title: Software quality assessment for health care systems.
abstract: The problem of defining a quality model to be used in the evaluation of the software components of a Health Care System (HCS) is addressed. The model, based on the ISO/IEC 9126 standard, has been interpreted to fit the requirements of some classes of applications representative of Health Care Systems, on the basis of the experience gained both in the field of medical Informatics and assessment of software products. The values resulting from weighing the quality characteristics according to their criticality outline a set of quality profiles that can be used both for evaluation and certification.
authors.affiliation: UO Radiodiagnostica II, Azienda Ospedaliera, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Braccini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fabbrini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fusani
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012985:Software Design; D012986:Software Validation