Annals of Internal Medicine

Established in 1927 by the American College of Physicians (ACP), Annals of Internal Medicine is the premier internal medicine journal. Annals of Internal Medicine‘s mission is to promote excellence in medicine, enable physicians and other health care professionals to be well informed members of the medical community and society, advance standards in the conduct and reporting of medical research and contribute to improving the health of people worldwide.

KEY FEATURES OF ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

ACP Journal Club

ACP Journal Club has been redeveloped and is now available in full-text HTML for reading across all internet-accessible devices. This redesigned evidence-based resource is both easier to navigate and more visible throughout the new Annals website.

In the Clinic

ACP Journal Club has been redeveloped and is now available in full-text HTML for reading across all internet-accessible devices. This redesigned evidence-based resource is both easier to navigate and more visible throughout the new Annals website.

Semantic Search

Silverchair's semantic search provides better results by normalizing synonyms, alternate spellings, acronyms, and jargon and by connecting closely related concepts. For example, when searching "CKD" (a common abbreviation for Chronic Kidney Disease) via the traditional "full text" search engine employed on the old Annals site, 53 results are returned. Using our semantic search, we were able to retrieve 139 highly relevant results as many pertain directly to Chronic Kidney Disease but do not use the acronym "CKD."

Content Relationships

The powerful tagging and taxonomy behind Silverchair's SCM6 results in the surfacing of closely related articles and other resources. We employ semantic fingerprinting to identify content relationships and present them in a easy-to-navigate interface.

Integrated CME

A new CME section has been developed to make CME easier to navigate, both by subject and by date. A quick-reference dashboard provides a personalized view of CME available, in progress, and completed. Additionally, CME has been integrated with journal articles, allowing readers to take a CME quiz directly on the article that quiz pertains to.

Multimedia

This new section provides quick access to Annals growing archive of multimedia. We have additionally upgraded the site's video capablities to enable streaming video for immediate viewing.

Supplemental Content

Silverchair's SCM6 brings all supplemental and related content together on the article page. Users can tab to each section and quickly to find related supplements , videos, comments, CME, data, and summaries for patients.

Semantic Collections

Semantically generated collections provide quick reference to the full spectrum of Annals resources on key topics.

Optimized Mobile Devices

The new Annals is mobile-optimized for viewing on smart phones and other web-enabled mobile devices.