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ClinicalKey AI for Residents

Unlock the power of AI in clinical decision making

ClinicalKey AI helps empower you with greater confidence in your decision making by providing easy access to concise, evidence-based summaries, backed by citations—right at the point of care.

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Affordable, transparent pricing to help you get started quickly and easily.

Individual*

1 Month

$19 $69 / month

($0.62 / day. Billed monthly)

Institution

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* This product is available for purchase in the United States and Canada only. Please register your interest here, so we can notify you once it becomes available in your region.

Individual subscriptions are available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, India, Cyprus, Latvia, Greece, Malta, Bulgaria, Qatar, and Bahrain. For other countries, please register your interest here, and we'll notify you as soon as it becomes available in your region.

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Trusted, evidence-based content powered by AI

Confidence in every search, with content vetted by clinicians and powered by trusted innovation.

How ClinicalKey AI supports your decision making:

  • Explore a variety of disease conditions and medication alternatives, basing decisions on proven clinical practices - while investigating emerging treatments from trusted sources.
  • Quickly search for answers from our comprehensive base of clinical research which draws on the largest group of domain experts to deliver evidence-based content that is updated daily.
  • Enhance decision-making through technology and innovation with access to a responsible AI solution designed specifically for healthcare and built to prevent the creation and reinforcement of bias.

Trusted, evidence-based content powered by AI

  • Explore a variety of disease conditions and medication alternatives while investigating emerging treatments from trusted sources to understand the "why" behind the "what", helping you develop critical thinking skills.
  • Quickly search for answers from our comprehensive based of clinical research draws on the largest group of domain experts to deliver evidence-based content that is updated daily.
  • Enhance decision-making through technology and innovation with access to a responsible AI solution designed specifically for healthcare and built to prevent the creation and reinforcement of bias

Get trusted, evidence-based answers in seconds 

Ask questions in a conversational way

ClinicalKey AI allows for natural language queries, so you can ask clinical questions in a conversational way and get summarized evidence in a bulleted format.

  • Answers are backed by citations to published research, to help keeping your reasoning grounded in peer-reviewed evidence
  • Go deeper by asking follow-up questions to your initial query
  • Queries are saved so you can revisit them at any time

At the speed of rounds

Whether you’re on clinical rotations or practicing full-time, every moment matters, and sometimes questions arise that need immediate answers.

  • Ask ClinicalKey AI to check facts, review complex cases, confirm management plans, or clarify unfamiliar medications
  • Responses consider patient context when prompted
  • Quickly confirm which findings align with the data — without endless cross-checking

Clarify your clinical questions in seconds

Your clinical journey can bring unexpected questions, and sometimes your attending isn’t immediately available to provide guidance. ClinicalKey AI is here to help: 

  • Validate your clinical reasoning with evidence
  • Map out diagnostic and management steps, offering considerations for unfamiliar cases
  • Simplify complex patient presentations

Most AI tools weren’t built for healthcare

They produce confident answers without the clinical guardrails healthcare demands — introducing risk where reliability should come first. Instead of searching the open web, ClinicalKey AI: 

  • Pulls exclusively from peer-reviewed journals, clinical reference texts, and authoritative guidelines, refreshed daily
  • Provides linked references, making it easy to confirm evidence instantly
  • Has 100+ clinicians regularly review and test responses to help keep answers accurate and clinically relevant

More than just quick summaries and abstracts

  • Move beyond surface-level insights to explore the full depth of clinical knowledge

  • Connect directly to the complete, authoritative evidence behind every answer

  • Seamless access to full-text books, journal articles, and trusted reference works  

What Clinicians are saying about ClinicalKey AI

"It feels like having a knowledgeable colleague to quickly connect you with best practices, treatment plans, or medication details; and all this based on referenced, evidenced-based literature you access easily and quickly."

 

 

Internist in Maritime Medicine

"ClinicalKey AI helps me quickly find evidence-based answers. I can turn questions that arise in real time patient care situations into confident, informed decisions"

 

 

Wilderness Medicine Physician, University of Texas at Austin

"Love this resource! It's been a great tool to have on the general wards to help my patients and impress my attendings. My research on ClinicalKey AI helped me inform my diagnosis and guide management"

 

 

Internal Medicine Resident Fort Worth, Texas

"It feels like having a knowledgeable colleague to quickly connect you with best practices, treatment plans, or medication details; and all this based on referenced, evidenced-based literature you access easily and quickly."

Internist in Maritime Medicine

"ClinicalKey AI helps me quickly find evidence-based answers. I can turn questions that arise in real time patient care situations into confident, informed decisions"

Wilderness Medicine Physician, University of Texas at Austin

"Love this resource! It's been a great tool to have on the general wards to help my patients and impress my attendings. My research on ClinicalKey AI helped me inform my diagnosis and guide management"

Internal Medicine Resident Fort Worth, Texas

What Clinicians are saying about ClinicalKey AI

 

“I've been asking ClinicalKey AI specific and detailed questions, as well as very high level, refined clinical judgment questions. And I have just been astonished at the speed, the nuance and the attention to detail in providing references to back up the statement."


Clinician at a major university

 

“Love this resource! It's been a great tool to have on the general wards to help my patients and impress my attendings. When I was completing my cardiology rotation at John Peter Smith hospital, we had a patient with suspected Takutsobo's Cardiomyopathy. My research on ClinicalKey AI helped me inform my diagnosis and guide management to help get this patient back up and running."


Internal Medicine Resident

“This resource has been invaluable on the wards, helping my patients and impressing attendings. During my cardiology rotation, ClinicalKey AI guided me in diagnosing and managing Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy successfully.”

quote author

Internal Medicine Resident

at John Peter Smith hospital


How Clinicalkey AI Supports clinicians

Used by clinicians globally, ClinicalKey AI is specifically designed for clinical application and offers the latest information.

Empowering clinicians with trusted support, education, and seamless access to information.

  • Clinicians can earn, track and claim Continuing Medical Education (CME)* and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credits directly in the ClinicalKey AI platform, supported by the American Boards across eight medical specialties.
  • Seamlessly access ClinicalKey AI from our hybrid app or SSO in Epic directly in your clinical workflow.
  • Elsevier's team of clinical professionals, representing various specialties, evaluate the quality, completeness, and safety of the system’s responses on a regular cadence.

 How ClinicalKey AI further supports residents

  • Elsevier's team of clinical professionals, representing various specialties, evaluate the quality, completeness, and safety of the systems responses on a regular cadence.
  • Seamlessly access ClinicalKey AI from our hybrid app or SSO in Epic directly in your clinical workflow.
  • Explore additional resources with access to ClinicalKey - included with ClinicalKey AI - to help expand your learning further, including step-by-step instructional videos, full-text journals, and the Presentation Maker tool.

Why ClinicalKey AI?

We understand over 80% of residents are already using a variety of AI tools to quickly access information, but can we trust the technology and the content sources?

Vs generic AI tool responses: 

  • With a generic AI tool you could come across suggestions that might not be useful, relevant or grounded in evidence.
  • With ClinicalKey AI, you receive a response founded in evidence, as well as additional information (including citations), and follow-up question suggestions.
  • Continuous evaluation and real-world monitoring address concerns like algorithmic bias and potential unintended consequences, mitigating risks in AI adoption.

Vs other Clinical Decision Support Tools:

  • The information is these tools is typically limited to synoptic clinical content, and is not updated daily.
  • ClinicalKey AI parses the most current and most trusted evidence-based content from journal textbooks, drug monographs, clinical overview, refreshed on a daily basis.
  • Underpinned by Elsevier's five Responsible AI Principles.

ClinicalKey AI: your perfect companion in residency. 

A simple, conversational search tool

Ask questions the way you would speak to a trusted specialist.

Responses that consider patient context when prompted

For example, comorbidities, current medications, age.

Ability to answer niche and complex questions

ClinicalKey AI provides trusted answers to even the most niche clinical questions.

Multiple evidence-based content sources are updated daily.

ClinicalKey AI uses trusted, evidence-based clinical content

Answers include references from detailed, in-depth content with linked citations to supporting published evidence

Generative AI designed specifically for clinical application

Evidence-based clinical content updated daily, accessible in real time.

ClinicalKey AI will be personalized to you

Provides personalized responses based on the clinician’s profile.