The American College of Physicians (ACP) announced a licensing agreement with OpenEvidence to integrate its evidence-based clinical guidance and peer-reviewed content from Annals of Internal Medicine into the artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled clinical decision support platform, expanding physicians’ access to clinical recommendations and published research at the point of care.
According to an ACP news announcement, the agreement will allow OpenEvidence to license the organization's clinical guidelines, guidance statements, practice points, and best practice advice, along with published content from Annals of Internal Medicine.
ACP, the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, represents approximately 163,000 members worldwide, including internal medicine physicians, subspecialists, and medical students. The organization develops clinical recommendations based on the best available evidence to support clinical practice and patient care.
Published content from Annals of Internal Medicine includes peer-reviewed original research, review articles, clinical guidelines, and commentary covering clinical practice, health care delivery, public health, health policy, medical education, ethics, and research methodology.
“Having access to trusted, evidence-based clinical guidance from ACP and peer-reviewed content from Annals of Internal Medicine where and when they need it can help physicians make more informed clinical decisions in real time and devote more time and attention to patient care,” said Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP, FRCP, president of ACP, in the announcement.
Internal medicine is currently the largest specialty represented on OpenEvidence, according to Travis Zack, MD, PhD, the platform's chief medical officer. Zack described the breadth of clinical questions internists encounter, ranging from heart failure treatment and thyroid nodules to potential drug interactions in patients receiving multiple medications.
“The term ‘evidence-based medicine’ first appeared in print in an ACP journal in 1991, and ACP has spent the decades since turning that idea into guidance internists can act on,” Zack said.
The ACP announcement did not provide an implementation timeline or specify which portions of the journal's published content would be available through the platform.
Source: American College of Physicians
