PLATFORM ENGINEERING
The latest DevOps trend is platform engineering, which is the practice of constructing self-service platforms that help developers become more efficient and productive. These internal developer portals consolidate DevOps processes, bringing more automation to infrastructure management and software deployment. They’re usually overseen by a dedicated platform team that creates shared services, libraries, and standard processes.
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‘Platform Engineering’
Platform engineering has been in vogue at technology companies for some years, but more recently, others are beginning to follow suit. The 2023 State of DevOps Report found that half of the organizations surveyed are adopting some form of platform engineering, and 93% say it’s a step in the right direction.
Simultaneously, healthcare is becoming more technology-driven, which includes expanding use of cloud computing. Digital healthcare systems now encompass applications including patient data tracking, real-time doctor workspaces, wearable medical devices and monitors, and remote telehealth, among others. As modern medicine becomes digitally infused, there is added pressure to rapidly release new medical features but to do so in a consistent, compliant manner
Below, we’ll highlight some areas in which platform engineering could benefit healthcare tech, including how it could help firms build and ship applications faster, with greater confidence. We’ll consider how healthcare organizations can implement platform engineering to operationalize their software infrastructure management and see how the discipline can enhance secure development and even bring new cost optimizations.
Automation, Efficiency, and Scalability
Data and Security
Optimizations Bring Cost Savings
Final Thoughts
Platform engineering has the potential to benefit many software ecosystems by bringing efficiency gains, cost savings, and improving an organization’s cybersecurity footing. And the practice is still gaining momentum. Gartner expects that by 2026, “80% of software engineering organizations will establish platform teams as internal providers of reusable services, components, and tools for application delivery.”
Yet, not all platform engineering initiatives will be successful. When adopting platform engineering, certain strategies are recommended to encourage successful adoption. These include treating the platform as a product by strengthening it with feedback from internal developers. It also involves reducing the friction of internal developer portals and raising the quality of developer experience (DX).
Platform engineering goes by other names, such as engineering enablement, software quality, and release engineering. Whatever it’s called, the endeavor is part of a more extensive strategy that healthcare tech CTOs and CIOs should consider to generate a greater ROI from their technological investments. In the medical field, this could equate to increasing the quality of care for end patients and ensuring their data is handled respectfully
