{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "reviewed_on": "2026-09-10",
  "scope_note": "These facts summarize the cited September 2026 preprint and its version 4.17 implementation snapshot. Current product capabilities are maintained in the separate Medil AI public-facts record.",
  "preprint": {
    "title": "From Prescription to Understanding: Medil AI, a Multilingual Mobile Platform for Medication Information, Pill Reminders, Adherence Support, and Between-Visit Communication",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Ariel Israel",
        "orcid": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4389-8896"
      },
      {
        "name": "Eugene Merzon",
        "orcid": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-0236"
      }
    ],
    "status": "preprint",
    "version": 1,
    "submitted": "2026-09-04",
    "posted": "2026-09-07",
    "doi": "10.20944/preprints202609.0448.v1",
    "doi_url": "https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202609.0448.v1",
    "canonical_page": "https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202609.0448",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "study": {
    "design": "descriptive design and implementation study",
    "app_version": "4.17",
    "implementation_snapshot": "2026-09-03",
    "platforms": [
      "Android",
      "iOS"
    ],
    "unit_of_analysis": "implemented patient workflow and its safety and provenance boundaries",
    "reporting_guidance": [
      "mERA",
      "iCHECK-DH"
    ],
    "participants": 0,
    "participant_dataset_used": false
  },
  "reported_implementation": {
    "country_source_count": 12,
    "country_sources": [
      {
        "country": "United States",
        "source": "FDA and National Library of Medicine DailyMed"
      },
      {
        "country": "Canada",
        "source": "Health Canada Drug Product Database"
      },
      {
        "country": "Israel",
        "source": "Ministry of Health Drug Registry"
      },
      {
        "country": "France",
        "source": "Base de données publique des médicaments and ANSM"
      },
      {
        "country": "United Kingdom",
        "source": "NHSBSA dictionary of medicines and devices"
      },
      {
        "country": "Germany",
        "source": "BfArM Section 31b reference data with European fields"
      },
      {
        "country": "Spain",
        "source": "AEMPS CIMA"
      },
      {
        "country": "Russia",
        "source": "Ministry of Health State Register of Medicines"
      },
      {
        "country": "Japan",
        "source": "MHLW drug price standard with PMDA links"
      },
      {
        "country": "South Korea",
        "source": "MFDS and HIRA"
      },
      {
        "country": "Singapore",
        "source": "Health Sciences Authority"
      },
      {
        "country": "Argentina",
        "source": "Ministry of Health medicine price services and PAMI data"
      }
    ],
    "translation_language_count": 20,
    "core_access": [
      "Medicine information",
      "Personal medicine list",
      "Dose scheduling and medication reminders",
      "Self-reported dose recording",
      "Released prescribed dose-sequence templates",
      "Manual measurements",
      "Dated symptoms, notes, and care events",
      "Dose calendar and on-screen diary review"
    ],
    "plus_after_free_trial": [
      "Prescription-image recognition",
      "Plain-language summaries and translation",
      "Camera-assisted measurement entry",
      "Health Connect and HealthKit imports",
      "Chart views",
      "Export and printing"
    ],
    "connected_workflow": [
      "identify a prescribed medicine",
      "open source-linked medicine information",
      "read an explanation or translation",
      "save personal instructions",
      "schedule reminders",
      "record full, partial, or not-taken doses",
      "organize medication records and selected health readings for review"
    ],
    "measurement_inputs": [
      "manual entry",
      "Health Connect import on Android",
      "HealthKit import on iOS",
      "camera-assisted transcription from a separate device display"
    ],
    "camera_examples": [
      "blood pressure",
      "pulse",
      "weight",
      "temperature",
      "oxygen saturation"
    ]
  },
  "current_product_access": {
    "source": "https://medil.ai/app-facts.json",
    "medical_diary": "medil_ai_plus_or_eligible_trial",
    "summary": "Current Android 4.20 and iOS 4.20 releases require Medil AI+ for the entire Medical diary, including manual measurement entry, calendar and charts; these features are included during an active eligible trial."
  },
  "evidence_map": [
    {
      "reference": "Table 1 (pages 4-5)",
      "topic": "Post-consultation needs mapped to app functions",
      "evidence": "Links medicine understanding, personal instructions, official notices, language access, prescription capture, reminders, changing-dose schedules, diary records, camera entry, and visit preparation to a corresponding control or qualification."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Table 2 (pages 6-7)",
      "topic": "Provenance and confirmation",
      "evidence": "Distinguishes source-linked information, generated summaries, image-read proposals, reminders, dose-sequence templates, self-reported doses, health readings, the diary, and external-AI handoffs by origin and required interpretation."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Table 3 (pages 7-8)",
      "topic": "Medicine-data environments",
      "evidence": "Names the public regulatory or authoritative source used for 12 country-specific medicine-data environments and an additional Europe-wide authorization layer."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Figure 1 (page 9)",
      "topic": "The connected patient workflow",
      "evidence": "Maps medicine understanding, language access, a confirmed plan, reminders, patient-reported dose records, and a diary into one post-consultation path."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Table 4 (pages 9-11)",
      "topic": "Implemented functions and access status",
      "evidence": "Records the version 4.17 feature inventory and whether each function was available without a subscription or through Medil AI+ after a free trial."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Figure 2 (page 12)",
      "topic": "Prescription-image workflow",
      "evidence": "Shows framing, editable proposed medicine and instruction fields, a low-confidence field flagged for review, and the resulting patient-confirmed care plan."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Figure 3 (page 13)",
      "topic": "Reminder, dose record, and external-AI handoff",
      "evidence": "Documents a reminder action, full or partial self-reported dose recording with notes and undo, care events, and user selection of context before leaving the app for an external assistant."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Figure 4 (page 14)",
      "topic": "Language and cross-script access",
      "evidence": "Shows source-linked medicine information, on-demand translation, right-to-left presentation, Cyrillic search, transliteration, and a national medicine record."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Figure 5 (page 15)",
      "topic": "Prescribed dose-sequence confirmation",
      "evidence": "Shows a product-specific sequence with each phase, dose, and duration presented before the user confirms that it matches the prescriber's instructions."
    },
    {
      "reference": "Figure 6 (pages 16-17)",
      "topic": "Camera-assisted reading and the combined diary",
      "evidence": "Shows proposed values read from a separate monitor display for review or correction, and a month view combining medication-use records with selected patient-generated measurements and events."
    }
  ]
}