9 out of 10 believe that a better single source of information is needed
TweetHospital doctors, under severe time pressure from their daily workload, claim that faster, more accurate online medical information would help them in their clinical work and improve patient care, according to a new survey published today.
The independent survey of 100 hospital doctors was conducted by Opinion Health during March 2012 on behalf of Elsevier. The results have been released to coincide with the European launch of ClinicalKey, a new fast, comprehensive and trusted clinical insight tool, which Elsevier has spent two years developing with the help of over 2000 doctors.
Key findings from the opinion survey include:
- Most hospital doctors (75%) use online search up to 5 times a week on average
- Up to 20 minutes is spent searching for information to support a clinical decision
- Journals are the main source of information (86%), closely followed by Google (80%)
- Despite Google being reported as the fastest source of information by most (49%), it was not considered as a reliable source, with journals and clinical search engines being the preferred option
- If they had more time available, hospital doctors would use it to keep up to date with advances in their specialism (42%) and improve patient care (30%)
With the rate of new clinical studies increasing each year and 3 million people treated in the NHS in England each week; keeping up to date with medical advances is a key challenge for today’s hospital doctors.
Following a beta testing period, ClinicalKey is now being introduced to hospitals throughout the UK. It is designed to:
- Address clinicians’ key search requirements
- Draw answers from the largest collection of clinical resources covering every medical and surgical specialty
- Provide access to peer reviewed clinical information that clinicians can trust to reduce clinical errors and provides the most relevant clinical answers all from a single online source
For more information visit www.clinicalkey.com.
Doctors told us that they wanted better access to fast, trusted, more comprehensive information that would fit in with their workflow and help overcome the time pressures. ClinicalKey does just that. Busy hospital doctors can now access the most current information on even the rarest medical syndromes at the click of a button, freeing up more time for patient care.
Senior Vice President, e-Solutions, EMEA-LA, Health Science at Elsevier
It's a prime example of the NHS' innovation requirements referred to in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's recent comment: "We are now putting clinicians in the driving seat, able to reap the benefits of the explosion in information and technology which is re-shaping the world beyond the NHS"
Senior Vice President, e-Solutions, EMEA-LA, Health Science at Elsevier
