The Pandemic’s Impact on DevOps in Healthcare and How Digital Access and Security Concerns are Shaping the Discipline

DevOps is gaining steam in healthcare as ongoing digital transformation and patients’ expectations reshape the industry.  

Interest in adopting DevOps — the discipline of blending software development and IT operations — already existed in the healthcare industry before the COVID-19 pandemic. Kaiser Permanente, for example, shared its DevOps experience for its enterprise consumer digital strategy in 2018.

The energy for DevOps has since expanded to adapt to the volatile landscape of the public health emergency. But DevOps in healthcare involves not only the IT department but also the various clinical, business and financial teams that make up any organization in this highly regulated industry.

Here’s a look at how the pandemic has affected DevOps in healthcare, and how digital access and security concerns are shaping the discipline.