Chicago Custom Software Development Agency I Top Agency Award in 2024

Few sectors touch more directly on human well-being than medical software; after all, healthcare and medical software solutions can drastically change lives for the better. The burden of innovation in medical device software development is intense. With lives at stake, reliability and security are of paramount importance. Additionally, healthcare and medical companies labor under regulatory burdens like FDA approval and HIPAA compliance. In short, a lot is riding on the software doing its job and doing it well.

DAP has been a leader in the the $7.7 trillion global healthcare industry, developing software for clinical service providers, healthcare support services, medical devices, life sciences including MedTech and pharma.   

Healthcare software plays a critical role in the key growth drivers that have yielded over 2.9% CAGR for the industry between 2013 and 2017. Those drivers are to:

• Improve healthcare outcomes.
• Provide a better patient experience in a retail healthcare marketplace.

Virtual reality, artificial intelligence, data analytics, image recognition, and cloud computing play a huge role in a healthcare software renaissance expected to comprise a $19.3 billion subsector of the industry by 2025.

Our Chicago custom software development services help healthcare and medical organizations increase their volume of services and enhance the value they offer to patients. We have collaborated with clients in the following areas:

• Patient and clinician experience with a focus on wellness and efficiency, not illness.
• Healthcare data systems, enabling better cooperation and collaboration with providers and payers.
• SaMD (Software as a Medical Device), cross-platform software with standalone healthcare functionality.
• IoMT (Internet of Medical Things), medical devices connected to the internet to enable remote monitoring.

Government software development has the same basic goal as any software development project — to improve the user’s experience. However, government agencies face unique challenges in achieving this vision, including:

• The need for transparency and security.
• A cumbersome budgetary and justification process.
• Project budgets and purse strings dictated primarily by nonusers.
• Culture of avoiding third-party services. 

We develop using best practices within an agreed-upon budget, including rapid iterative deployment with early responsiveness to user feedback. We act transparently and independently—no multi-week delays waiting for questions to make their way up the chain of command and then back down again.

To preserve the integrity of the government bureaus we help with our Chicago custom software development services, DAP focuses on the following core principles in our government-focused software development projects: 

• Execution Security. Open-source code with an eye toward public scrutiny, avoiding the vulnerability created by a small group of people having privileged access to the code.
• Contribution Security. Government clients retain the authority to decide who contributes to the software.
• Action Transparency. Open-source software that provides the level of transparency expected by constituents of their governments. 
• Procurement Transparency. Iterative software in public view for complete accountability throughout the development process.

Financial and fintech software has come a long way. We don’t even notice the conveniences of modern fintech that have become commonplace—instant approval, convenience, cost reduction, fast and secure transfers, and a personalized customer experience. Financial institutions that haven’t embraced fintech look more and more outdated every year. 

Financial institutions have a high bar of trust and regulatory burdens to manage. After all, close behind consumers’ regard for their health is their regard for their money. It goes without saying that financial software must be secure—but a great user experience also provides that sense of safety and security. Great software is a result of high standards, and users want the institutions to whom they entrust their money to have high standards.

A leader in fintech software development, DAP helps financial institutions innovate industry-disrupting solutions with our award-winning Chicago custom software development services. Operating at the highest levels of Chicago’s booming financial industry, which sees greater securities trading volume than New York, has enabled DAP to deliver improved product strategy, UX, and design for financial clients in areas such as:

• Accounting. Reporting, payroll management, invoice management and processing. 
• Banking. Fraud detection, risk management, analytics, and user behavior analysis.
• Insuretech. Underwriting, claims management, CRM, loyalty, fraud prevention.
• Trading. AI advisers, pattern recognition, alert tools, trading signals.

Our Chicago custom software development services for financial services and fintech include cutting-edge use of technologies like machine learning (AI), blockchain, data analytics, and ERP financial systems.

Educational software and EdTech have shaken the education industry. DAP has helped create interactive e-learning- solutions for our clients. Few industries need to invest more in world-class software development than the multibillion-dollar education industry.

DAP’s Chicago custom software development services focus heavily on EdTech and educational software development, helping revered and up-and-coming educational institutions succeed in a competitive tech environment. 

Our award-winning Chicago custom software development expertise for schools, universities, and online learning institutions encompasses:

• Learning Management Systems (LMS). Estimated to surpass $22.4 billion in market value by 2023, learning management systems give users the ability to craft and deliver customized courses with ease.
• Administrative Software. Cloud-based administrative software can drastically reduce the tech overwhelm of faculty, staff, and administrators, providing a unified hub for school operations accessible to all stakeholders—including parents, as needed.
• E-Learning. DAP uses scientifically-proven, tech-driven techniques to help clients create custom e-learning products that produce results, engaging students with award-winning user interfaces.
• Corporate Training. Corporate training software enables companies to scale their operations, as well as add the remote training capacity needed to run global operations.
• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOCs are the elephants in the room—the Courseras and Udacities of the world. If you’re up for the challenge, don’t trust amater Chicago custom software developers. DAP has the capacity to go toe-to-toe with these giants of EdTech.

Whether a component of a larger organization or the entire organization, good Ecommerce software development is the difference between a static site and a major profit center, a source of constant bottlenecks, or a veritable cash machine.

Our Chicago custom software development services for Ecommerce applications focus on the customer experience—a smooth UX that walks them sequentially through a their journey of discovery, consideration, decision, and follow-up. 

The goal is for this system to work seamlessly without admin interference. We develop e-commerce solutions with a robust support architecture to reduce the burden on support staff while still providing attentive customer support as needed. Users expect nothing less and buy from brands with a great e-commerce experience.

We offer a variety of ecommerce off-the-shelf and custom software development solutions, including:

• Ecommerce Development. Whether working in an existing platform like Shopify or Magento, or building your own custom solution, working with DAP means you never have to settle. Our award-winning Chicago custom software development team is fully capable of building a fully customized shopper experience on Azure or Amazon AWS Cloud environments. If you can dream it, we can do it.
• Ecommerce Management. DAP doesn’t just push your ecommerce platform into the pool and hope that it swims. Our Chicago custom software developers can partner with you long-term to make sure your store runs smoothly.
• Ecommerce Analytics. We install industry-best analytics and monitor the most important KPIs (key performance indicators) so you know if your store is working properly, or if it needs improvement—and where.

Manufacturers are among those who have the most to gain from DAP’s custom software development solutions. DAP’s custom software capabilities have helped companies in the manufacturing sector gain efficiencies in a variety of areas and improve the quality of their information flow, better positioning them to succeed in a competitive marketplace.

Some of the benefits manufacturers can expect include:

• Improved efficiency through automation of processes and production through the development of customized solutions.  
• Better flow of information between secured, cloud-based communication and sharing channels.  
• Operational Savings from the adoption of automation and streamlining of processes. 

DAP is an industry leader working with law firms to build custom software to help them grow efficiently.

Custom legal software solutions designed by DAP’s Chicago custom software development team can improve lawyer productivity through mobile document management, case audits, business management, billing, automated report generation, database management, and much more. 

We have worked with clients in a variety of legal specialties to help meet their needs in areas including:

• Law Firm Management. Solutions customized to your law firm to include practice management, case management, matter management, courtroom systems, and e-discovery.
• Case Management. Custom solutions to store and recall files, plus communicate with clients, from any device—computer, tablet, or smartphone.
• Legal Hold Software. Bespoke software tools for data retention and preservation. 
• Law Firm Analytics. Data and client insights leveraged to win more cases.
• Litigation Support. Custom software solutions for processing, production, review, and e-discovery.
• Billing Solutions. Custom fee schedules and automation. No more chasing down invoices and fees.

Professional service companies – from accountants to consultants, engineers to architects – all benefit from custom software solutions. Our Chicago custom software developers help professional service providers streamline their operations, increase profitability, relocate services from in-person to online, and ultimately scale up.

These services also have in common a need for digital expertise. DAP’s Chicago custom software development team focuses on using technology to improve processes and let service providers focus more of their time on billable activities. 

Professional services are highly personalized. Now two accountants are exactly alike, and no two software solutions will be exactly alike. So what can a professional service provider expect from our Chicago custom software design services?

• Emphasis on brand voice. Professional services depend heavily on the voice and their values to get new business. Our Chicago custom software development team aligns your software solution with your brand message and mission, creating a platform to enhance your brand’s consistency and credibility. 
• Employee retention. Employee turnover is a major headache for professional service providers. Employees expect an intuitive, integrated software environment to make their workday run smoothly. DAP’s custom software solutions ensure your employee’s needs are met. 
• Personalized service channels. Clients expect personalized service from their professional service. DAP’s custom software solutions respond to this need by mirroring this personalization in the user experience. We break down your clientele into user personas and design customized, personalized user journeys to enhance customer satisfaction, reduce churn, and increase each customer’s lifetime value (CLV).

Biotechnology software development is on the very cutting edge. AI, machine learning, IoT—it all comes together to support the innovations that change and save lives. Biotech companies require precision, stability, reliability, and security in their software to comply with HIPAA and meet tough FDA regulatory burdens. We work with leading Biotech companies to implement solutions in the following areas:

• Platform Analytics. Make sure your platform is optimally suited for valuable data collection and analysis to better inform future decision making.
• Population Health. Streamlined cataloging and classification of biotech data, compliant with HIPAA rules. 
• Database Migration. Cloud-based database architecture and engineering.
• Biomedical Software. AI software to aid diagnostics from imaging technology like X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, thermography, and any other medical imaging technology.