Abstract
The ever-increasing use of mobile phones in the last few decades has brought forth many
advances and changes into various aspects of life and society and healthcare is one of the
most fundamental ones. mHealth applications are becoming more and more prominent and
essential for providing to patients a comprehensive and holistic approach for their health
and wellbeing, with applications that allow remote connection between patient and
physician, diagnosis and monitoring. Of course, there are challenges that arise from this
increased reliance on mobile applications for health, one of which is guaranteeing the
security of the sensitive health information and patient records that are accessed,
transmitted and stored via these applications. This work presents a bibliometric analysis of
published work in cybersecurity for mhealth applications, to identify the emergent themes
and trends in this research area and the interconnection of thematic keywords between
these two topics. The goal of this is to provide insights into the evolution of the role of
cybersecurity in mobile health application development and provide ideas for future,
interdisciplinary work in this research area.
advances and changes into various aspects of life and society and healthcare is one of the
most fundamental ones. mHealth applications are becoming more and more prominent and
essential for providing to patients a comprehensive and holistic approach for their health
and wellbeing, with applications that allow remote connection between patient and
physician, diagnosis and monitoring. Of course, there are challenges that arise from this
increased reliance on mobile applications for health, one of which is guaranteeing the
security of the sensitive health information and patient records that are accessed,
transmitted and stored via these applications. This work presents a bibliometric analysis of
published work in cybersecurity for mhealth applications, to identify the emergent themes
and trends in this research area and the interconnection of thematic keywords between
these two topics. The goal of this is to provide insights into the evolution of the role of
cybersecurity in mobile health application development and provide ideas for future,
interdisciplinary work in this research area.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ITAIS 2024 Proceedings |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication status | Accepted for publication - 10 Sept 2024 |
| Event | ITAIS 2024 - Piacenza, Italy Duration: 11 Oct 2024 → 12 Oct 2024 |
Conference
| Conference | ITAIS 2024 |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Piacenza |
| Period | 11/10/24 → 12/10/24 |
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- mHealth
- bibliometric analysis
- mobile applications
- healthcare