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Tracing the Blockchain Challenges in Healthcare: A Topic Modeling and Bibliometric Analysis

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  • Mohammad Mehraeen Professor, Dept. of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  • Laya Mahmoudi Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1863-2872

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v7.335

Keywords:

Blockchain, Healthcare, Bibliometric analysis, Topic modeling, Adoption challenges

Abstract

The application of blockchain technology to healthcare offers promise in providing solutions to some key challenges related to data sharing, privacy, security, and access control. There are however several barriers preventing blockchain adoption from spreading widely, which has prompted research efforts. This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of 196 documents, indexed in the Scopus database, to examine the structure, impact, contributors, and journals. Also, topic modeling is applied to give new knowledge on the latent topical structure of this literature. As a result, five critical challenges have been identified regarding the use of blockchain in healthcare including data privacy/security, scalability, governance, interoperability and standards, and cost.

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Author Biography

Mohammad Mehraeen , Professor, Dept. of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Mohammad Mehraeen (Lagzian) is a Full Professor of Information Systems at the Department of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK (2006). Mohammad does research in Information Systems (Business Informatics), E-government, Big data and IoT. Currently, he is working as a visiting researcher at the DeGroote School of Business, Information Systems Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

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2024-12-16

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Mehraeen , M. ., & Mahmoudi, L. (2024). Tracing the Blockchain Challenges in Healthcare: A Topic Modeling and Bibliometric Analysis. Blockchain in Healthcare Today, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.30953/bhty.v7.335

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2024): Blockchain in Healthcare Today Platform Approaches Journal

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Original Research

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