A Bibliometric and Sociometric Study on Healthcare Systems Maturity Models (HSMM)

This research study identifies, using the Web of Science database, the most productive and cited journals, papers and authors in the field of Maturity Models (MM) applied to healthcare organizations, presenting the existent literature gaps. To do so bibliometrics, network analysis, and sociometrics were the tools of choice. The results present an exhibit with the most relevant papers found and revealed that 80% of the publications on MM are in the field of information systems and only 5% in the healthcare industry, concluding that there is a lack of MM that are able to fulfill the specificities of the healthcare organizations.