openmed

Your Data. Your Model. Your Hardware.

Turn clinical text into structured, de-identified insight on hardware you control.
OpenMed's core local runtime performs extraction and de-identification after required model artifacts are available. Model downloads, remote-provider adapters, telemetry-enabled paths, and user-configured integrations may use a network; review each model and dataset's terms.

PyPI package · Python 3.11+ · Model catalog · Research paper · Apache-2.0 SDK source

OpenMedKit · Apple Silicon / MLX · Android / ONNX Runtime Mobile · Browser / Transformers.js · Documentation

2,266 manifest entries · 35 model-backed PII languages · Apache-2.0 SDK

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See it in action

This iPhone example uses OpenMed's local runtime after the required model artifacts are available:

_{On iPhone via OpenMedKit: scan a clinical note, de-identify it, and extract clinical signals with Apple MLX processing locally in this configuration.}

_{Real-time PII de-identification: in this configured local workflow, the Nemotron Privacy Filter redacts names, addresses, IDs, and billing data from a synthetic clinical discharge packet. (All values shown are synthetic.)}

30-second example

from openmed import analyze_text

result = analyze_text(
    "Patient started on imatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia.",
    model_name="disease_detection_superclinical",
)

for entity in result.entities:
    print(f"{entity.label:<12} {entity.text:<28} {entity.confidence:.2f}")
# DISEASE      chronic myeloid leukemia     0.98
# DRUG         imatinib                     0.95

A clinical NER model using the local runtime after its required artifacts are available.

Clinical brief in 30 seconds

From a source checkout, run the CPU-only synthetic contract demonstration:

python examples/v30_clinical_brief.py
# Optional: --model mlx, with the pinned model already cached on Apple silicon.

It de-identifies an embedded note, extracts and grounds a finding, then prints a cited brief, verdicts and a value-free review packet. NER/NLI providers are explicit synthetic test doubles, not trained-model or clinical validation. No external note input is accepted. The MLX option may refuse unsupported output; it never bypasses the guards. See the brief guide and demo script for the boundaries and local setup.

Building with an agent?

Start with the consumer agent-usage guide, or load the curated llms.txt documentation index. For callable local interfaces, use the MCP server, the typed tool registry, or the command-line interface. Ready-made cross-tool procedures live in the repository skills catalog.

Why OpenMed?

Deployment consideration	OpenMed SDK boundary
Core runtime	Processes locally after required artifacts are available
Optional network paths	Downloads, remote adapters, telemetry-enabled paths, and user integrations may use a network
Validation	Deployment owners validate model and dataset terms, privacy behavior, and clinical fitness
Interfaces	Python, Swift, Android, browser, and service surfaces where supported

Curated model catalog: validate each model, license, and dataset for your use case.
Safe Harbor-aligned configuration: can target the 18 identifier categories; expert deployment review remains required, and use of the SDK does not itself establish HIPAA compliance.
Supported execution paths: CPU, CUDA, MLX, mobile, service, and browser adapters vary by environment and artifact.
Deployment interfaces: Python, containers, services, and batch workflows require configuration and validation.
SDK source: released under the Apache-2.0 License; model and dataset terms vary.

On-device on Apple: Swift, MLX & iOS

On supported Apple hardware, OpenMed can use MLX and OpenMedKit for local processing after required artifacts are available. Model acquisition and any user-configured remote integrations remain separate network boundaries.

// Add OpenMedKit to your app
dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/maziyarpanahi/openmed.git", from: "3.3.0"),
]

Expected result: Swift Package Manager resolves OpenMedKit and makes import OpenMedKit available to your app target.

MLX runtime for PII token classification, the Privacy Filter family, experimental GLiNER-family zero-shot tasks, and Python MLX-LM text generation with Laneformer; includes a CoreML fallback path for supported token-classification artifacts.
Portable model naming where supported: an MLX model name can fall back to a matching PyTorch checkpoint when that mapping and artifact are available on non-Apple hardware.
Python on Apple Silicon too: pip install --upgrade "openmed[mlx]".

Guides: MLX backend · OpenMedKit (Swift) · CoreML export

_{MLX on Apple Silicon: 24–33× faster than CPU PyTorch for the Privacy Filter: median latency per inference step, lower is better.}

On-device on Android — Kotlin & ONNX Runtime Mobile

OpenMedKit also ships as a native Android/Kotlin library for local document intake, OCR handoff, PII redaction, and token-classification inference through ONNX Runtime Mobile. Mobile model repositories include stable tensor names, dynamic sequence axes, tokenizer files, labels, and Android-ready fp32, fp16, INT8, and optional .ort outputs.

Add the scoped JitPack repository in settings.gradle.kts:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            url = uri("https://jitpack.io")
            content { includeGroup("com.github.maziyarpanahi") }
        }
    }
}

Then use the immutable OpenMed v3.3.0 release:

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.maziyarpanahi:openmed:v3.3.0")
}

See the Android installation guide for local builds and publishing details.

val model = OpenMedKit.fromDirectory(modelDir)
val entities = model.analyzeText("Patient Alice Nguyen was seen in cardiology.")

Android ONNX profile emits model.onnx, model_fp16.onnx, model_int8.onnx, tokenizer assets, labels, and openmed-onnx.json.
ORT Mobile support records the minimal-build operator configuration when ONNX Runtime conversion tooling is installed.
Kotlin parity tests keep tokenizer offsets, span boundaries, and decoder output aligned with the Python runtime.

Guides: Android ONNX export · Android span parity · OpenMedKit Android

The same ONNX model on Python CPU

from openmed import OnnxModel

model = OnnxModel.from_pretrained(
    "OpenMed/OpenMed-PII-ClinicalE5-Small-33M-v1-onnx-android"
)
entities = model("Patient Alice Nguyen was seen in cardiology.")

The same ONNX model in the browser

npm install openmed @huggingface/transformers

import { loadOnnxModel } from "openmed";

const model = await loadOnnxModel(
  "OpenMed/OpenMed-PII-ClinicalE5-Small-33M-v1-onnx-android",
);
const entities = await model("Patient Alice Nguyen was seen in cardiology.");

How it works

flowchart LR
    A["Clinical text"] --> B["OpenMed<br/>(local-first)"]
    B --> C["Medical entities"]
    B --> D["PII detected"]
    B --> E["De-identified text"]
    style B fill:#0D6E6E,stroke:#0A5656,stroke-width:2px,color:#ffffff
    style C fill:#D6EBEB,stroke:#0D6E6E,color:#0E1116
    style D fill:#F7DCD8,stroke:#C5453A,color:#0E1116
    style E fill:#F5E27A,stroke:#A9A088,color:#0E1116

Rendered result: a local clinical-text pipeline that returns medical entities, PII findings, and de-identified text without sending data to a cloud API.

Agent Skills — build with OpenMed from your coding agent

The skills/ catalog ships portable Agent Skills for on-device de-identification, clinical NER, FHIR export, evaluation, and the healthcare workflows around them. The same SKILL.md folders work in Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, OpenCode, and compatible agents; the installer uses each client's skills directory plus the cross-client ~/.agents/skills convention.

git clone https://github.com/maziyarpanahi/openmed && cd openmed
./install-skills.sh          # installs for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and ~/.agents/skills

Then ask your agent for the pipeline using synthetic placeholders:

Build a local OpenMed pipeline that de-identifies a synthetic discharge note and extracts medication entities.

It loads the right skills and produces an on-device pipeline (openmed.deidentify(...) → openmed.analyze_text(...)). After the one-time model download, run that pipeline locally on real notes; do not paste real PHI into a cloud-hosted agent prompt. See the skills catalog and 30-second example.

Quick start

# Core + Hugging Face runtime (Linux, macOS, Windows; CPU or CUDA)
pip install --upgrade "openmed[hf]"

# Add the REST service
pip install --upgrade "openmed[hf,service]"

# Apple Silicon acceleration (MLX)
pip install --upgrade "openmed[mlx]"

Expected result:

Successfully installed openmed-...

Python API

from openmed import analyze_text

result = analyze_text(
  "Patient received 75mg "
  "clopidogrel for NSTEMI.",
  model_name=
  "pharma_detection_superclinical",
)
print([(e.label, e.text) for e in result.entities])

Example output:

[('DRUG', 'clopidogrel'), ('CONDITION', 'NSTEMI')]

REST service

python -m openmed.service.logging \
  --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080

Example output:

INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:8080
GET /health -> 200 OK

GET /health POST /analyze POST /pii/extract POST /pii/deidentify

Batch

from openmed import BatchProcessor

p = BatchProcessor(
  model_name=
  "disease_detection_superclinical",
  group_entities=True,
)
results = p.process_texts([...])
print(len(results), sum(len(r.entities) for r in results))
print([(e.label, e.text) for e in results[0].entities[:1]])

Example output:

3 7
[('DISEASE', 'leukemia')]

Browser / WebGPU

Package ONNX token-classification exports for in-browser inference through Transformers.js:

python -m openmed.onnx.convert \
  --model dslim/bert-base-NER \
  --output dist/example-onnx \
  --include-transformersjs

Example output:

Exported Transformers.js bundle to dist/example-onnx

import { pipeline } from "@huggingface/transformers";

const detector = await pipeline(
  "token-classification",
  "/models/openmed-pii/transformersjs",
  { device: "webgpu" },
);
const entities = await detector("Patient Casey Example called 212-555-0198.");
console.log(entities.slice(0, 2));

Example output:

[
  { entity: "NAME", word: "Casey Example", score: 0.99 },
  { entity: "PHONE", word: "212-555-0198", score: 0.98 },
]

Transformers.js export guide

Offline / air-gapped? Point model_name (or model_id) at a local directory and OpenMed loads it without contacting the Hugging Face Hub:

from openmed import OpenMedConfig, analyze_text

result = analyze_text(
    "Patient presents with chronic myeloid leukemia and Type 2 diabetes.",
    model_id="./models/OpenMed-NER-DiseaseDetect-SuperClinical-434M",
    config=OpenMedConfig(device="cpu"),
)
for entity in result.entities:
    print(f"{entity.label:<12} {entity.text:<28} {entity.confidence:.2f}")

Example output:

DISEASE      chronic myeloid leukemia     0.98
DISEASE      Type 2 diabetes              0.96

Because model_id points to a local directory, this example does not contact the Hugging Face Hub or any external model provider.

Models

A curated registry of specialized medical NER models; browse the full catalog.

Model	Specialization	Entity types	Size
`disease_detection_superclinical`	Disease & conditions	DISEASE, CONDITION, DIAGNOSIS	434M
`pharma_detection_superclinical`	Drugs & medications	DRUG, MEDICATION, TREATMENT	434M
`pii_superclinical_large`	PII & de-identification	NAME, DATE, SSN, PHONE, EMAIL, ADDRESS	434M
`anatomy_detection_electramed`	Anatomy & body parts	ANATOMY, ORGAN, BODY_PART	109M
`gene_detection_genecorpus`	Genes & proteins	GENE, PROTEIN	109M

Privacy: PII detection & de-identification

from openmed import extract_pii, deidentify

text = "Patient: John Doe, DOB: 01/15/1970, SSN: 123-45-6789"

# Extract PII with smart merging (prevents tokenization fragmentation)
result = extract_pii(text, model_name="pii_superclinical_large", use_smart_merging=True)
print([(e.label, e.text) for e in result.entities])

# De-identify with the method you need
print(deidentify(text, method="mask").deidentified_text)
print(deidentify(text, method="replace").deidentified_text)
print(deidentify(text, method="hash").deidentified_text)
print(deidentify(text, method="shift_dates", date_shift_days=180).deidentified_text)

Example output:

[('NAME', 'John Doe'), ('DATE', '01/15/1970'), ('SSN', '123-45-6789')]
Patient: [NAME], DOB: [DATE], SSN: [SSN]
Patient: Emily Chen, DOB: 03/22/1985, SSN: 456-78-9012
Patient: 6b8f...c4a1, DOB: 48b1...91de, SSN: 3f13...e912
Patient: John Doe, DOB: 07/14/1970, SSN: 123-45-6789

Smart entity merging keeps 01/15/1970 whole instead of fragmenting it.
Policy-aware pipelines add HIPAA/GDPR/research profiles, calibrated thresholds, signed audit reports, redaction previews, and minimum-necessary action selection.
Faker-backed obfuscation with custom clinical-ID providers (CPF, CNPJ, BSN, NIR, Codice Fiscale, NIE, Aadhaar, Steuer-ID, NPI).
HIPAA boundary: Safe Harbor-aligned categories and configurable thresholds are implementation aids; expert deployment review remains required, and SDK use alone does not establish compliance.
Batch and streaming PII: extract or de-identify across many documents with BatchProcessor(operation="extract_pii" | "deidentify", batch_size=16) or incremental streaming helpers.

Batch PII processing throughput: up to 3.3x on CPU and 2.2x on MLX

_{Batch processing: up to 3.3× higher throughput on CPU and 2.2× on MLX vs. one document at a time.}

Complete PII notebook · Smart merging · Anonymization quickstart

Privacy Filter family: three model families on the OpenAI Privacy Filter architecture

Same model code (gpt-oss-style sparse-MoE transformer with local attention, sink tokens, RoPE+YaRN, tiktoken o200k_base), different training data. All route through the same extract_pii() / deidentify() API; only model_name= changes. openai/privacy-filter is a Hugging Face model identifier for local weights; using it here does not call the OpenAI API.

Variant	PyTorch (CPU + CUDA)	MLX (Apple Silicon)	MLX 8-bit
OpenAI Privacy Filter	`openai/privacy-filter`	`OpenMed/privacy-filter-mlx`	`…-mlx-8bit`
Nemotron-PII fine-tune	`OpenMed/privacy-filter-nemotron`	`…-nemotron-mlx`	`…-nemotron-mlx-8bit`
OpenMed Multilingual	`OpenMed/privacy-filter-multilingual`	`…-multilingual-mlx`	`…-multilingual-mlx-8bit`

from openmed import extract_pii

text = "Patient Sarah Connor (DOB: 03/15/1985) at MRN 4471882."

variants = {
    "baseline": extract_pii(text, model_name="openai/privacy-filter"),
    "nemotron": extract_pii(text, model_name="OpenMed/privacy-filter-nemotron"),
    "mlx": extract_pii(text, model_name="OpenMed/privacy-filter-mlx"),
}
print([(e.label, e.text) for e in variants["baseline"].entities])

Example output:

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See it in action

30-second example

Clinical brief in 30 seconds

Building with an agent?

Why OpenMed?

On-device on Apple: Swift, MLX & iOS

On-device on Android — Kotlin & ONNX Runtime Mobile

The same ONNX model on Python CPU

The same ONNX model in the browser

How it works

Agent Skills — build with OpenMed from your coding agent

Quick start

Models

Privacy: PII detection & de-identification