Microconference for Software Engineers in Healthcare
The article introduces "Ship It," a microconference for software engineers working in healthcare. It focuses on sharing practical engineering experiences, challenges, and solutions specific to building software in the health industry.
Background
"Ship It" is a microconference (a small, focused event within the larger SREcon conference) organized by Out of Pocket, a healthcare-focused software engineering community. It's aimed at software engineers and SREs (Site Reliability Engineers) who work in healthcare tech — a field where software failures can have life-or-death consequences. The conference covers topics like deploying safely in regulated environments (HIPAA, FDA), incident response for clinical systems, and building reliable health-tech infrastructure. This matters because healthcare software is notoriously difficult to maintain: it must be highly available and safe, yet also comply with strict regulations that can slow down engineering velocity and innovation.
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