CLEAR: Cross-Source Evidence Adjudication for Large Language Models in Medicine

arXiv 2609.16301 ↗First posted 14 Sep 2026cs.AI cs.CLcited by 0

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Medical knowledge evolves continuously, whereas the parametric knowledge encoded in large language models (LLMs) is fixed at training time. External retrieval, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), can provide access to newly available evidence, but retrieved information may be irrelevant, incomplete, or conflicting. As a result, external retrieval can in turn degrade the factual accuracy and evidence grounding of LLM outputs. To address this challenge, we propose CLEAR, an agentic framework for cross-source evidence adjudication in LLMs in medicine. CLEAR independently generates candidate answers from three complementary pathways---parametric knowledge, locally curated corpora, and dynamically retrieved evidence---reflecting three common sources of information available to LLMs. An aggregation verifier jointly evaluates the candidates, supporting evidence, provenance, and source-quality information to identify agreement and conflict across sources. An adjudication module then determines whether the current conclusion should be preserved or revised through complementary override-guard and challenge-audit mechanisms, while unresolved conflicts trigger targeted follow-up search and re-adjudication.

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