Every day, physicians spend hours on documentation that pulls them away from patients. Regard is changing that. Its AI platform analyzes patient chart data and surfaces clinically relevant insights directly in the physician's workflow, reducing documentation burden and helping hospitals capture revenue that would otherwise go unrecorded.
The next step was a companion mobile application: a HIPAA-compliant tool that lets physicians record doctor-patient conversations, automatically transcribe them, and sync the results with Regard's web platform. It needed to work seamlessly, launch fast, and hold up under the regulatory scrutiny that comes with handling protected health information.
Regard brought in HappyFunCorp to build it alongside them.
The challenge
Regard had a product vision for mobile, a clear deadline, and no room for a slow ramp-up. They needed to get a new application into production by the end of March with full HIPAA compliance baked in from day one.
The app had to handle sensitive audio recordings of physician-patient conversations, store them securely, process them through an AI backend, and surface transcripts back to users in a clean, intuitive interface. Authentication needed to connect the mobile app to Regard's existing web platform without introducing friction into already-busy clinical workflows.
But the biggest challenge was organizational, not just technical. Regard didn't need a contractor to build something and hand it over. They needed senior engineering talent that could plug directly into their existing team, adopt their processes, and start contributing immediately. The technical foundation had to be solid enough that Regard's own engineers could keep building on it long after the initial launch.
How HappyFunCorp embedded with Regard's team
HappyFunCorp placed a senior React Native engineer directly inside Regard's engineering organization. From the first week, that meant joining their standups, working in their repos, using their tools, and shipping through their deployment pipeline. The goal was to operate as part of one team building one product.
That embedded product engineering team model shaped every technical decision. The app was built in React Native with Expo, chosen for its cross-platform flexibility and the speed it enables for an early-stage product. Architecture choices were made collaboratively, with HappyFunCorp bringing mobile-specific expertise while Regard's engineers maintained full ownership of the product roadmap and backend systems.
Together, the team focused on the features that mattered most for launch:
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Secure audio recording with double encryption. Physician-patient conversations are recorded and stored with double encryption, meeting HIPAA's strictest data protection requirements.
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QR code authentication. Rather than a traditional login flow, the app authenticates users via QR code generated from the Regard web platform, keeping the experience fast and tightly connected to the broader ecosystem.
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In-app transcript viewing. After recordings are processed by Regard's AI backend, physicians can review transcripts directly in the app, without switching to a separate tool.
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Backend sync. Recordings flow automatically to Regard's backend, where the AI model processes them and connects insights to patient records in the web platform.
Because HappyFunCorp's engineer was embedded in the team rather than working in a parallel track, there was no handoff period. Code reviews, architectural conversations, and tradeoff decisions happened in real time. Regard's team had full visibility into every line of code from day one.
The results
The app launched on schedule, giving Regard its first mobile product in market and a codebase built to scale. Because the work was done inside Regard's own engineering environment, there was no migration, no rewrite, and no integration gap. Their team picked up where HappyFunCorp left off and kept shipping.
Regard is now the first platform capable of intelligently combining physician-patient conversation data with historical chart records to generate comprehensive clinical notes. The mobile app is a core part of how that capability reaches the people who need it.
Today, Regard is deployed across more than 150 hospitals, helping health systems improve care quality, reduce documentation burden, and recover revenue that would otherwise be missed. HappyFunCorp continues to provide ongoing support for Regard's mobile application development and maintenance.
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