Published: 07 May 2018
5 Emerging QA and Software Testing Trends in Healthcare Digital Applications
Last Updated: 29 Aug 2022
To provide quality and real-time services to their patients, healthcare professionals require digital applications that are user-friendly, interoperable and accessible anytime and anywhere. The market for digital applications, and for healthcare IT in general, has been rising steadily and is attracting new investments to make healthcare more accessible and data-based.
Contents 1. Emerging QA and Software Testing Trends in Healthcare Applications 2. High Priority to Security Testing 3. Big Data Management 4. Implementation of Agile Testing Methodologies 5. Emphasis on Mobile and Compatibility Testing 6. Deployment of Skilled Testers 7. Conclusion
High costs of research and development along with stringent regulations and increasing user demands necessitate a sharp focus on software quality within the healthcare industry. Organizations need to create customized and modern testing strategy based on emerging testing trends. All these trends may not pertain equally to each healthcare organization but will differ based on the nature and usage of healthcare solutions as well as according to the specialized testing needs of specific healthcare providers.
– Healthcare apps help the patients to book their doctor appointments easily and to get important healthcare tips
– It is the quickest way to view medical test reports, to purchase medicines online, and to find an expert specialist
– The chat facility provided by the healthcare apps is simplifying the treatment process, the doctors can chat and treat their patients in chats
– The Electronic Health Records or EHR helps to understand the patient’s history of diseases, etc.
– The feature of reminding medicines to the patient is one of the best benefits of healthcare apps. Also, this advanced feature provides a confirmation to the doctors that the patient has not ignored and started the treatment
The cutting-edge healthcare solutions help physicians and healthcare providers to access historic health data of patients, observe their conditions, and offer treatment remotely and rapidly. Hence, it becomes important to ensure utmost security and privacy of the data that is accessed by the application. To achieve utmost security, extensive security testing has to be the key priority in the testing strategy for safeguarding the sensitive healthcare data of patients.
Healthcare applications these days gather and transmit a huge amount of healthcare data from one source to another. Hence, the applications are specifically designed with explicit features to enable data collection, storage, access, and transfer. While testing next-generation healthcare applications, testers must keep in mind the complete patient data management process across various technological platforms. They must execute all obligatory tests to ensure that the patient data is managed efficiently, and without negotiating on security and privacy.
The ever-rising need to get the applications and products faster to market necessitate the healthcare IT teams to adopt the Agile methodology. By the use of agile methodology, teams can escape the lengthy product delivery cycle and ensure quicker delivery in the end.
A huge percentage of users, including patients and healthcare professionals, these days access healthcare solutions on their mobile devices. There is an increase in the number of organizations enabling the patients to access healthcare on their smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Therefore, the healthcare solutions need to run efficiently and correctly on these devices, across various operating systems, browsers, etc. The esting strategy should include evaluating all aspects of the application by using various mobile devices, network, and operating systems.
With several governmental mandates and user privacy issues taking over, healthcare application testing requires a lot of experience and skill. It is important to ensure the testers have correct domain knowledge and skills to evaluate the advanced healthcare applications and solutions efficiently. The testers working on healthcare projects should have skills and understanding in HIPAA, HL7 guidelines, and the Healthcare domain to identify critical workflows for testing effectively.
When it comes to healthcare imperatives involving patient driven and patient-centered care, having a cutting-edge software means nothing if it does not work in such a way that makes it easy to use for healthcare professionals and patients. At TestingXperts, we help healthcare providers transform innovative designs into reliable and successful applications with our specialized healthcare QA and software testing services. Connect with us now!
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