Faster Healthcare Apps with DevOps: Reducing Time to Market
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-9262.IJAIDSML-V3I3P106Keywords:
DevOps in Healthcare, Faster Time to Market, Healthcare Application Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Automation in Healthcare, Microservices in Healthcare, Healthcare Compliance, DevSecOps, Healthcare Digital Transformation, Cloud Adoption, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes in Healthcare, CI/CD Pipeline, Healthcare IT Modernization, Agile Development in HealthcareAbstract
In today’s fast-paced healthcare industry, the need to deliver high-quality digital applications quickly has become paramount. DevOps, a set of practices combining software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops), is transforming how healthcare apps are built and deployed, significantly reducing the time to market. This approach bridges the gap between development and operations teams, fostering collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement. Through automation tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, healthcare providers can accelerate the development process, ensuring faster rollouts of new features, updates, and services. By breaking down traditional silos, DevOps enables teams to react quickly to changing regulations, evolving patient needs, and technological advancements, ensuring a more agile development process. Additionally, the emphasis on real-time monitoring, continuous feedback, and security within DevOps ensures that applications are not only delivered faster but also meet the strict regulatory and compliance requirements of the healthcare industry. This article explores how DevOps practices have streamlined app development in healthcare, reduced errors through automation, and improved collaboration across cross-functional teams. By examining successful case studies, we highlight how DevOps strategies have shortened development cycles and enabled faster, more reliable releases, ultimately driving innovation and enhancing patient care. As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, adopting a DevOps-driven approach will remain crucial in staying ahead of the curve, improving both operational efficiency and patient outcomes
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