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ARKA Clinical Decision Support is designed to meet all four criteria for Non-Device CDS under FD&C Act §520(o)(1)(E) and FDA's January 2026 final guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software. Recommendations support, not replace, the clinician's judgment. Every recommendation is anchored in a published guideline or peer-reviewed source, with the basis available for independent review. CLIN emphasizes imaging appropriateness at order entry.
This recommendation is intended to support, not replace, clinical judgment. It is generated by ARKA, software designed to meet the four criteria for Non-Device Clinical Decision Support under FD&C Act §520(o)(1)(E) and FDA's final guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software (January 2026). The clinician is responsible for the final decision.
AIIE Evidence
Do not image chronic stable headache with a normal neurologic exam; reassess only if the pattern changes or red flags emerge.
Chronic headache with a stable pattern, normal neurologic examination, and no red flags has a very low yield for significant intracranial pathology on neuroimaging. Routine CT or MRI in this population adds cost and incidental findings without changing management.
The AIIE synthesis above is ARKA-authored; the sources below are the underlying external literature.
Annals of Emergency Medicine · 2019doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.07.009
American College of Radiology · 2024
