“A Test Automation framework is a set of assumptions, concepts and tools that provide support for automated software testing”. So why do we need Automation framework. Can’t we just record the steps of any test case using the automation tool and playback whenever we want to execute the testcase? The answer is ‘NO’. Let’s see the Record/Playback Myth. […]
Posts Tagged ‘quality’
Automating Math Captcha using Selenium IDE
What is Captcha? Sounds like a core technical jargon, which in reality isn’t. “Captcha is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a human being.” You might have noticed in some registration pages, at the end of it there is an image which has some letters displayed on […]
Selenium Test Automation using Ant
Before I start, let’s discuss why do we need automation? A very common answer would be to reduce human effort, time and most importantly to do regression testing again and again. I am working as an Automation tester along with the manual testing team. My task is to create regression test scripts in Selenium and deliver the […]
Natural Language Processing Improves Diabetic Care
By Lesli Adams, MPA Director, Oracle Healthcare Business Intelligence The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) published the results of a study that showed the overwhelming impact on diabetic care when the patients are seen consistently by their regular doctor. When seen by their regular doctor, […]
Baking quality into your project – like baking a cake
Recently one of the projects that I was involved in was finished. The testing was blocked at the end phase, and the cost was almost exhausted even though the testing had not been finished when testers were rolled off. People always talk about quality, and most people agree that quality should be the most important […]
Make the quality measurable
This blog briefly talks about the situations which may lead to the difficulty of measuring a product’s quality. Most of time, when producing a product such as an iPad, there are very detailed metrics that can be used to determine the product’s quality. For a project generating a software system, there should also be such […]
Telehealth Continues to Gain Favor
Telehealth, not to be confused with telemedicine, is the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies. It is yet another way to address healthcare quality issues and offer consumer-centric healthcare. InMedica’s most recent report, “The World Market for Telehealth – A Quantitative Market Assessment – 2011 Edition,” projects the telehealth market will “exceed […]
HIEs post another Win within the Healthcare Industry
One of the most costly and concerning healthcare expenditures is emergency room visits. Providers and payers are especially concerned with the uptick in ER visits, because ER visits are known to be extra costly and peppered with discressionary visits. Providers and payers have decided lowering ER useage could be done by identifying ER abusers and […]
Cash for Clunkers and the Healthcare Industry: Paper vs EHR
If the $19 billion in stimulus money allocated for the adoption of EHRs wasn’t an indicator that EHRs are a critical piece to the industry, then the U.S. Surgeon General’s announcement that they will be pushing the EHR movement along so that patients can “take control of their own health” and have the necessary information […]
Quality driven testing principles
I’ve been exposed to Agile/Scrum for a while and recently I tried to summarize some testing principles which are all concerned with quality. Test Driven Test cases and unit test will be developed prior to coding any lines Unit test will be required to ensure the quality of the refactoring Test Early Deliverables in each […]
How to tell the quality of the product?
Overview The short answer to the question would be KPI (key performance indicator).’ Usually, a project will employ certain KPIs to facilitate the quantative analysis. By that, stakeholders can easilly tell how well the project is proceeding and how good the product is. However, there are some common challenges facing the project. Top challenges Short-term […]
Can you help to test earlier?
Today, one tester complained to me:” Developer A always asks me to help him to test his code earlier in dev environment without any testing by himself!” I heard the same complains form the different projects. When I was doing testing in different projects, I often encountered the similar situation as well. From my perspective, […]