ResearchResearch paperLarge Language Models1 source · Oct 9, 2026

Retrieval-Augmented Multimodal Language Model with Heterogeneous Evidence Integration for Clinical Prognosis

We introduce PRISM (Population-Retrieved Inference for Structured Multimodal Prognosis), a multimodal language model that combines per-feature numerical tokenization, recency-weighted aggregation of longitudinal ECGs, and a dual-modality population memory bank.

Key points

  • Clinical prognosis requires integrating structured measurements, physiological waveforms, longitudinal history, and population context.
  • Retrieval operates in representation space: the model receives mean-pooled embeddings of similar training-cohort encounters, while no individual retrieved record enters the prompt.
  • On the 1,443-task MDS-ED benchmark, PRISM achieves AUROCs of 86.2% for diagnosis, 93.1% for deterioration, 91.8% for ICU admission, and 92.8% for mortality.
  • These results support structure-aware multimodal integration and supervised external adaptation.

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  • [1]Retrieval-Augmented Multimodal Language Model with Heterogeneous Evidence Integration for Clinical Prognosis
    arXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 9, 12:35 PM
    We introduce PRISM (Population-Retrieved Inference for Structured Multimodal Prognosis), a multimodal language model that combines per-feature numerical tokenization, recency-weighted aggregation of longitudinal ECGs, and a dual-modality population memory bank.
    Clinical prognosis requires integrating structured measurements, physiological waveforms, longitudinal history, and population context.

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