ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine from Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. When every second counts, ClinicalKey knows what clinicians need: fast answers built on trusted evidence.
ClinicalKey helps clinicians rapidly access evidence-based, peer reviewed information to improve speed to accurate diagnosis and treatment, with the goal of improving patient outcomes and lowering the high cost of care. Its features have been designed utilizing extensive research on the search behaviors and content preferences of doctors.
ClinicalKey is clinicians’ single source for trusted content covering more than 30 medical and surgical specialties. Content is indexed daily and continues to grow as new resources are published, ensuring that every decision clinicians make is based on the most current evidence. ClinicalKey’s Smart Search technology understands specific questions and pulls the most clinically relevant results from more than 1,000 reference books, 600 journals, 2,900 drug monographs, 17,000+ videos and more. Clinicians can always be sure they are applying the right evidence for each unique patient scenario.
ClinicalKey App for iOS Features: • Persistent login • Intuitive search with auto-suggest • Ability to bookmark and save items • Access to full-text books, full-text journals, guidelines, multimedia and more
To get started with ClinicalKey 1. Download the free ClinicalKey App 2. Sign in securely using your ClinicalKey or Institution account
What’s New
Version History
1.10.2
What's new in this version? - Minor bug fixes and improvements.
1.10.1
Minor bug fixes and UX improvements, including an update to filters that excludes Medline results as the default for searches.
1.10.0
We now support iPhone X and added a new feature, Clinical Overviews. Clinical Overviews are easy-to-scan, clinically-focused content uniquely designed to match clinician workflows and provide summaries of the most recent, evidence based medical information.
1.9.3
What's new in version 1.9.3: Upgrade to support SAML 2.6, which allows ClinicalKey to maximize the time period before a user needs to log in again.
1.9.2
What's new in version 1.9.2: - Bug fixes
1.9.1
What's New in 1.9.1:
- Bug fixes and enhancements
1.9.0
What's New in 1.9.0:
- Ability to delete items from Saved Content section
1.8.3
Technical Support Improvements
1.8.2
What's New in 1.8.2:
- Access ClinicalKey credentials stored in iCloud Keychain to login - Search results now include thumbnails for image and video content
What's New in 1.8.1:
- ClinicalKey mobile Shibboleth users will remain logged in when the user has opened another application and revisits ClinicalKey
What's New in 1.8.0:
Improvements have been made to enhance the overall search experience: - Autosuggest has been enhanced to best meet your search needs - Topic pages give you quick access to disease and drug overviews - Searches now deliver additional refinements when searching for diseases, procedures, drugs or devices - Book results now display on a section level which will provide more precise answers
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.8.1
What's New in 1.8.1:
- ClinicalKey mobile Shibboleth users will remain logged in when the user has opened another application and revisits ClinicalKey
What's New in 1.8.0:
Improvements have been made to enhance the overall search experience: - Autosuggest has been enhanced to best meet your search needs - Topic pages give you quick access to disease and drug overviews - Searches now deliver additional refinements when searching for diseases, procedures, drugs or devices - Book results now display on a section level which will provide more precise answers
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.8.0
What's New in 1.8.0:
Improvements have been made to enhance the overall search experience: - Autosuggest has been enhanced to best meet your search needs - Topic pages give you quick access to disease and drug overviews - Searches now deliver additional refinements when searching for diseases, procedures, drugs or devices - Book results now display on a section level which will provide more precise answers
Bug fixes and improvements - ClinicalKey mobile Shibboleth users will remain logged in when the user has opened another application and revisits ClinicalKey
1.7.1
What's New in 1.7.1: - Bug fixes and improvements
What's New in 1.7.0: Added several new capabilities for German content: - Choose ClinicalKey German edition - Search for German edition specific content - Browse for German edition books and guidelines
1.7.0
ClinicalKey v1.7.0 adds several new refinements and capabilities including: - Choose ClinicalKey German edition - Search for German edition specific content - Browse for German edition books and guidelines
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.6.0
What's New in 1.6.0: · Performance improvements · Bug fixes
1.5.4
What's New in 1.5.4: · Bug fixes
1.5.3
What's New in 1.5.3: · Bug fixes
1.5.1
What's New in 1.5.1: · Bug fixes and improvements
What's New in 1.5.0: The following enhancements have been implemented on the ClinicalKey Mobile App with this release: · Interfaces are now available in multiple languages including Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. · ClinicalKey regional editions (Australia, Japan, France, Spain and Latin America) can now be accessed through the ClinicalKey Mobile App. · Users accessing ClinicalKey via an institutional subscription may now login into the ClinicalKey Mobile App using their Shibboleth or OpenAthens username and password. · Additional enhancements and fixes.
1.5.0
Numerous enhancements have been implemented on the ClinicalKey Mobile App with this release: - Interfaces are now available in multiple languages including Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. - Access is now permitted to the ClinicalKey regional editions, including Australia, Japan, France, Spain and Latin America. - Users accessing ClinicalKey via an institutional subscription may now login using Shibboleth or OpenAthens institutional accounts. - Additional enhancements and fixes.
1.4.4
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.4.3
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.4.2
ClinicalKey v1.4.2 adds several new refinements and capabilities including:
Help for users not seeing all of their content: - Login Help: Provides troubleshooting actions users can take - User Feedback: Submit comments about one's experience - Reconnect Option: Reconnect to another network to regain access
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.4.1
ClinicalKey v1.4.1 adds several new refinements and capabilities including:
Help for users not seeing all of their content: - Login Help: Provides troubleshooting actions users can take - User Feedback: Submit comments about one's experience - Reconnect Option: Reconnect to another network to regain access
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.3.1
ClinicalKey v1.3.1 adds the following capability:
- Find It Links: View available content on your own institution's website
ClinicalKey v1.3.0 adds several new refinements and capabilities including:
- Landscape support: View all search, browse, and content screens in the landscape orientation of your device - Topic Pages: View synopsized content of popular topics as a promoted search result - Share Menu: Save, share, print, and download PDFs of content
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.3.0
ClinicalKey v1.3 adds several new refinements and capabilities including:
- Landscape support: View all search, browse, and content screens in the landscape orientation of your device - Topic Pages: View synopsized content of popular topics as a promoted search result - Share Menu: Save, share, print, and download PDFs of content
+ Bug fixes and improvements
1.2.0
ClinicalKey v1.2 adds several new refinements and capabilities including:
- CME credits: Now able to earn and track CME credits; quickly view your potential credit count - Multi-media improvements: Better handling of image and video viewing while reading content - Search flow: Streamlined the search screen flow to maximize efficiency - Nursing definitions: Quickly access definitions for terms within search results
+ Bug fixes and improvements
Version 1.10.2
What's new in this version? - Minor bug fixes and improvements.