Orchestrated multi agents sustain accuracy under clinical-scale workloads compared to a single agent

  • 0The Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, USA.

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Summary

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Orchestrated multi-agent systems using large language models (LLMs) maintain accuracy and efficiency for clinical workloads, outperforming single-agent approaches under heavy task loads.

Area Of Science

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Computational Medicine

Background

  • Large language models (LLMs) show promise for clinical applications but require evaluation under realistic workloads.
  • Scalability and performance of LLM agent architectures in healthcare settings are not well-understood.
  • Heterogeneous clinical tasks present unique challenges for single-agent LLM systems.

Purpose Of The Study

  • To compare the performance of single-agent versus multi-agent LLM systems for clinical-scale workloads.
  • To evaluate LLM accuracy, efficiency, and latency under varying batch sizes simulating clinical traffic.
  • To assess the impact of task isolation on LLM performance in a multi-agent framework.

Main Methods

  • Two LLM configurations were tested: a single agent and an orchestrated multi-agent system.
  • Tasks included data retrieval, extraction, and dosing calculations, with batch sizes ranging from 5 to 80.
  • Performance metrics included pooled accuracy, token usage, and latency, analyzed across four LLM checkpoints.

Main Results

  • Multi-agent systems maintained high accuracy under load (90.6% at 5 tasks, 65.3% at 80 tasks), while single-agent accuracy declined sharply (73.1% to 16.6%).
  • Significant performance differences emerged beyond 10 tasks (FDR-adjusted p < 0.01).
  • Multi-agent execution reduced token usage up to 65-fold and limited latency growth compared to single-agent runs.

Conclusions

  • Lightweight orchestration of LLM agents is effective for clinical-scale workloads.
  • Multi-agent systems offer superior accuracy, efficiency, and auditability compared to single-agent LLMs in healthcare.
  • Task isolation in multi-agent designs prevents context interference and sustains performance.

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