Simplify Testing of Mobile Medical Applications by Using Timestamps for Remote, Automated Evaluation
Janina Sauer, Andreas Hein, Alexander Muenzberg, Norbert Roesch · 2019
To simplify the evaluation and certification process for mobile medical applications, a methodology for simple testing has been developed. For this purpose, certain actions of the apps are provided with timestamps in order to be able to reproduce the entire behavior of the testers within the scope of the test study. Therefore, the tester does not have to come to a test laboratory to fulfill certain tasks that are set by the test leader. Nevertheless, all main and secondary functions are tested naturally, as is the entire app.With the help of these asynchronous remote tests, the testers can test the medical app in their familiar environment. Thus the test environment is not present and the testers act naturally. The timestamps are not noticed by the testers and require only little additional programming effort. The results are automatically transferred to a database of the developer and evaluated in terms of usability, compliance, risk factors, learning curve and validity. It is possible to automatically compare the timestamp with a previously defined Happy Path and other previously defined reference values.