Wolters Kluwer Gives Medical Researchers a Productivity Boost with Ovid AI Article Summary

AI summarization enhances medical research workflows with instant, trustworthy synopses to help streamline information gathering

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the addition of AI Article Summary to the Ovid platform—helping researchers save time by quickly distilling insights from peer-reviewed literature earlier in their discovery process. The feature is currently available in Beta on a selection of LWW proprietary journals within the Ovid platform. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) provides concise summaries of articles, enhancing the research experience for healthcare professionals, researchers, and students.

“Amid the accelerating pace of research publishing, and while balancing patient care, administrative demands, and teaching, clinicians and researchers need support in identifying relevant insights faster,” said Rafael Sidi, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Health Research, Wolters Kluwer Health. “The concise, plain-language snapshot provided with Ovid’s AI Article Summary feature helps users quickly evaluate and understand articles with confidence.”

AI summarization built for researchers, by researchers

Having AI article summarization built right into the Ovid platform saves users valuable time by helping them quickly identify the key points of lengthy research papers. This is particularly relevant for contemporary clinical care and research. The immense volume of new research published every day makes manual curation and distillation a formidable task. Not only is the summarizer helpful for quickly sharing insights with colleagues, but it also helps busy clinicians and researchers to stay current with the latest evidence.

Ovid’s AI Article Summary tool highlights tactical and ready-to-use insights, as well as key, salient points most relevant to clinical decision-making. This distinction means users receive practical, applicable information quicker. Additionally, the AI generated summaries in Ovid are consistent in structure regardless of journal, making it easier for researchers to quickly distill information from different sources.

Meeting the demands of modern healthcare

“Ovid’s AI Article Summary translates intricate research into clear and actionable insights, enabling evidence-based practices in real-world settings. This is a key step in translating the rapid rate of scientific and research progress to improvements in clinical care delivery,” added Thomas C. Kingsley MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA.

Ovid’s integrated summarization feature offers a research-centric, user-informed design that has direct alignment with clinician and researcher workflows, pinpointing critical findings and methodological insights without ever leaving Ovid. This unique capability was built leveraging specialized prompt engineering to extract clinically and scientifically pertinent information effectively and reliably.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in information, software solutions and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2024 annual revenues of €5.9 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,600 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

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