Healthcare / Life Sciences

Medical Literature Review AI Architecture

Compare RAG, fine-tuning, long-context, and hybrid approaches for medical literature review at 10K queries/month.

Top approaches

#1 Best fit
Hybrid / RAFT

Clinical terminology + citation accuracy both required.

#2 Runner-up
RAG

Correct for most use cases; simpler to audit.

#3 Alternative
Fine-Tuning

Only for terminology normalisation sub-tasks.

Cost at typical volume

Estimated at 10K queries/month

Long-Context$202/mo
RAG$322/mo
Hybrid / RAFT$3,314/mo
Fine-Tuning$4,987/mo

Key considerations

  • 1All outputs must be clearly labelled as AI-assisted; require physician review.
  • 2Use HIPAA-compliant infrastructure for any patient-linked data.
  • 3Evaluate on MIMIC or a held-out clinical trial dataset before production deployment.

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