As healthcare industry mandates such as HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 loom large on the horizon, one of the biggest hurdles organizations face is the rapidly escalating cost and effort required to adequately test information systems and demonstrate compliance. Many of the tasks needed to develop and maintain test data have traditionally been manual, which drives a large part of the cost. In addition, many organizations use test data that don’t sufficiently reflect the full complexity of their operations. As a result, test coverage is poor, which increases the risk of errors in production operations.
Edifecs Test Management enables health plans to easily create, edit and manage test data and results. It includes a pre-built test data repository and capability to derive test data from customer production transactions. Business analysts and testers can easily create or modify test data using intuitive editing screens. A centralized test data repository allows data to be shared with users across an organization or saved in standard formats, such as HIPAA 5010, or in custom formats to support multiple testing activities.Edifecs Test Management is delivered as a Web-based service that can be deployed quickly to support multiple testing initiatives.
Edifecs Test Management reduces the cost and effort required for 5010 testing and prepares organizations for future transaction testing and regulatory mandates like ICD-10. It also improves test coverage and quality by leveraging both the Edifecs-provided test data repository and test data derived from an organization’s production data.