Rational quality requirements for medical software

ABSTRACT

In this paper we discuss the challenges of software quality for medical software and present some ideas for improving medical software quality requirements through software engineering methods. We apply the quality requirements engineering method MOQARE to elicit specific quality requirements for an imaginary drug advisory system and report our lessons learned.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.1 Requirements/Specifications

Additional Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.3 LIFE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Economics, Human Factors, Languages, Management, Standardization

Keywords:
medical business processes, medical software quality challenges, quality requirements, risk analysis