Medical AI from Europe.
Our own AI models. Our own applications. Trained on 7 million patient records. In use across 40+ hospitals and 500+ practices.
Real-World Use. Daily.
ARGO and ORPHEUS are running in clinical practice every day. From university hospitals to outpatient clinics.
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Hospitals in daily use
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University hospitals
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Outpatient practices
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Interactions, and growing daily
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Why This Matters
Healthcare Is Under Pressure
Documentation Instead of Treatment
Physicians spend more time in front of screens than with patients. Discharge summaries, progress notes. All necessary, all time-consuming. Information scattered across disconnected systems.
Data in Closed Ecosystems
Clinical teams collect enormous amounts of data on a daily basis. Most of it remains unused, locked in closed systems. Technology is needed to consolidate data and surface what matters.
Demographics Won't Wait
Fewer graduates, more patients, higher complexity. The shortage of skilled professionals is structural. AI assistants that reason and actively support patient care are the answer.
Our Products
From Model to Product. All Under One Roof.
IDM trains its own AI models, builds its own speech recognition, and develops the applications that bring both into clinical practice. No reselling. No wrappers. Full control from model core to user interface.
ARGO: The Medical AI Model
One of the first clinical Large Language Models in production in Germany. ARGO understands medical context, generates structured discharge summary drafts, and makes clinical knowledge quickly accessible. Live in 11 UKE clinics since July 2024.
ORPHEUS: AI Speech Recognition for Healthcare
Speech recognition built for medical language. Specialist terminology, dialects, background noise. For physicians, nurses, and administrators alike. Works with virtually any microphone, in virtually any system. New in version 3.2: templates, custom vocabulary, and English.
Vertical Integration
Own the Model, Own the Quality.
From training to application to clinical feedback. All in one loop. Every use improves the model. Every model update improves the product.
When you build the product, you understand the user. IDM does both.
From Medicine. For Medicine.
Built Where Medicine Happens.
IDM is a non-profit subsidiary of UKE Hamburg, one of Germany's largest university hospitals. Our developers work side by side with the clinicians who use our systems. No venture capital. No exit pressure. No interest in locking hospitals in.
We believe healthcare cannot serve patients well in the future without AI. That is why this technology must be responsible, explainable, and accessible to all.
IDM doesn't need hospital partnerships. IDM is part of one.
7 Million Patient Records
Real clinical data from UKE. No off-the-shelf datasets.
Data Sovereignty
Developed, trained, and operated in Germany. No data shared with third parties.
Open Architecture
Runs on your infrastructure. Works with virtually any HIS. Open standards, data export available.
News
Research. Perspectives. Engineering.
Peer-reviewed papers, engineering deep-dives, and clear positions on medical AI. Written by the people who research, build, and practice at IDM.
Where Does the Recording Really Go? Five Questions for Any Dictation Software
GDPR-compliant and hosted in Germany is on almost every dictation product. What the label hides, which control actually matters, and the five questions every solution must answer.
July 7, 2026
NDR Television Visits IDM: ORPHEUS on Hamburg Journal
German public broadcaster NDR filmed ORPHEUS in daily practice: the AI listens while doctor and patient talk and automatically creates the documentation.
July 4, 2026
How AI documents the doctor-patient conversation
Ambient documentation listens to the conversation and turns it into a structured note. How the technology works, what matters for GDPR and hosting, and where ORPHEUS stands.
July 3, 2026
Careers
We're hiring tech talent.
Open roles in Engineering, Product and Operations. Help us build medical AI for Europe.
Careers
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Open roles
Frequently Asked Questions about IDM
What is IDM?
IDM gGmbH (Innovative Digitale Medizin) is a non-profit subsidiary of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), founded in 2024. It builds medical AI: ORPHEUS for speech recognition and ambient documentation, ARGO as a clinical Large Language Model.
What is the difference between ORPHEUS and ARGO?
ORPHEUS is the AI speech recognition for dictation and ambient documentation in hospitals and practices. ARGO is one of the first clinical LLMs in production in Germany and generates discharge letter drafts, among other things. Both products are built entirely by IDM, from model to application.
Are ORPHEUS and ARGO GDPR-compliant?
Yes. Development, training and operation take place in Germany, optionally on-premise in your hospital. With on-premise operation, patient data never leaves your site. In the cloud option, the processing of recordings and texts as well as hosting take place in Germany, with no non-European cloud services.
Where does the training data come from?
The models are trained on 7 million UKE patient records, under strict data protection requirements directly at the medical center. No purchased datasets, no wrapper around third-party APIs.
How can my hospital or practice get started?
You can try ORPHEUS for free right away, registration takes a few minutes. For ARGO and hospital deployments, the best route is booking a demo via our contact page.
Ready for Medical AI That Actually Works?
Let's talk about how ARGO and ORPHEUS can support your hospital. A demo, a pilot, or just a conversation. We're here.
hallo@idmedizin.de | +49 40 7410 39300 | Hamburg