based interoperability, HIPAA or PHIPA compliance, or seamless integrations with legacy or third-party systems, we bake it into the blueprint from day one. No shortcuts, no assumptions, just solid engineering and operational foresight.
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Evolution
Once your platform is live, we don’t disappear. We assess how it’s performing in the real world, where the friction is, where usage drops off, and where there’s opportunity. Your Red Corner FCTO conducts a cost-benefit and ROI analysis of the system in use, then lays out a roadmap for evolution: automation, data insights, user experience improvements, or performance scaling. Because in healthcare, launch is just the start. Real impact is in iteration.
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Growth
After the initial rollout and optimization, we focus on growth. That means helping your platform drive real revenue, reduce operational drag, and support strategic expansion, whether it’s onboarding new clinics, opening APIs for partnerships, or entering new markets. Your Red Corner FCTO stays engaged, ensuring the tech grows with your goals and never becomes a blocker. We’re not just here for delivery, we’re here to help your product thrive.
Healthcare is one of the hardest industries to build in, and not because of the tech. It’s because of everything around it: the regulation, the workflows, the integrations, the security hurdles, and the operational realities on the ground. You can’t just write clean code and hope it fits. You have to understand the environment you’re building for.
Not long ago, we met a HealthTech founder who had already sunk deep into a project to build a new EMR platform. They’d hired a well-known dev agency, were burning upwards of $100,000 per month, and had a half-working system that still didn’t feel usable or directionally clear. They had developers, but no leadership. No one was connecting the build to the business or the clinic experience.
We stepped in.
Within a short ramp-up, Red Corner took over the development, stabilized the team, and cut the monthly burn by half. And in that deal, we brought something they hadn’t had before: a fractional CTO who had worked inside health systems and had firsthand experience running EMR selection and implementation projects.
That FCTO became more than just the tech lead, they stepped into the Chief Product Officer role. Why? Because there was no one else to translate business needs into product decisions. Our FCTO worked directly with the founder to reshape the roadmap, not just build it. They introduced differentiator features based on gaps in the market, and just as importantly, eliminated a number of expensive, unnecessary features that could be better solved through SaaS integrations.
By the time we delivered the core product, we weren’t just handing over code. We orchestrated the integration with their first clinic, handled the deployment plan, and ensured the entire process was bulletproof. Because we’d proactively led them through SOC 2 readiness during development, there were no last-minute fire drills. When their client’s CISO asked for documentation, we handed it over, organized, complete, and on brand.
That’s the kind of leadership we bring. Not just engineering, not just guidance, but execution that anticipates problems, clears blockers, and gets your product into the hands of users, the right way.
If you’re building in healthtech, you’re not just competing on features. You’re competing on credibility, readiness, and execution. We can help you win on all three.
Oshri Cohen
Founder, Red Corner
Expert Guidance
Our FCTOs aren’t theorists or vendors. They’ve overseen national-level healthcare deployments, built patient platforms from scratch, and navigated compliance landscapes across multiple jurisdictions. They know the trade-offs, the bottlenecks, and the regulatory realities, because they’ve lived them. When you work with Red Corner, you’re not getting advice from the outside. You’re getting leadership from someone who’s been in the seat and made it work.
Tailored Solutions
No two healthcare organizations are alike, and we treat yours like it matters. Your workflows, your data structures, your compliance demands, your patient demographics, they all shape the right solution. We don’t just follow best practices. We analyze what actually works for you. Your FCTO will embed with your team, map the nuance, and design systems that reflect your reality, not someone else’s playbook.
Continuous Support
We stay with you, for as long as you need us. Whether it’s daily oversight, strategic reviews, or system checks, your Red Corner FCTO is fully embedded. But we also know when it’s time to grow beyond us. If building an internal team becomes the right move, we’ll support that transition and help you get it right. We don’t just tolerate that shift, we encourage it when it serves your long-term success. Because real partners don’t cling, they empower.
Innovative Approach
Innovation isn’t a buzzword for us, it’s muscle memory. Your Red Corner FCTO has run a HealthTech startup as CTO, built under pressure, and made critical decisions when compliance, operations, and capital were all on the line. They know what actually works, what’s worth building, and what can wait. We don’t get stuck in theory or wait for perfect roadmaps, we move, adapt, and solve. Because in healthcare, delays don’t just waste time, they stall care, cost trust, and lose ground.
Our Expertise in Healthcare Software Development
When you work with a Red Corner FCTO, you get someone who’s been where you’re trying to go. They’ve launched HealthTech startups, scaled platforms inside hospitals and clinics, and managed the full lifecycle, from funding decks to post-market support. They think in terms of ROI, adoption, and regulatory fit, not just backlog tickets. This is CTO-level ownership, not outsourced effort. It means fewer wrong turns, smarter product decisions, and tech that earns its keep.
Experience Integrating with EHR Systems at Scale
Our FCTOs have led integrations with major EHR platforms, Epic, Cerner, Telus, and more, across hospital networks and outpatient clinics. We know how to work with legacy constraints, handle HL7 and FHIR interfaces, and make data interoperability a reality, not just a line item. We’ve done it at scale, and we’ll help you do it cleanly.
Deep Expertise in PHI, PII, HIPAA, SOC2, and Other Security Standards
Our FCTOs have worked directly under HIPAA, PHIPA, SOC2 and GDPR mandates. They’ve led threat modeling, security audits, and architecture reviews for systems handling millions of sensitive records. We understand what regulators care about and how breaches happen. That means fewer gaps, faster approvals, and architecture that protects both patients and your business.
Integration Expertise Across Hospitals, Clinics, and Government Systems
We’ve integrated HealthTech products with everything from provincial health systems to third-party billing providers and lab systems. Whether it’s HL7, FHIR, SFTP, custom APIs, or direct EMR/PHR connections, we’ve done it. And we’ve done it in production environments, across thousands of clinics and multiple jurisdictions. Your Red Corner FCTO doesn’t learn this on your dime, they’ve already lived it.
Let’s Build the Your Healthcare Product, Together
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FAQ
1. How is Red Corner different from a typical development agency?
Most dev shops write code based on your spec and disappear when it goes live. Red Corner embeds a fractional CTO who has been in your shoes, leading product decisions, managing teams, and navigating healthcare-specific roadblocks. We don’t just build features. We make sure what we build actually fits into clinical workflows, passes compliance review, and performs under real-world constraints. We bring both strategic oversight and tactical execution.
2. Have you worked directly with hospitals and government healthcare systems?
Yes, and not just once. We’ve led the implementation of health systems that are now active in Canada’s largest hospitals and integrated across thousands of clinics. We’ve worked alongside public health agencies, interfaced with regional health networks, and dealt with the layered bureaucracy that comes with regulated health environments. We know the timelines, the procurement constraints, and how to keep projects moving when things get political or technical.
3. Do you understand clinical operations, or just the tech?
We understand both, because we’ve worked inside clinical environments. We’ve collaborated with doctors, nurses, admin staff, and operations managers to map out how a product will actually be used on the floor, not just in theory. We design with context, making sure we’re not disrupting workflows, creating alert fatigue, or adding data entry burdens that reduce adoption.
4. What experience do you have with HL7, FHIR, and EHR platforms?
Deep and hands-on. We’ve built bi-directional integrations using HL7 v2 and v3, implemented FHIR endpoints, and handled interface engines like Mirth. We’ve worked with EHRs such as Epic, Cerner, OSCAR, Telus Health, and custom-built platforms. We know how to map legacy data structures, deal with inconsistencies in vendor APIs, and keep patient data flowing reliably across systems.
5. Will you help us plan the product, or just build what we hand over?
We lead product development from a strategic lens. We’ll help define your roadmap, build a user-centered MVP, and make key trade-offs between speed, functionality, and compliance. Our FCTOs help you avoid overbuilding features that don’t move the needle and underinvesting in critical foundations like security and auditability.
6. Can you handle compliance with HIPAA and PHIPA?
Yes. We build compliance in from the first sprint. From access controls and logging to encrypted data transmission and retention policies, we make sure your product is audit-ready. We’ve gone through real security reviews by hospitals, provincial health bodies, and insurance providers. We don’t treat HIPAA and PHIPA as checklists, they’re part of how we design and deploy.
7. How do you deal with bugs or production issues post-launch?
We know that in healthcare, bugs aren’t just annoying, they can create liability, affect patient care, and damage institutional trust. Our approach is proactive: regression testing, automated monitoring, clear rollback plans, and real-time alerts. And when things go wrong (because they sometimes do), we own the problem and fix it fast, without the blame game.
8. Can you help us transition to an in-house team in the future?
Absolutely. In fact, we encourage it. We’ll help you structure your hiring roadmap, vet candidates, and train your team on the product’s architecture and nuances. We document as we go, and make ourselves available to support onboarding, handover, and post-handoff mentorship. Our goal isn’t to stick around forever, it’s to make sure you’re independent when you’re ready.
9. What’s your approach to system scalability?
We build for where you’re going, not just where you are now. That means selecting cloud-native architectures, separating concerns, planning for multi-tenant setups, and using modular APIs. We’ve scaled systems from pilot clinics to nationwide deployments, and we know what decisions now will reduce future headaches around load, latency, and maintenance.
10. What kind of leadership do we get with a Red Corner engagement?
You get an executive-level leader embedded into your team, someone who has led HealthTech startups, owned budgets, presented to boards, and driven products to real-world adoption. This isn’t a project manager or dev lead who’s learning on the job. This is a fractional CTO who’s seen what works, what breaks, and what matters. They’ll push your thinking, protect your vision, and make sure your tech serves your long-term business goals.