Quality
is never an accident; it is always a direct result of intelligent effort.
The very premise of testing is based on
this axiom and nowhere is it more relevant than in healthcare. A glitch or a bug
in a healthcare application could prove very costly and may result in mammoth
problems that could be life altering/ threatening (depending on the nature of
the software in question). This is the reason why healthcare applications need
to undergo thorough testing before being employed in hospitals and clinics.
Why is healthcare application testing
imperative?
·
Reliability and Safety of Patients
This is the most important consideration during healthcare
application testing given its critical applications and uses. Identifying
bugs, that threatens the reliability aspects and result in inaccurate or
compromised data, is crucial to ensure that the right care is accorded to the
patients.
·
Compliance Testing
Most of the healthcare applications need to be compliant
with HIPPA and other regulatory requirements from the US government. Testing new
or existing applications to ensure compliance reduces error margins and makes
the application industry standard.
·
Ensuring Usability and End User Satisfaction
Testing the applications for the user experience they offer is
extremely important. Applications that are not user friendly can lead to irritability
and may result in the end users (whether they are healthcare professionals or
patients) spending more time on working with the application. Also, healthcare
applications need to conform to the existing workflows so that professionals
can work with them seamlessly (without having to spend much time on working
around it) and also be able to trust it completely.
Benefits of healthcare
application testing
The following are the most important
benefits of healthcare application testing:
·
Ensures the conformance of the
application/software to the framework and security requirements of the
healthcare industry
·
Quality improvement and
assurance
·
Testing not only involves
functionality, it also involves performance testing that ensures that the
application is indeed beneficial to the professionals and saves time
·
Ensures usability, safety and
seamless integration
When a healthcare product is tested end to
end, it bolsters the confidence in the product and users can trust the solution
implicitly and work with the application.
