Evolution of connected health: a network perspective

Serhat Burmaoglu (), Ozcan Saritas (), Levent Bekir Kıdak () and İpek Camuz Berber ()
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Serhat Burmaoglu: Izmir Katip Celebi University
Ozcan Saritas: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Levent Bekir Kıdak: Izmir Katip Celebi University
İpek Camuz Berber: Izmir Katip Celebi University

Scientometrics, 2017, vol. 112, issue 3, No 14, 1419-1438

Abstract: Abstract In this study, the evolution of the connected health concept is analysed and visualized to investigate the ever-tightening relationship between health and technology as well as emerging possibilities regarding delivery of healthcare services. A scientometric analysis was undertaken to investigate the trends and evolutionary relations between health and information systems through the queries in the Web of Science database using terms related to health and information systems. To understand the evolutionary relation between different concepts, scientometric analyses were conducted within five-year intervals using the VantagePoint, SciMAT, and CiteSpace II software. Consequently, the main stream of publications related to the connected health concept matching telemedicine cluster was determined. All other developments in health and technologies were discussed around this main stream across years. The trends obtained through the analysis provide insights about the future of healthcare and technology relationship particularly with rising importance of privacy, personalized care along with mobile networks and mobile infrastructure.

Keywords: Connected health; Electronic health record; Health informatics; Mobile health; Telemedicine; eHealth; mHealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2431-x

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