ClinicalKey Enhanced to Think the Way Clinicians Do

Elsevier, the world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, has launched an enhanced version of its flagship clinical resource, ClinicalKey, following extensive research on the search behaviours of clinicians. Multiple rounds of qualitative feedback from clinicians and librarians have revealed that not only do clinicians need to be able to carry out complex searches that enable them to delve deeper into medical content but that they also require a resource that allows them to search how they would on engines such as Google, with single concept searches that rapidly and accurately answer their questions.

By providing both a general topic view and specific answers, the upgraded ClinicalKey interface helps clinicians rapidly access evidence-based, peer reviewed information to improve the speed of accurate diagnosis and treatment, creating greater efficiencies ultimately leading to better patient outcomes. In short, clinicians get the answers they need with fewer clicks.

"Clinicians need a single, flexible clinical resource, one that provides trusted responses whether they're making a quick drug dosage check, a short confirmation regarding a diagnostic study, or a deeper dive into current literature on a specific research topic," said Dr Peter Edelstein, Chief Medical Officer, Elsevier Clinical Solutions. "In all these cases, clinicians require fast, complete, convenient and targeted answers. The enhanced ClinicalKey works on all those levels."

Among the key enhancements are more than 1,400 medical topic pages, allowing clinicians to rapidly access insights categorised by diagnosis, therapy, epidemiology, pathophysiology, causes, risks, manifestations, treatment, and prevention. Clinicians can quickly display all search results, consult more than 200 specialty-specific sources, or view content on related medications.

ClinicalKey aims to improve consistency in diagnosis and patient outcomes by enabling clinicians to access their own search history in reverse chronological order and identify how they previously analysed an earlier diagnostic treatment or issue. It is also now optimised for any mobile device providing clinicians with the ability to utilise the resource at the point of care or remotely.

ClinicalKey continues to be updated daily and offers an unrivalled and complete collection of trusted content and multimedia across all medical and surgical specialties.

Tim Hawkins, Managing Director, Elsevier Clinical Solutions EMEALA added: "At least one in sixNHS patients are misdiagnosed, one in 20 hospital deaths in the UK are preventable and up to eight NHS patients die every day due to safety failings. We believe the upgrades to ClinicalKey will help address these issues by providing clinicians with trusted information that enables them to make faster, more accurate clinical decisions.

"The improvements also mean that clinicians get answers when they need them, both through integration with hospital IT systems and enhanced mobile access. This both aligns with the NHS's paperless ambition and helps ensure that care can be provided outside of the hospital setting and closer to home. Essentially, ClinicalKey responds to the evolving needs of healthcare professionals and patients in our ever-changing healthcare system."

About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make ground-breaking discoveries that advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier provides web-based, digital solutions - among them ScienceDirect, Scopus, Elsevier Research Intelligence and ClinicalKey - and publishes nearly 2,200 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and over 25,000 book titles, including a number of iconic reference works.

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