ClinicalKey AI

What it does

ClinicalKey AI takes clinical questions typed or dictated in natural language and returns summarized answers drawn from a curated, copyright-cleared knowledge base of clinical guidelines, full-text journal articles, drug information and medical reference texts. Each response includes citations linked to the supporting published evidence, and real-time citation validation checks that statements are grounded in those references. Responses can be tailored to patient context such as age, comorbidities and current medications when prompted.

Clinicians use it at the point of care to ask follow-up questions, review cited sources, and share answers with colleagues, including people without accounts. The Reading Assistant summarizes content and highlights key information without leaving the workflow, and Deep Research mode produces a structured, citation-rich evidence synthesis. The product is also described as EHR and API-enabled, with SMART on FHIR SSO for EHR access and a mobile app with voice-to-text dictation.

ClinicalKey AI suits clinicians, residents and medical students who want cited evidence summaries during practice or training. Individual subscriptions are available only in supported countries, and institutional access follows a separate arrangement. Elsevier offers introductory trials and a free year for eligible medical students in the United States and Canada, but its pages currently disagree on the standard trial length. An active subscription is required for the mobile app. Clinicians should verify the sources and check whether guidance applies to their patient and jurisdiction.

What it can do

• Answers natural-language clinical questions with summarized, bulleted responses and linked citations
• Real-time citation validation checking response statements against cited references
• Patient-context tailoring for age, comorbidities and current medications when prompted
• Deep Research mode producing structured, citation-rich evidence syntheses
• Query history management and sharing of responses in a privacy panel
• CME credit tracking for reviewed responses, with MOC submission to select boards

Works with

• SMART on FHIR SSO for EHR access
• EHR integration and API compatibility
• Link resolver support for institutional full-text holdings
• Epic SSO

Example workflows

Point-of-care question with patient context

Illustrative example. Input: a natural-language question plus patient details such as age, comorbidities and current medications. Steps: ask the question, enable patient context when prompted, review the bulleted summary, open the linked citations. Output: a summarized answer tailored to the stated context with citations to verify.

Deep evidence synthesis for a clinical question

Illustrative example. Input: a clinical question that a quick answer does not fully address. Steps: switch to Deep Research mode, run the question, review the structured synthesis and its citations. Output: a citation-rich evidence synthesis for further reading.

Before you choose

• Clinical regulations and practices may vary by country; some drug information and guidelines may not align with practices outside the United States.
• HIPAA compliance is stated as applicable where recognized by country regulators.
• Individual subscriptions are available in listed countries only; check availability for your region.

Listed under

• Healthcare
• Clinical research and trials
• Clinical decision support
• Clinicians
• Ehr integration
• Medical evidence
• Medical students

Get started

Choose an eligible individual or institutional route and confirm the trial terms.

1. Create an account or start the free trial from the subscriptions page, selecting a plan.
2. Sign in to ClinicalKey AI at the sign-in link on the product page.
3. Install the mobile app from the App Store if using iOS; an existing subscription is required.

Individual access is $39 billed monthly or $349 billed annually. Official pages disagree between 14-day and 90-day trials, so confirm the offer at checkout. Eligible US/Canadian medical students can receive one free year; this is not a permanent free tier. Institutional pricing is separate.

Source: subscriptions.elsevier.com, checked 29 Oct 2026. Prices can change; check before you buy.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• ClinicalKey AI | Generative AI for clinicians | Elsevier ↗www.elsevier.com
• ClinicalKey AI for Individual Clinicians. Try Free for 90 Days. ↗subscriptions.elsevier.com

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