Acceptance Criteria Template for Healthcare Features
Healthcare acceptance criteria must address HIPAA compliance, patient safety, and clinical accuracy requirements. A missed criterion can result in PHI exposure, patient harm, or regulatory violations. This template provides healthcare-specific criteria categories for every feature.
Use this template alongside your standard acceptance criteria to ensure healthcare-specific requirements are never overlooked.
Template sections
4 sections covering the complete acceptance criteria workflow.
HIPAA Compliance
Verify role-based access controls: only authorized roles can view PHI. Confirm audit logging captures every PHI access event with user, timestamp, and data accessed. Verify data encryption at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3). Test the minimum necessary principle: only the PHI needed for the task is displayed.
Clinical Safety
If the feature displays clinical data: verify accuracy against source systems. Test alert fatigue: clinical alerts are appropriately prioritized and non-critical alerts can be acknowledged. Verify the feature fails safely: if data is unavailable, the UI shows a clear message rather than incorrect or missing data.
Patient Data Integrity
Verify patient data matching: the correct patient record is displayed in all contexts. Test patient context switching: no data leakage between patient records when a clinician switches from one patient to another. Confirm data synchronization with EMR/EHR systems.
Accessibility
Healthcare products must be accessible: screen reader compatibility for clinical workflows, keyboard navigation for all actions, sufficient color contrast for clinical alerts, and support for high-DPI displays commonly used in clinical settings.
Copy-paste template
## Acceptance Criteria — Healthcare Feature ### HIPAA Compliance (Required) - [ ] Role-based access: Only [roles] can view [PHI type] - [ ] Audit log: PHI access logged with user, timestamp, data - [ ] Encryption: AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit - [ ] Minimum necessary: Only required PHI displayed ### Clinical Safety (if clinical feature) - [ ] Data accuracy: Verified against source system - [ ] Alert priority: Critical alerts non-dismissable - [ ] Fail-safe: Clear message when data unavailable - [ ] No stale data: Refresh interval < [X] seconds ### Patient Data Integrity - [ ] Correct patient context in all views - [ ] No data leakage on patient switch - [ ] EMR/EHR sync verified ### Accessibility - [ ] Screen reader compatible - [ ] Keyboard navigable - [ ] Color contrast: WCAG 2.1 AA minimum
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