Austin DesignHealthcare design carries constraints most other categories don't — data privacy, accessibility requirements that aren't optional, and a review process that can involve clinical staff and legal teams before anything ships. The four agencies below have real, verifiable healthcare work behind them, not just the category listed on a services page.
GuideaDozens of live products, clinical trial tools and FDA clearances, with regulatory review built into the process.
Clay GlobalDesigned for trust, compliance and data sensitivity at Grayscale and Discover.
Slide UXWorks alongside in-house teams; lists health tech and senior care among its industries.
Jackrabbit MobileNative apps built from scratch for products with specific workflow needs.
Jackrabbit MobileSuited to products with healthcare context but no FDA clearance path.
Slide UXFlexible across health tech and senior care without a regulatory-only focus.
No. 1Guidea has worked exclusively in healthcare for two decades, and its client portfolio reflects a depth few generalist studios can match — dozens of live products, clinical trial tools, and FDA clearances built for health companies, medical schools, and pharmaceutical companies, including Bristol Myers Squibb. The studio's process accounts for regulatory review as a built-in step, not an afterthought bolted onto a standard product design timeline.
guidea.com — Austin, TX
No. 2Clay Global's healthcare work sits within a broader product design practice rather than a dedicated vertical specialty, but the studio has designed for regulated, high-stakes categories before — fintech and crypto clients like Grayscale and Discover required similar attention to trust, compliance, and data sensitivity. For a health-tech founder who wants a studio comfortable with regulatory weight but not narrowly boxed into healthcare alone, Clay Global's broader range is the tradeoff worth weighing against Guidea's deeper specialization.
clay.global — San Francisco, CA (remote-first, with team members in Austin and other cities)
No. 3Slide UX lists health tech and senior care explicitly among its industries served, alongside a client base that spans Fortune 50 companies and startups. The studio's model — embedding closely with a product team rather than delivering a detached handoff — suits a health tech company that already has clinical or product staff in-house and needs a design partner working alongside them, not a vendor operating at arm's length.
slideux.com — Austin, TX
No. 4Jackrabbit's client work spans healthcare among several other industries, and the studio's strength is native app development built from scratch rather than a template — relevant for a health tech product with specific workflow or compliance requirements that a generic app framework can't accommodate. It's a lighter-weight option than a healthcare-only specialist, suited to a company whose product has healthcare context but isn't navigating FDA clearance or clinical trials.
jackrabbitmobile.com — Austin, TX
Facts only, as stated on each studio's own site and in its client work. Blank cells (—) mean we could not verify a figure.
| Agency | Austin presence | Since | Focus | Named clients |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidea | Austin HQ | ~20 years | Healthcare products only | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Clay Global | Team members, no office | — | Product UX + brand identity | Stripe, Slack, Uber, Grayscale, Discover |
| Slide UX | Austin HQ | 10+ years | UX strategy, UI, research | Sysco, UPS, KindHealth, Swivel |
| Jackrabbit Mobile | Austin HQ | 10+ years | Native mobile apps | The Miracle Foundation, UT Austin |
Filled dot = the healthcare work described on the profile includes this.
| Agency | Healthcare only | FDA clearance experience | Clinical trial tools | Embeds with your team | Native app builds | Practice beyond healthcare |
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| Studios per column | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
The clearest split here is depth of healthcare-specific experience. Guidea is the only agency on this list built exclusively around healthcare, with direct FDA clearance and clinical trial experience — the right call for a product with real regulatory exposure. Clay Global, Slide UX, and Jackrabbit Mobile all have healthcare-adjacent experience within a broader practice, which suits a health tech product with lighter compliance requirements or a team that wants a studio with range beyond healthcare alone.
None of these four should be a first call for a product with no clinical, patient-data, or regulatory component at all — a general wellness app is a different brief, and paying for healthcare-specific process on a product that doesn't need it adds time and cost without a corresponding benefit.
It depends on regulatory exposure. A product touching FDA clearance, clinical trials, or patient data benefits from Guidea's dedicated healthcare focus. A wellness app with lighter compliance needs has more flexibility across all four agencies here.
Accessibility compliance, data handling requirements, and a review process that often includes legal and clinical stakeholders beyond the product team. That adds time to a timeline, which shows up in how a studio like Guidea scopes a healthcare engagement specifically.
Generally yes — an established health system's procurement and stakeholder process tends to be slower and more layered than a startup's. Guidea's experience spans both ends, from startups to enterprise health organizations.
It runs higher than a comparable non-regulated product, largely due to the added research, documentation, and review built into the process. A specialist like Guidea prices around that complexity; a broader-practice studio like Slide UX or Jackrabbit Mobile may offer more flexibility for a lighter-touch healthcare-adjacent project.