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Testing Strategies for EHR Systems

Unit, functional, integrated, interface, regression, performance and user acceptance testing — writing test scripts, test patients, defect management and readiness metrics.

Why EHR testing is different

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EHR defects can harm patients: a wrong default dose, a result that doesn't reach the clinician, an allergy that doesn't alert. Testing must prove that: • each piece works (unit), • the pieces work together across departments and systems (integrated), • nothing that used to work broke (regression), • real users can do their jobs (user acceptance).

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