Guest Article: Shakespeare in Namespace, or why Blue Button took off as fast as it did
I had the privilege of working with Dr. Peter Levin as an outside technology strategy adviser while he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Veterans Affairs during the first Obama Administration. Peter’s a hard-charging, fast-moving, take-no-prisoners style senior technical executive; he was an entrepreneur, professor, and engineer long before he came into government so it was no surprise that he was able to accomplish a great deal during his tenure as the CTO of VA. Two of his most enduring accomplishments that affect the healthcare world writ large are his inaugural deployment of the Blue Button at the VA a...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - June 15, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Shahid N. Shah Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Writing safety critical software using an agile, risk-based, approach should be the norm in modern medical device development
I first started using and mentoring developers on agile software development techniques like eXtreme Programming (XP) and Scrum over a decade ago. Often called “lightweight” methodologies, agile software development lifecycles have been generally misunderstood as lacking enough rigor and sophistication to be used in safety-critical systems. Many have erroneously assumed that Agile, Scrum, and related methodologies can’t really be implemented in risk- focused “important” industries like medical devices because they believe only classic waterfall will be accepted by the FDA. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - June 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
