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For your convenience, answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about NEJM Clinician are below. If your question is not addressed below, contact the Customer Care team online by completing the Contact Us form, or by phone at 1-800-843-6356 (Mon–Fri, 8 AM–7 PM ET).
What is NEJM Clinician?
NEJM Clinician is a new weekly publication with concise, expert curated updates from top peer-reviewed medical journals on the most important advances in general and internal medicine. It offers:
Articles with clear, practice-ready insights that keep you informed in minutes, not hours
Articles that summarize key takeaways from the latest research, clinical guideline updates, and drug information
NEJM articles of greatest relevance to general and internal medicine, including reviews, case studies, and diagnostic images
What makes NEJM Clinician different from other clinical update products or services?
Each weekly issue of NEJM Clinician is:
Curated by practicing physician-editors, not algorithms
Designed to be read in full in under 30 minutes
Backed by the NEJM editorial standards for rigor and credibility
Focused on clinical relevance for generalists
What is the publishing schedule for NEJM Clinician?
NEJM Clinician is continuously updated to ensure readers have access to the most recent advances. Our most important content is then compiled into a weekly email alert — ‘This Week’s Edition’ — delivered every Monday.
Each week’s edition is published online at clinician.nejm.org and you can sign up for a weekly email alert that highlights key takeaways and links back to the website.
How else can I find content?
The Browse All page is your gateway to our full archive of content, highlighting recent summaries and allowing you to search by specialty or topic.
Can I save content?
Yes! Individual items can be bookmarked and will then appear on your Saved Items page. You can also add a description and keywords of your own choosing.
What kind of articles does NEJM Clinician publish?
NEJM Clinician features a variety of time-saving article types including:
You will use your NEJM Group username and password for NEJM Clinician if you:
Have an active NEJM Journal Watch subscription as well as an active subscription to NEJM, NEJM Evidence, NEJM AI, or NEJM Catalyst
Do not have an active NEJM Journal Watch subscription, and you have an NEJM Group account
Can I still access the old NEJM Journal Watch website?
Who can I contact if I have questions about ordering an institutional site license to NEJM Clinician?
For more information, visit Wolters Kluwer or email sales@wolterskluwer.com.
How is This Week's Edition structured?
This Week’s Edition is organized into easy-to-browse categories, “Stay Informed,” featuring summaries with expert commentary on the latest clinical information from a wide range of sources, and “Build Your Knowledge,” featuring content from NEJM Group with direct relevance to practice.
How do I access This Week's Edition?
How is the content selected each week?
Our physician-editors review the top 150+ peer-reviewed journals each week, including the New England Journal of Medicine, and select articles based on clinical importance and applicability to general practice. The editors summarize each article and add expert commentary to support real-world patient care.
Is NEJM Clinician the same as NEJM Journal Watch?
NEJM Clinician builds on what NEJM Journal Watch did best — delivering expert summaries and commentary on the most impactful clinical research — and adds the most clinically relevant content from NEJM, including review articles, clinical images, and cases. It's the same trusted editorial approach, now in a newly designed digital experience that helps you stay on top of what matters most in minutes each week.
Will the NEJM Clinician content be presented in the same style as NEJM Journal Watch content?
NEJM Clinician focuses primarily on the research and guidelines of greatest interest to general practitioners, including internal medicine and family medicine, ambulatory and hospital-based care, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. But we continue to cover important articles in a wide range of specialties, and you can filter by topic on our Browse All page.
If the new product is called NEJM Clinician, why am I still seeing “Journal Watch” on the website?
Journal Watch is now an article type within NEJM Clinician — all our concise summaries of new clinical research fall into this category.
Online Access
Do I still use the same username and password for NEJM Clinician?
You can use your existing NEJM Journal Watch username and password for NEJM Clinician if you:
Have an active NEJM Journal Watch subscription and no other NEJM Group subscriptions
Have a current NEJM Journal Watch registered user account and do not have an NEJM Group account
No. The NEJM Journal Watch website is being retired. Please use clinician.nejm.org going forward.
Can I still read NEJM Journal Watch content to which I previously had subscriber access?
Yes, previously published NEJM Journal Watch articles will be transferred and available to subscribers on NEJM Clinician.
Paul Sax currently publishes on NEJM Voices, a clinician blog featuring short, personal essays grounded in real-world practice. Dr. Sax’s blog, HIV and ID Observations, is now archived here: https://blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-observations.
Other blogs and audio features found on the Journal Watch site have been retired.
Subscription
How do I renew or pay for my personal subscription to NEJM Clinician?
Visit NEJM Group My Account website to easily manage your subscription and update your billing information for your NEJM Clinician personal subscription.
If I’m a print subscriber, will I continue to receive my print newsletter?
Yes. If you previously subscribed to the NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine print newsletter, you’ll continue receiving it at the same twice-monthly schedule — now under its new name, NEJM Clinician Journal Watch Print Edition. The format, frequency, and trusted editorial content remain the same and you’ll also receive full access to the digital version of NEJM Clinician, which contains additional content and features.
Can I purchase a new print subscription to NEJM Clinician?
No. NEJM Clinician is intended as a digital-first experience, with all new subscriptions offered only in the digital format. Only customers who held an NEJM Journal Watch print subscription upon launch of NEJM Clinician will have the option to continue to receive and renew their personal print subscription.
Can I purchase NEJM Journal Watch back issues?
No. NEJM Clinician replaces NEJM Journal Watch as a product, and back print issues of NEJM Journal Watch are no longer sold. However, the archive of NEJM Journal Watch summary, guideline and drug update articles will be available on NEJM Clinician at clinician.nejm.org.
If I don’t want NEJM Clinician, can I cancel my subscription?
Yes. If you prefer not to continue with NEJM Clinician, our Customer Care team can assist you with cancellation and assess refund eligibility based on your subscription.