Case Study · Healthcare

Harborworks Patient App

A cross-platform booking app connecting patients to clinics in real time, with 50,000+ downloads and a 4.8-star rating.

50k+downloads
4.8★store rating
-28%no-show rate
2platforms, one codebase
The Client

Client overview

Harborworks operates a network of outpatient clinics where booking was handled entirely by phone, leading to long hold times and a high no-show rate from patients who forgot appointments.

The Challenge

What we were solving for

Patients had no way to book, reschedule or get reminders outside clinic phone hours, and staff spent a significant share of their day on scheduling calls instead of patient care.

Research

What we found

Patient interviews revealed most no-shows weren't intentional - patients simply forgot, without a text or app reminder. Staff shadowing showed scheduling calls consumed nearly two hours per staff member daily across the clinic network.

The Solution

How we approached it

We built a cross-platform patient app in Flutter, sharing one codebase across iOS and Android to keep long-term maintenance manageable.

Real-time booking connected directly to each clinic's scheduling system, with automated SMS and push reminders 48 and 2 hours before appointments.

A staff-facing dashboard gave front-desk teams visibility into app bookings alongside phone bookings in one unified calendar.

Technology Used

Stack behind this project

Flutter
Firebase
Node.js
Twilio
REST APIs
Process

How the project unfolded

01

Discovery

Patient and staff interviews to map the real booking workflow.

02

UX Design

Booking flow designed and tested with real patients.

03

Development

Cross-platform app and staff dashboard built in parallel.

04

Integration

Clinic scheduling systems connected via API.

05

Pilot

Rolled out to two clinics before network-wide launch.

06

Launch

App Store and Play Store submission and network rollout.

Gallery

A look at the work

Results

The impact, in numbers

50k+downloads
4.8★store rating
-28%no-show rate
~2 hrs/daystaff time saved

Within six months of network-wide rollout, the app passed 50,000 downloads with a 4.8-star average rating. No-show rates fell 28% thanks to automated reminders, and front-desk staff reclaimed roughly two hours per day previously spent on scheduling calls.

In Their Words

Client testimonial

"Our booking app has a 4.8-star rating and genuinely reduced no-shows across every clinic we support."

NP
Nadia PetrovOperations Director, Harborworks Verified client
Related Services

Services used in this project

Mobile App DevelopmentUI/UX DesignWeb Application Development

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