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Plain answers about AI, medical evidence and how to check a claim against published research.
How medical writers can use AI without risking fabricated references
Medical writers can use AI to draft but never as a source: verify every reference in PubMed, keep a verification log, and learn the red flags of fabrication.
What is claim-level verification?
Claim-level verification splits an answer into its factual claims and checks each against evidence, so one wrong claim cannot hide in a mostly right answer.
What is the hierarchy of evidence?
The hierarchy of evidence ranks study designs by how well they guard against bias, from systematic reviews and trials down to case reports and expert opinion.
What is a fabricated citation, and why do AI tools produce them?
A fabricated citation points to a paper that does not exist, and AI tools produce them by generating plausible text from patterns instead of looking sources up.
How to check if a PubMed citation is real
Search the PMID, title and authors on PubMed, confirm the journal, year and volume match the record, then read the abstract to see if it supports the claim.
Can you trust the sources in an AI medical answer?
Not automatically: AI medical answers can cite papers that do not exist or real papers that say something else, so every source needs a check before you use it.