This is the guardrail before Prisma, OCR, and OpenAI
A database can store official sources. OCR can help read documents. OpenAI can help explain next steps. None of that should quote laws or deadlines unless the source record is official, current, tied to the right jurisdiction, and marked with a review status.
What gets checked
This worksheet helps separate a source from a summary. It asks for jurisdiction, topic, official URL, agency or regulator, date checked, patient-use summary, limits, and review status. That is the foundation for a future verified database that can help patients without fabricating authority.
- Use official government, regulator, board, court, or agency sources first.
- Do not treat blogs, screenshots, forums, or AI answers as the authority.
- Show when a source is not verified, outdated, unclear, or limited.
- Keep patient-facing wording plain and careful.
Why patients benefit
Patients who are dismissed, denied medication, blocked by records, delayed by insurance, or routed between offices need clear source-backed questions. This worksheet keeps the future database useful without turning the website into fake legal advice.