Frameworks, Methodologies and Specification Tools for the Enterprise Architecture Application in Healthcare Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Although there are many works on the Enterprise Architecture (EA) application in healthcare systems, the literature lacks studies that provide a systematic approach to this topic specifically. This work presents a deep and broad Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to select studies demonstrating current EA practices in healthcare systems. The researchers established an SLR protocol returning 280 primary studies after the first step of the Data Selection and a consolidated inclusion of 46 articles after the second step. It was assessed the level of disagreement during the team's evaluations using Cohen's Kappa. This SLR revealed essential aspects of state-of-the-art EA application in healthcare systems, such as the most used frameworks, methodologies, and specification tools, and the criteria for their choice.