(Newswire.net — December 15, 2021) — Quality and speed are very important to serve the healthcare sector efficiently. The unending demand and challenges of the healthcare sector have led to various enhancements and inventions. Digitalization has also modified the way healthcare used to operate. It involves connecting devices and people and providing meaningful implications from the information produced to provide enhanced services. This proves that digitalization is capable of altering the sector and allowing healthcare to provide enhanced services.
Nevertheless, there are different questions related to digitalization in the healthcare sector.
· Advantages of digital ecosystems for CIOs
· Requirement for radical analytics to drive major modifications
· The investment needed for taking the digital leap
· Anticipated app performance
Quality assurance and testing allow the companies to answer questions related to the topics mentioned above and apply enhanced digital strategies for the healthcare sector.
Technology has played an immense role in transforming the healthcare sector. This is the point where apps are developed to deliver service anywhere and at any time. As a result, connected medical devices are assisting experts to provide their services from a distance. Therefore, healthcare products are required to deliver precision and accuracy. This is only possible with robust quality assurance and testing.
Other than this, the idea of home healthcare is transforming the way through which healthcare functions. This leads to quick and easy access to healthcare. The new paradigm in the healthcare segment is on-demand medical assistance. Therefore, it won’t be wrong to say that the home healthcare trend is rising and is expected to expand in the coming years.
Keeping this scenario in mind, we are presenting to you the list of software and quality assurance trends in the healthcare sector to watch out for in 2022.
Compatibility and Mobile Testing
According to business insider, the medical mobile apps market is growing at the rate of 24.9%. This is because of the following reasons.
· Transparency in sharing important details regarding the treatment
· No need for paper-based operations
· Lesser maintenance cost
· Easier access
Nevertheless, to run the solutions conveniently and efficiently the following things are needed.
· Difficult form factors for different devices
· Browser combination
· Rigorous testing procedures needed to test across different operating systems
Automation Testing Incorporating DevOps and Agile Methodologies
According to statistics, in 2024 healthcare market is anticipated to go up to US$166 billion. This increased requirement to get the solutions quicker to market compels the healthcare IT teams to implement DevOps and Agile methodology and incorporate test automation to perform precise testing and repetitive tasks. This will assist them to provide uninterrupted feedback and guarantee test coverage.
Increased Demand For Test Engineers Who Have Experience In The Industry
There are so many complexities in privacy and safety regulations in the healthcare sector. This generates the demand for test engineers who know this particular domain. Therefore, companies are looking to test engineers who have an excellent understanding and knowledge of HL7 and HIPPA guidelines.
Increased Demand For Security Testing
According to research, the cost of a healthcare breach in an organization is about US$8 million. This cost is expected to increase shortly. The majority of the healthcare software collaborates with numerous information systems to reach patients’ information to generate better results. Therefore, detailed security testing is the main priority in the testing strategy for protecting the privacy and security of private healthcare patient’s data.
Increased Big Data Testing
Big data deals in streamlining both structured and unstructured information and big data quantity and assists to validate data. This helps to provide them valuable insights to develop enhanced business decisions and market strategies. According to various authentic statistics, in 2020 2,314 exabytes of healthcare data were produced. Therefore, this demand is expected to increase in 2022.
Digital transformation is touching almost all aspects of the Healthcare Sector. As a result, software testing has become important for high availability and flawless business procedures. TestCrew has various domain experts who have specialized in enhancing the robustness of the healthcare software to assist companies to accelerate their procedure and eradicate risks.