DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE QUALITY PLAN FOR HOSPITALS

Vispi Shroff, Louise Reid, Sajid Hashmi, Gerard Mulligan, Daniel Sheehy, Keyang Xiang, Ita Richardson

2011

Abstract

This paper describes research into the development of a quality plan for the management of software in an Irish Hospital. It studies relevant standards, models and legal acts. Synergies between the Irish Health Service Executive’s Quality and Risk Management Standard and the Capability Maturity Model Integration are utilised to build and study a quality plan. While exploring the possibility of utilising software engineering quality standards to improve the quality standards within health care, this has also led to a greater understanding of the interlinked issues within a hospital.

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Shroff V., Reid L., Hashmi S., Mulligan G., Sheehy D., Xiang K. and Richardson I. (2011). DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE QUALITY PLAN FOR HOSPITALS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-34-8, pages 587-591. DOI: 10.5220/0003172305870591


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@conference{healthinf11,
author={Vispi Shroff and Louise Reid and Sajid Hashmi and Gerard Mulligan and Daniel Sheehy and Keyang Xiang and Ita Richardson},
title={DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE QUALITY PLAN FOR HOSPITALS },
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={587-591},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003172305870591},
isbn={978-989-8425-34-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE QUALITY PLAN FOR HOSPITALS
SN - 978-989-8425-34-8
AU - Shroff V.
AU - Reid L.
AU - Hashmi S.
AU - Mulligan G.
AU - Sheehy D.
AU - Xiang K.
AU - Richardson I.
PY - 2011
SP - 587
EP - 591
DO - 10.5220/0003172305870591