That’s a million dollar question. Global healthcare is a multi-billion dollar industry. Traditionally healthcare has been one of the core domains that has acknowledged the need for quality given the stakes involved and the absolute low or zero tolerance for errors. Haven’t we always wondered what if a machine at the doctor’s office or the software that runs on them is faulty – what would be the implications? A bug in a shopping portal is always liveable with, compared to that in a health care domain. Ofcourse, every domain has its own importance and threshold levels when it comes to defect tolerance, but it is undeniable that certain domains such as health care, transport, life sciences, have a higher need for quality given the adverse implications they can have on human life if something were to go wrong. Healthcare software testing has therefore certainly played a pivotal role in shaping the overall software testing domain. Read more »