Accelerating release cycles through automated QA in CI/CD
A healthcare services organization needed to reduce long release cycles and improve test coverage across complex EHR workflows. Manual testing and fragmented automation limited speed and consistency. CES implemented a structured QA automation framework integrated into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing, broader coverage, and faster, more reliable releases.
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The Challenge
Long Release Cycles from Manual Testing
Limited Automation Coverage Across Complex Workflows
QA Framework Adoption & Maintainability
the client
Healthcare
Technology Stack
- Selenium
- C#
- RestSharp
Solution Area
- Quality Engineering & Test Automation
the impact
60%
Faster Release Cycles
Improved Test Coverage
Reduced Manual Testing Effort
More Reliable Deployments
The shift was quality-engineering–led. The result:
faster, more reliable releases.
The Need
The organization required a scalable QA automation approach to improve testing efficiency, expand coverage, and ensure accuracy across complex healthcare systems. Leadership wanted testing embedded into CI/CD workflows to shorten release cycles while maintaining testing reliability in regulated healthcare environments.
Challenges
- Automation Framework Usability: QA teams needed a user-friendly automation framework that could be adopted across varying skill levels without slowing delivery.
- Complexity of Healthcare Workflows: Diverse business rules, integrations, and workflows made test design, maintenance, and scalability challenging.
- CI/CD Integration & Maintenance: Automation had to integrate seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines while remaining maintainable, performant, and easy to extend.
CES delivered a structured QA automation model aligned to healthcare workflows and CI/CD execution.
- Automation Framework Design: Developed a reusable, framework-driven automation structure using Selenium and C# to support complex test scenarios.
- Continuous Testing Integration: Integrated automated tests directly into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous execution and early defect detection.
- Workflow-Focused Validation: Conducted exploratory testing across key business workflows to ensure automation aligned with real operational scenarios.
- Reusable Test Assets: Built reusable test scripts and validation components to reduce maintenance effort and manual intervention.
- Shorter Release Cycles – Continuous test execution reduced release timelines by up to 60%.
- Improved Test Coverage – Automation expanded coverage across complex healthcare workflows.
- Reduced Manual Effort – Reusable scripts minimized dependency on manual testing.
- Higher Testing Accuracy – Framework-driven validations improved consistency and reliability.
- Streamlined Deployments – Integrated QA pipelines supported smoother, faster releases.
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