ClinicalKey

ClinicalKey is a medical search engine and database tool owned by medical and scientific publishing company Elsevier that offers access to the medical information it publishes.
Development
ClinicalKey was developed by Elsevier's Global Clinical Reference team and involved consulting more than 2,000 doctors across the world over two years. The service aims to provide a source of clinical answers. It uses the semantic technology of the health information service Healthline Networks.; employing user behaviour and database terminology to improve search results, rather than simply pattern matching search. The website was launched in mid-April 2012 in its third iteration after alpha and beta testing versions. It is targeted at health institutions, universities and schools, with individual physician subscriptions launching in the third quarter of 2012. Two applications for mobile phones are due to launch in the second half of 2012.
ClinicalKey marks a change in Elsevier's approach to providing clinical information through aggregated content services rather than the traditional model of journals and textbooks. The service is being marketed as a 'clinical insight engine'. Users can also export citations, images and copyright information into PowerPoint presentations.<ref name=Pogoreic />
 
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