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From point-of-care insights to full-text reference materials, empower healthcare professionals with the evidence-based content they need to make informed clinical decisions.
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Physicians
Physicians
Enabling physicians to stay abreast of rapidly expanding clinical knowledge — from quick answers at the point of care to deep reference information
Nurses
Nurses
Empowering nurses with actionable answers to efficiently carry out treatment plans
Pharmacists
Pharmacists
Empowering pharmacists to guide optimal drug treatment
Students
Students
Equipping medical students and faculty with the knowledge they need, when they need it
Enhance clinical practice through informed, confident decisions
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Pave the way for consistent, evidence-based practice across your organization
Equip your clinical care teams and medical students across specialties with quick access to trusted medical knowledge. Reliable, current sources include clinical overviews, drug monographs, guidelines from leading organizations, reference books, journals, procedure videos, multimedia, and more.
Hear how users from around the globe have adapted their practices with Elsevier’s evidence-based decision support solutions.
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Powered by responsible AI, this innovative clinical decision support tool helps transform complexity into clarity by delivering relevant insights at the point of care — in a fraction of the time — sourced from trusted, evidence-based content.
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EHR integration
EHR integration
Embed into your clinical workflow to boost efficiency
Continuing education
Continuing education
Earn credits while searching for information
Continuous updates
Continuous updates
Discover information as soon as it's published
Personalization
Personalization
Customize the experience to meet specific needs and easily share information
Smart search technology
Smart search technology
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Intuitive interface
Intuitive interface
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Elsevier ClinicalKey is a clinical decision support platform that gives healthcare professionals access to trusted, evidence-based information across the full spectrum of clinical practice. It serves physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and medical students with a unified library of clinical overviews, drug monographs, guidelines from leading organizations, reference books, journals, procedure videos, and multimedia — all from one platform with EHR integration and a mobile app for access anywhere.
ClinicalKey AI is a responsible AI-powered tool within the ClinicalKey platform that transforms clinical complexity into clarity by delivering relevant, evidence-based insights at the point of care in a fraction of the time. Rather than generating unverified responses, ClinicalKey AI draws exclusively from trusted clinical content — helping busy clinicians quickly navigate complex cases without sacrificing accuracy or source transparency.
ClinicalKey is available to a broad range of healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and students. Institutional subscriptions support 10 or more practitioners and are designed for hospitals, clinics, and academic institutions. Individual monthly and yearly subscriptions are also available across 43 specialty packages, making ClinicalKey accessible for solo practitioners and independent clinicians as well.
ClinicalKey enables clinicians to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits while they search for clinical information, integrating professional development directly into everyday workflows. The Elsevier Office of Continuing Medical Education (EOCME) is accredited by the ACCME and received Accreditation with Commendation — ACCME's highest award — recognizing its commitment to advancing physician learning.
ClinicalKey provides all members of a clinical team — across specialties and settings — with access to the same continuously updated, evidence-based knowledge base. By giving every clinician a unified, dependable source of clinical truth, health systems can reduce practice variability, improve care consistency, and support a culture of evidence-based medicine across their entire organisation.
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