https://shrushrita.com/blog.html Articles on quality assurance, MedTech, regulated software and testing careers. en-CA Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:22:03 GMT https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2026/05/the-five-minute-myth-in-qa.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2026/05/the-five-minute-myth-in-qa.html Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT When project managers set test time estimates without understanding cross-portal dependencies, role-based permissioning, or test data preparation, the entire quality pipeline absorbs the cost of that misalignment. Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2026/04/github-actions-for-neural-image-processing-automation.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2026/04/github-actions-for-neural-image-processing-automation.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Neural medical imaging systems require continuous validation to ensure segmentation accuracy, inference reliability, dataset integrity, and regulatory traceability across evolving AI pipelines. Neural Imaging https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2025/11/the-five-minute-myth-why-qa-isnt-slow.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2025/11/the-five-minute-myth-why-qa-isnt-slow.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT A program lead says a four-hour, multi-portal test case should take five minutes. This is the argument for why it can't, and shouldn't. Quality Assurance Process https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2022/04/four-types-of-quality-who-owns-what-and-why-qa-gets-blamed.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2022/04/four-types-of-quality-who-owns-what-and-why-qa-gets-blamed.html Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:00:00 GMT In healthcare software, quality cannot be reduced to speed, defect counts, or release velocity. Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2022/03/why-quality-still-falls-on-testers-and-why-thats-not-changing-anytime-soon.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2022/03/why-quality-still-falls-on-testers-and-why-thats-not-changing-anytime-soon.html Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT Across teams and organisations, testers are increasingly frustrated by being the only ones consistently pushing for quality. Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2021/09/how-i-ended-up-learning-everything-i-was-told-not-to.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2021/09/how-i-ended-up-learning-everything-i-was-told-not-to.html Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:00:00 GMT When I started my first role as QA, I honestly had no idea what it was. Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2020/08/why-testers-must-always-stand-up-for-quality.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2020/08/why-testers-must-always-stand-up-for-quality.html Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:00:00 GMT As automation and AI absorbed basic assertive testing, the role of testers quietly began to change. Execution alone was no longer enough. Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2020/02/stop-failing-the-test-this-object-interview-question.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2020/02/stop-failing-the-test-this-object-interview-question.html Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:00:00 GMT Every QA candidate has faced it at least once: `How would you test a pen?` Quality Assurance Career Development https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2019/11/how-i-started-thinking-not-about-identifying-bugs-but-building-systems.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2019/11/how-i-started-thinking-not-about-identifying-bugs-but-building-systems.html Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:00:00 GMT My career in quality assurance did not begin with a grand plan-it began with exposure. Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2019/06/when-test-automation-becomes-the-problem.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2019/06/when-test-automation-becomes-the-problem.html Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:00:00 GMT As test automation matured, testers gained the ability to code-but with that came a new risk: over-engineering. Quality Assurance AI & Automation https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2019/02/why-testing-medical-devices-beyond-thehappy-path-is-so-underrated.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2019/02/why-testing-medical-devices-beyond-thehappy-path-is-so-underrated.html Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:00:00 GMT A medical device today proving it works perfectly fine when everything goes right tells us only half the story. Healthcare Quality Assurance https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2011/01/quiet-integration-of-information-technology-into-everyday-medicine.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2011/01/quiet-integration-of-information-technology-into-everyday-medicine.html Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT If you walk through a hospital ward and follow a single patient’s journey, you can watch medical IT at work without ever seeing the word “informatics” on a door. Healthcare Bioengineering https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2008/01/when-cells-decide-who-lives-the-new-biology-of-immune-tolerance-and-attack.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2008/01/when-cells-decide-who-lives-the-new-biology-of-immune-tolerance-and-attack.html Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:00:00 GMT The immune system is more than a defense force-it’s a decision engine. Bioengineering https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2007/12/arterial-intracranial-and-cfd-aneurysm.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2007/12/arterial-intracranial-and-cfd-aneurysm.html Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:00 GMT Arterial aneurysms are what happens when fluid mechanics stops being an equation and starts being a countdown. Bioengineering https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2007/11/revolution-in-living-skin-materials-by-japan-jace.html https://shrushrita.com/blogs/2007/11/revolution-in-living-skin-materials-by-japan-jace.html Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMT JACE was the inflection point for regulatory approval for medical devices in Japan... Bioengineering Approval