Share an answer with its sources

What sharing an answer does

Sharing an answer in AskMed turns the whole answer into plain text that you can send anywhere. Tap Share under an answer and AskMed builds one message from it: your question first, then the overview paragraph, then each section with its title and bullet points, then a Sources list in which every source has its number, title and web address. The message ends with a short line saying the answer is by AskMed, with a link to AskMed. Because it is plain text, it can go into a messaging app, an email, a notes app, a learning platform or a document, and it reads the same everywhere. The person who receives it can open every source from the web addresses in the list, so they can check the evidence for themselves, without installing anything. Settings also has a Share AskMed row, which sends a short message about AskMed with a link, for when you want to recommend the app rather than one answer.

How sharing works on each platform

Sharing works through each platform's own share tools. On iPhone and iPad, Share opens the system share sheet, so you can send the answer to Messages, Mail, WhatsApp, Notes or any other app that accepts text, or copy it. On Android, Share opens the Android share sheet with the apps on your phone. In the web app, Share uses your browser's share menu where the browser offers one, as most phone browsers do; where it doesn't, as in many desktop browsers, the answer is copied to the clipboard and a message says Copied to the clipboard, ready to paste. The text is the same on every platform, built from the answer you are looking at. Sharing is offered only for a finished answer, not one that is still loading or failed. Nothing about the shared text is linked back to your account, and the recipient sees only what is in the message.

Bookmarking an answer for yourself is a separate tool; see History, Saved and Private Mode.

When sharing helps

Sharing helps when an answer is useful to more people than the one who asked. A doctor can send a colleague a cited summary of the current guideline position before a team discussion, so everyone starts from the same sources. A nurse can share an explanation of a monitoring step with the rest of the shift. A pharmacist can send a prescriber a cited list of a drug's interactions and contraindications to support a query, without any doses. A medical student can drop a clear explanation into a study group chat, with the references there for anyone who wants to read further. A researcher can paste an evidence summary and its source list into a project document as a starting point for a literature review, then check each paper. Because the sources travel with the text, a shared AskMed answer can be checked by whoever receives it, which is what makes it safe to pass on.

To see how AskMed compares with other AI apps doctors use, read Best AI apps for doctors. Get AskMed on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, on Google Play for Android, or use it on the web.

Limits of sharing

Sharing has a few limits that come from sending plain text. The shared message is a snapshot: it does not update if guidance changes, and it carries no date, so add one if the message will be kept. It is text, not a web page, so the source sheets with Relevant information and How AskMed used it are not included, only the numbered list of sources with their web addresses. Formatting depends on the app you paste into. There is no web link to the answer itself; the link at the end points to AskMed. Anything in your question goes into the message, so check that it holds no details that identify a patient before you send it, and follow your workplace's rules on sharing clinical information. A shared answer is still AI-written and can contain errors, so tell the person receiving it to check the sources, and never treat it as a prescription, since AskMed gives no doses.