🩺 A Day in the Life of a QA Working on a Medical App
Working in QA for a medical application isn’t just about writing test cases — it’s about ensuring patient safety, data privacy, and compliance with healthcare regulations. Here's what a typical day looks like for me:
🕘 9:00 AM – Morning Standup
We start the day with a daily stand-up call. The product team, developers, and QAs share updates. For me, this is the time to raise concerns about yesterday’s test results or any blockers in automation runs.
📄 10:00 AM – Reviewing Requirements
Before diving into testing, I read through user stories and FSDs (Functional Spec Documents). In the medical domain, I verify that all HIPAA compliance notes and audit trail requirements are clear.
🧪 11:00 AM – Manual Testing Critical Flows
I start by manually testing critical flows like patient registration, appointment booking, EMR (Electronic Medical Records) viewing, and prescription generation. I focus on edge cases, validation, and field-level security.
💻 1:00 PM – Automation Script Review
Post-lunch, I review the automated Selenium + Java test cases that ran on Jenkins overnight. If any failed, I analyze logs, screenshots, and check whether the failure is due to flaky scripts or actual application issues.
📲 2:30 PM – API Testing with Postman
I test appointment APIs, authentication tokens, and data sync endpoints using Postman. For medical apps, secure transmission of patient data (often in JSON or HL7 format) is critical.
🛡️ 4:00 PM – Compliance & Security Checklist
I perform checks for access control, role-based permissions (Doctor, Nurse, Admin, Patient), and ensure error messages don’t leak sensitive data. I also check that sessions time out securely and that data is encrypted at rest.
📋 5:30 PM – Bug Reporting & Test Case Updates
By end of day, I log all bugs found in Jira, update the test case execution sheet, and document regression impacts if needed. I also prepare for the next day’s test plan and share a status update with the team.
🔚 Final Thoughts
Being a QA in a healthcare app requires technical expertise and a sense of responsibility. One bug can impact real people’s health — so attention to detail and rigorous validation is not optional, it’s mandatory.
If you're working in or planning to join healthcare QA, let me know your experiences or doubts in the comments!
👋 Hi, I'm Suriya — QA Engineer with 4+ years of experience in manual, API & automation testing.
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