Beyond the Heartbeats uses AI tools in parts of its editorial work, and we say so openly instead of presenting AI-assisted drafts as if a person wrote them alone.
How we use AI right now
- Drafting and organizing editorial content, including summaries of the source research documents, based on material the human editor has provided or reviewed.
- Formatting and building templates for recurring sections, such as the Research Watch template.
What AI doesn’t replace
- Clinical review. No AI-assisted summary of research is treated as checked or final until a named clinical advisor has reviewed it, as set out in the Editorial Standards.
- Fact-checking. A human editor checks AI-drafted content against its cited sources before publication.
- Editorial judgment on sensitive material, including anything involving a family’s personal story, a minor, or a medical claim.
What we’re disclosing for this issue
Several pieces in this issue, including parts of the Clinician Corner framework, the Research Digest summaries, and this policy itself, were edited and improved with AI assistance from the two source documents behind this issue, under the direction and review of the human editor. Where a piece is a framework still waiting for a clinician to take part, like Clinician Corner, we say so on the piece itself, not only here.