What is HealthChain?
HealthChain is a MCP server by healthchainai that typed FHIR tools: build, read, validate and code FHIR resources from a patient bundle, with terminology lookup and machine-readable validation reports. It is listed under Other and has 229 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | healthchainai |
| Repository | healthchainai/HealthChain |
| Popularity | 229 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #378 of 4,418 MCP servers; #52 in Other |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-13 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
Is HealthChain safe to install?
HealthChain scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install HealthChain?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/healthchainai/HealthChain
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add healthchain -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http healthchain <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs HealthChain for you:
Add the "HealthChain" MCP server from https://github.com/healthchainai/HealthChain to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.