An Introduction to the Blockchain and Its Implications for Libraries and Medicine

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 273-279

  Hoy, Matthew B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitcoin; blockchain; cryptocurrency; libraries; medical records

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; TECHNOLOGY; TRENDS;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85024405279     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2017.1332261     Document Type: Article

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