Where we use AI
- Drafting guideline digests and news: the AI searches PubMed and other primary sources, then drafts text from what it finds, citing those sources.
- Drafting a clinical case from a doctor's document: the AI rewrites the submitted Word or PDF file into MedScribe's case layout, using only that document. References are copied from the document, not written by the AI.
- Writing the card text for infographics from the clinical case they illustrate.
- Automatic checks: every number in a drafted case is checked against the original document. Problems are shown to the editor.
The AI service we use is Google's Gemini.
What AI never does
- It never publishes anything. A person approves every item before it goes live.
- It never decides whether a doctor's registration is verified.
- It never approves, rejects or edits a doctor's submission on its own.
People stay responsible
AI drafts go through the same review as everything else (see the Editorial policy). An editor checks each AI draft against the sources it was written from before approving it.
Your data
Documents you submit for publication are sent to Google's Gemini service to prepare the draft, so remove anything that could identify a patient before you upload (see Patient privacy). Your account and verification details are never sent to the AI.
Labelling
Our editors see which drafts came from AI. Case and infographic pages note that AI-assisted checks supported the editorial review. Individual items do not yet show whether AI drafted them; we plan to add that label.