HealthsystemCIO.com May 27, 2021
Healthcare has often been the victim of hyped-up technology, so it’s no surprise that CIOs are wary of new trends. Welcome to the buzz surrounding low-code software.
Low code can potentially facilitate the development of solutions by relying on a graphical user interface instead of the traditional approach of hand-coded programming, thus requiring little to no coding to build applications and processes.
This more visual approach to software development is on the rise, particularly after a Gartner prediction that low-code application development would represent about 65 percent of application development activity. In February, Gartner forecasted worldwide low-code development to grow 23 percent this year.
Recent initial public offerings for companies further demonstrate the growing hype. For example, UiPath’s IPO raised...