Elsevier and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Expand 40-year Partnership to Support Clinician Access to Evidence-Based Guidelines at the Point of Care

Elsevier Health, a global leader in health information and data analytics, has expanded their partnership with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the global leader in transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health for all. The partnership ensures that ACC’s Clinical Practice Guidelines and Expert Consensus Decision Pathways on a range of cardiology topics, including heart failure and atrial fibrillation, are made available through ClinicalKey AI, Elsevier’s leading generative AI-powered clinical decision support solution.

Leveraging the capabilities of artificial intelligence, ClinicalKey AI helps reshape the way clinicians search for and apply clinical information. ClinicalKey AI supports clinical decision-making at the point of care by providing quick access to the latest evidence-based medical knowledge through conversational search.

Elsevier and the ACC have partnered for more than 40 years, with a long tradition of bringing the latest Guidelines to clinicians in JACC, and now via the latest innovative channels through ClinicalKey AI. With this recent partnership expansion, clinicians can quickly review details and specific sections from the ACC’s Guidelines and Expert Consensus Decision Pathways, bulleted and summarized by ClinicalKey AI’s response generation. Users can either quickly access specific information needed from the guidelines while actively reviewing their patient’s medications, follow-up on scans, or click on citations to directly access the full-text Guidelines and Consensus Statements.

Upon integration of the ACC Guidelines into ClinicalKey AI, cardiologists from the ACC studied the solution, asking clinical questions in ClinicalKey AI in the following areas: heart failure, electrophysiology, general cardiology and prevention. The integration of the ACC’s practice guidelines into ClinicalKey AI elevates the repository of evidence-based content that clinicians can draw on, further enhancing the responses provided to clinicians' queries and supporting the clinician’s needs with evidence-based information.

Omry Bigger, President Clinical Solutions from Elsevier Health, said: “We are delighted to expand this crucial partnership with a world leader in cardiovascular care. Healthcare professionals are facing continuing challenges of time pressures and data overload, and ClinicalKey AI aims to simplify access to relevant, evidence-based information through an AI-powered solution that clinicians can trust. For healthcare professionals working in cardiology teams, this expansion means they will now have even easier access to a comprehensive set of crucial resources at the point of care.”

Brendan Mullen, Executive Vice President from the ACC, said: “Expanding the reach of evidence-based clinical guidance to the cardiovascular care team is critical to the ACC’s mission of transforming heart health for all. ClinicalKey AI is at the forefront of clinical decision support, and this partnership will provide fast and easy access to our best-in-class cardiology resources, helping clinicians provide the best possible patient care.”

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About the American College of Cardiology

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is the global leader in transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health for all. As the preeminent source of professional medical education for the entire cardiovascular care team since 1949, ACC credentials cardiovascular professionals in over 140 countries who meet stringent qualifications and leads in the formation of health policy, standards and guidelines. Through its world-renowned family of JACC Journals, NCDR registries, ACC Accreditation Services, global network of Member Sections, CardioSmart patient resources and more, the College is committed to ensuring a world where science, knowledge and innovation optimize patient care and outcomes. Learn more at www.ACC.org opens in new tab/window or follow @ACCinTouch.

About Elsevier Health

For more than 140 years, Elsevier has supported the work of researchers and healthcare professionals by providing current, evidence-based information that can help empower students and clinicians to provide the best healthcare possible. Growing from our roots, Elsevier Health applies innovation, facilitates insights, and helps drive more informed decision-making for our customers across global health. We support health providers by providing accessible, trusted evidence-based information to take on the infodemic; prepare more future health professionals with effective tools and resources; provide insights that help clinicians improve patient outcomes; deliver healthcare that is truly inclusive; and supports a more personalized and localized healthcare experience.

Diversity and inclusion are the foundation of our innovation, and our teams are committed to creating education and practice solutions that reflect the diversity of our world. Elsevier Health is helping lay the groundwork for more equitable healthcare worldwide. We bring the same rigor to our digital information solutions as we do to our publishing, allowing us to offer knowledge and valuable analytics that help our users make breakthroughs and drive progress for the benefit of every patient.