Grounding Clinical AI with Deterministic Medication APIs

Use deterministic retrieval as a source layer while keeping model output and clinical approval separate.

Retrieve before generating

Retrieve before generating is the first design decision for clinical AI grounding. Use deterministic retrieval as a source layer while keeping model output and clinical approval separate. Write the boundary down before choosing endpoints or drawing clinical-looking UI so reviewers can test the actual promise.

Carry provenance forward

For clinical AI grounding, carry provenance forward should remain observable rather than becoming hidden adapter behavior. Give resolution, lookup, and interpretation separate states, then decide which failures a user may retry.

Refuse unsupported conclusions

Refuse unsupported conclusions needs an operational test, not only a happy-path example. Add a bounded timeout, stable error handling, request IDs, privacy-safe logging, and a fixture that proves the clinical AI grounding workflow fails closed.