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Discover and pick the right OpenMed model for a clinical or biomedical task, domain, or language. Use when the user asks which OpenMed model to use, wants to list model categories, find a Disease vs Oncology vs Privacy/PII model, get a PII model for a specific language, search models by size or task, or inspect a model's labels and metadata before loading. Covers list_model_categories, get_models_by_category, get_pii_models_by_language, get_default_pii_model, search_models(ModelQuery(...))…
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# Choosing OpenMed Models
OpenMed ships a registry of clinical and biomedical NER models grouped into 12
categories. **Never hardcode a model list** — query the registry at runtime so
your code stays correct as models are added. This skill helps you go from "I need
to find diseases in Spanish discharge notes" to a concrete model key.
## When to use
- The user knows the task (find diseases / tumors / PHI) but not the model.
- You need the right **PII model for a language** (es, fr, de, …).
- You want to filter models by size, task, or tier before loading.
- You want to inspect a model's labels, params, and license first.
Once you have a key, hand off to `loading-openmed-models` to load it.
## Install
```bash
pip install openmed # registry queries work without the [hf] extra
```
## Quick start: browse categories, then pick
```python
import openmed
# 1) The 12 categories
openmed.list_model_categories()
# ['Medical', 'Privacy', 'Anatomy', 'Hematology', 'Chemical', 'Disease',
# 'Genomics', 'Oncology', 'Species', 'Pathology', 'Pharmaceutical', 'Protein']
# 2) Models in a category -> list[ModelInfo]
for m in openmed.get_models_by_category("Disease"):
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maziyarpanahi/openmed · 5,784 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch master
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