CARE-RAG - Clinical Assessment and Reasoning in RAG

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Main Authors: Potluri, Deepthi, Mathew, Aby Mammen, DeWitt, Jeffrey B, Rasgon, Alexander L., Hao, Yide, Hong, Junyuan, Ding, Ying
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author Potluri, Deepthi
Mathew, Aby Mammen
DeWitt, Jeffrey B
Rasgon, Alexander L.
Hao, Yide
Hong, Junyuan
Ding, Ying
author_facet Potluri, Deepthi
Mathew, Aby Mammen
DeWitt, Jeffrey B
Rasgon, Alexander L.
Hao, Yide
Hong, Junyuan
Ding, Ying
contents Access to the right evidence does not guarantee that large language models (LLMs) will reason with it correctly. This gap between retrieval and reasoning is especially concerning in clinical settings, where outputs must align with structured protocols. We study this gap using Written Exposure Therapy (WET) guidelines as a testbed. In evaluating model responses to curated clinician-vetted questions, we find that errors persist even when authoritative passages are provided. To address this, we propose an evaluation framework that measures accuracy, consistency, and fidelity of reasoning. Our results highlight both the potential and the risks: retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) can constrain outputs, but safe deployment requires assessing reasoning as rigorously as retrieval.
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spellingShingle CARE-RAG - Clinical Assessment and Reasoning in RAG
Potluri, Deepthi
Mathew, Aby Mammen
DeWitt, Jeffrey B
Rasgon, Alexander L.
Hao, Yide
Hong, Junyuan
Ding, Ying
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Access to the right evidence does not guarantee that large language models (LLMs) will reason with it correctly. This gap between retrieval and reasoning is especially concerning in clinical settings, where outputs must align with structured protocols. We study this gap using Written Exposure Therapy (WET) guidelines as a testbed. In evaluating model responses to curated clinician-vetted questions, we find that errors persist even when authoritative passages are provided. To address this, we propose an evaluation framework that measures accuracy, consistency, and fidelity of reasoning. Our results highlight both the potential and the risks: retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) can constrain outputs, but safe deployment requires assessing reasoning as rigorously as retrieval.
title CARE-RAG - Clinical Assessment and Reasoning in RAG
topic Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15994