DMI Archiving

What DMI Archiving does

DMI Archiving (DMI GmbH & Co. KG) is a German healthcare-IT specialist headquartered in Münster, founded in 1966 by the Schmelter family and now in its third generation of family ownership. The company focuses on the digital consolidation, long-term archiving, and inter-system exchange of patient records for German hospitals and adjacent public-sector clients, underpinned by the Archivar 4.0 portfolio. Core offerings include scanning and digitization services for paper records (delivered through 35 logistics hubs and 50+ service locations), modular cloud-based digital preservation (DPaaS – iDPaaS, eDPaaS, pDPaaS) hosted in DMI's own certified data centers, the AVP8 archive-management software, MD-Kommunikation for electronic Medical Service examination cases, eVV compliance via the LE-Portal, digital private billing (Privatliquidation), QTSP trust services, and the HEALTH DATA OFFICE platform initiative.

The technical foundation rests on IHE, HL7, and FHIR interoperability standards, KDL (Klinische Dokumentenklassenliste) document classification (co-developed by DMI and now mandated under eVV), and certifications including ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, BSI TR-03138 RESISCAN, QTSP under eIDAS, and an IHE Integration Statement. DMI serves more than 1,400 customers including 700+ hospitals (e.g., Asklepios, Klinikum Dortmund, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, AMEOS, Marienhaus), with named enterprise-level deployments averaging tens of thousands of inpatient cases per site and an automated processing capacity of 40,000 patient records per day.

Revenue is generated through a mix of one-time professional services (scanning, digitization project management), recurring subscription/storage fees (DPaaS, archiv24 SaaS, AVP8 licensing), and managed-service fees (MD-Kommunikation, Privatliquidation). Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales with strong participation in healthcare IT events (DMEA Berlin, DVMD, Krankenhausführung, KH Controllertag), a customer magazine (ArchivAktiv) reaching roughly 10,000 recipients, and co-sales with KIS/DMS partners including NEXUS/MARABU (PEGASOS), Cerner, CGM, Meierhofer, and Dedalus. The wholly-owned subsidiary Gefyra GmbH extends the company into FHIR consulting, training, and integration via the partnership with Health-Comm around the Infor Cloverleaf integration platform.

Name

DMI Archiving

Legal name

DMI GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://dmi.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DMI Archiving (DMI GmbH & Co. KG) is a family-owned German healthcare-IT company providing digital patient-record consolidation, long-term archiving, and Medical Service communication (Archivar 4.0, DPaaS, AVP8, eVV) to over 1,400 hospitals and public-sector clients across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Document Archiving and Long-Term Preservation

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Interoperability Standards, Profiles & Implementation (HL7/FHIR/IHE) (HLACABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) & Enterprise Imaging Repositories (HLACALAC), Imaging & Diagnostic Interoperability (DICOM exchange, image sharing, VNA connectivity) (HLACABAM)

Keywords

• Healthcare document archiving
• Electronic patient records
• Medical document digitization
• Long-term data preservation
• Healthcare interoperability software

Headquarters

HQ city

Münster

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Scanning and Digitization Services: Professional scanning services for paper documents with automated document recognition and classification, including logistics network with 35 hubs and over 50 service locations for pickup and processing
2. Long-term Archiving (DPaaS): Recurring storage and preservation services (iDPaaS, eDPaaS, pDPaaS) with beweiskrafterhaltende (evidence-preserving) quality, capacity-based pricing, and encryption for GDPR compliance
3. Software Licensing (AVP8): Software licenses for document management and archive management including upgrades and updates of storage technologies
4. SaaS Cloud Infrastructure (archiv24): Software-as-a-Service offering with complete access structure including ECM, caching/prefetching, and online archive services from DMI data centers
5. Privatliquidation (Private Billing): Digital private billing services with seamless digital HL7 communication process, reducing administrative burden in chief physician secretariats
6. MD Communication Services: Communication services for Medical Service (MD) interactions with eVV compliance, automated document delivery to LE portal

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DMI provides digital patient record consolidation, evidence-preserving long-term archiving (DPaaS in i/e/p variants), MD-Kommunikation service for Medical Service examinations, eVV compliance with KDL-based classification, AVP8 archive management software, Privatliquidation digital private billing, and QTSP certified trust services. The offering combines paper record scanning at 35 logistics hubs with cloud-based archiving from DMI's certified data centers, supporting IHE/HL7/FHIR interoperability with major German hospital information systems for over 800 hospital customers.

Product overview

DMI (Data Maintenance Infinity) is a German health-IT company offering the Archivar 4.0 portfolio—a comprehensive suite of certified services and tools for digital patient record management and long-term archiving. The core Archivar 4.0 platform combines scanned paper documents with electronically generated records into consolidated digital patient files. Key modules include: MD-Kommunikation for Medical Service communication with LE-Portal integration; eVV compliance solution for KDL-based document classification; Privatliquidation for private billing; Langzeitarchivierung with DPaaS (iDPaaS, eDPaaS, pDPaaS) for image, electronic, and paper document preservation; and DaWiMed for digital documentation. The AVP8 desktop application provides archive management and document classification. Additional offerings include QTSP trust services, Digitale Verwaltung for municipal digitalization, and the HEALTH DATA OFFICE platform initiative. All solutions support IHE, HL7, FHIR, and DICOM standards for interoperability with hospital information systems including Cerner, CGM, Orbis, i.s.h.med, and PEGASOS. DMI operates its own certified data center infrastructure with business continuity capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Archivar 4.0: Portfolio of certified services and tools for digital consolidated patient records, including archiving, document management, and compliance solutions
• AVP8
• iDPaaS
• eDPaaS
• pDPaaS
• QTSP
• DaWiMed
• HEALTH DATA OFFICE

Products and services

• Langzeitarchivierung (Long-term Archiving) Evidence-preserving long-term archiving service (DPaaS) for German hospitals covering image, electronic, and scanned paper patient records with 30-year retention, dynamic capacity allocation, and processing capacity of 40,000 records per day.
• MD-Kommunikation Digital communication service for Medical Service (MD) examination cases, enabling electronic document provision, automated document classification per KDL, and direct LE-Portal submission that reduces MD processing time by an average of 4 days.
• eVV (Elektronische Vorgangsübermittlungs-Vereinbarung) Compliance Solution Compliance solution enabling IHE-compliant document classification per Klinische Dokumentenklassenliste (KDL) and electronic submission to the MD LE-Portal as required by the eVV regulation that became mandatory in 2024.
• Privatliquidation Digital private billing service enabling paperless invoice processing, structured metadata exchange, and seamless HL7 communication workflow integration for chief physicians' offices in hospitals.
• DaWiMed Digital documentation service for medical records enabling paperless clinical workflows and digital health data management within the Archivar 4.0 environment.
• QTSP (Qualified Trust Service Provider) Services Qualified trust services offering certified digital processes for electronic signatures and document authenticity verification compliant with the eIDAS regulation.
• Digitale Verwaltung (Digital Administration) Digital administration services for municipalities and healthcare facilities covering digitization of personnel files, accounting documents, and official records via TR-RESISCAN certified scanning.
• AVP8 (ArchivVerarbeitungsProgramm) Software Client-server archive management software providing document classification, MD examination case handling, LE-Portal upload, and KIS integration for hospital records and workflow access.
• Archivar 4.0 Portfolio Integrated portfolio of certified services and software combining scanned paper records with electronically generated documents into IHE-compliant digital consolidated patient records, packaged for hospital digital transformation under Krankenhaus 5.0.
• HEALTH DATA OFFICE Platform initiative providing information security, interoperability, process optimization, and knowledge generation capabilities on top of consolidated digital patient data for hospital digital strategies under the Krankenhaus 5.0 vision.

Quantifiable outcome

• MD processing time reduced by average 4 days (according to Osnabrück University study 2017)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• XQTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerXQT and DMI announced partnership for 'datensouveräne Gesundheitsversorgung' (data-sovereign healthcare). XQT represents DMI's mission for Hospital 5.0 digital transformation, with shared commitment to sovereign data management and common future in healthcare.
• NEXUS / MARABUcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with NEXUS/MARABU for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions in hospitals. Joint customer magazine 'STARKE PARTNER' published. Combined offering: DMI's scanning/digitization services with NEXUS/MARABU's PEGASOS DMS. Multiple joint projects implemented including Asklepios and Klinikum Saarbrücken.
• Health-Comm GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Cloverleaf communication server integration and FHIR implementation. Health-Comm provides expertise in HL7 FHIR standards for interoperability projects. Joint expertise in Cloverleaf server management and FHIR implementation for healthcare IT integration.
• Gefyra GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationDMI subsidiary specializing in FHIR standards and healthcare interoperability. Gefyra provides training, consulting, project support, and expertise for FHIR implementation. CEO Simone Heckmann serves on National Expert Committee for Interoperability and is active in HL7 Germany.
• ITEBO InformationstechnologiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework contract partnership for municipal administration digitization. ITEBO (IT service provider for public administration in Lower Saxony) partnered with DMI for scanning services and record digitization. Monthly production capacity of 1 million documents established. Joint customer presentations and project execution.
• avency GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWebsite concept, design, development and technical support provider for DMI's corporate website (www.dmi.de). Located in Ostbevern, Germany.
• Asklepios KlinikencoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStrategic partnership for digital patient records implementation across 50+ Asklepios clinics using Blueprint methodology. Joint development of standardized digital archive roll-out process. Comprehensive Archivar 4.0 deployment including PEGASOS integration.
• IHE Deutschland e.V.coreTechnology or IntegrationDMI actively supports IHE Germany's mission for seamless healthcare IT interoperability. Dr. Viola Henke from DMI serves as Caretaker for Quality Research and Public Health domain. DMI's solutions are IHE Integration Statement certified.
• HL7 Deutschland e.V.coreTechnology or IntegrationDMI subsidiary Gefyra's CEO Simone Heckmann serves as Technical Committee Leader for FHIR and Board Member. Active engagement in FHIR standard development and German user community.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• VISUS: German PACS/VNA specialist providing enterprise imaging solutions. Directly competes with DMI's iDPaaS image archiving for radiology and cross-enterprise imaging use cases.
• Optimal Systems: Enterprise content management / DMS vendor with healthcare offerings and an integration partnership with DMI. Competes in document management, ECM, and healthcare archive workflows across German hospital customers.
• Meierhofer: German KIS provider whose systems DMI is interoperable with; integrated bundles compete for the same hospital digitization budgets, making Meierhofer both a partner and adjacent competitor.
• i-SOLUTIONS Health: German KIS and radiology IT vendor with hospital software products; competes with DMI in the broader German hospital digitization procurement space.
• Dedalus: Major European healthcare IT vendor providing hospital information systems and clinical solutions with archiving and interoperability capabilities. Directly competes with DMI in the German hospital digitization market across KIS-adjacent archiving and document management.
• NEXUS / MARABU: Hospital IT and ECM specialist with PEGASOS DMS; while a DMI integration partner on joint deployments (e.g., Asklepios), it also competes in the German hospital content management and archiving space.
• CHILI: German medical imaging IT vendor with PACS, teleradiology, and image management products. Competes with DMI on imaging archiving and DICOM-based interoperability for hospitals.
• CompuGroup Medical (CGM): German-headquartered healthcare IT leader with KIS, clinical systems, and MD communication tools serving hospitals and physicians. Overlaps directly with DMI's interoperability, eVV compliance, and MD-Kommunikation positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Healthineers: Global medical imaging and healthcare IT vendor offering eHealth Solutions and enterprise imaging. Competes with DMI at a broader portfolio level across hospital imaging IT and archiving.
• Oracle Health (formerly Cerner): Global health IT giant where Cerner is a DMI interoperability partner. Bundles KIS/EHR with archiving capabilities, representing broad incumbent competition in the international hospital IT space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/dmi-gmbh-&-co.-kg

Compliance7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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