Bring Electronic Health Records
to Claude Desktop
Create your Vinkius account to connect Epic Fhir to Claude Desktop and start using all 10 AI tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code. No hosting, no server setup — just connect and start using.
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What is the Epic Fhir MCP Server?
Connect Epic electronic health records to any AI agent and query clinical data through natural conversation instead of navigating complex EHR interfaces.
What you can do
- Patient Search — Find patients by name, date of birth, or medical record number across your Epic system
- Clinical Encounters — Review admissions, ER visits, and outpatient appointments with dates, reasons, and locations
- Lab Results & Vitals — Pull observations including blood work, vital signs, and social history with reference ranges
- Diagnoses & Conditions — List active and resolved conditions with ICD-10 codes, onset dates, and severity
- Medications & Allergies — View current prescriptions, dosage instructions, and documented allergic reactions
- Appointments & Immunizations — Check upcoming schedules and full vaccination history with lot numbers
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Enter your FHIR Server URL, Client ID, and Access Token from your Epic App Orchard registration
- Start querying patient records from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Epic is the world's most widely used electronic health record system, serving over 305 million patients worldwide.
Who is this for?
- Clinical Informaticists — extract patient cohort data and clinical metrics without writing SQL against the data warehouse
- Care Coordinators — quickly review a patient's full medical timeline before a care transition meeting
- Health IT Developers — prototype FHIR-based workflows and validate API responses interactively
Built-in capabilities (10)
Returns name, DOB, gender, race, ethnicity, address, phone, email, and all identifiers. Get patient details by ID
Includes substance, reaction type, severity, and clinical status. List allergies and intolerances
Includes date/time, provider, location, and status. List patient appointments
Includes ICD-10 codes, clinical status, verification status, onset date, and severity. List diagnoses and conditions
Includes report type, results, conclusion, and performing organization. List diagnostic reports
Includes encounter type, period, reason, and location. List patient encounters/visits
Includes vaccine type (CVX code), administration date, dose, site, and lot number. List immunizations
Includes medication name, dosage, frequency, route, prescriber, and status. List medication requests
Filter by category: vital-signs, laboratory, social-history. Includes values, units, reference ranges, and interpretation. List clinical observations
Returns patient demographics including name, DOB, gender, address, and identifiers. Search patients by name, DOB, or MRN
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Epic Fhir to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
Epic Fhir in Claude Desktop
Why run Epic Fhir with Vinkius?
The Epic Fhir connection runs on our fully managed, secure cloud infrastructure. We handle the hosting, maintenance, and security so you don't have to deal with servers or code. All 10 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.
You stay in complete control of your data. Your AI only accesses the information you approve, keeping your sensitive passwords and private details completely safe. Plus, with automatic optimizations, your AI works faster and more efficiently.
* Every connection is hosted and maintained by Vinkius. We handle the security, updates, and infrastructure so you don't have to write code or manage servers. See our infrastructure
Over 4,000 integrations ready for AI agents
Explore a vast library of pre-built integrations, optimized and ready to deploy.
Connect securely in under 30 seconds
Generate tokens to authenticate and link external services in a single step.
Complete visibility into every agent action
Audit live requests, latency, success rates, and active security compliance policies.
Optimize spending and track token ROI
Analyze real-time token consumption and cost metrics detailed by connection.
Explore our live AI Agents Analytics dashboard to see it all working
This dashboard is included when you connect Epic Fhir using Vinkius. You will never be left in the dark about what your AI agents are doing with your tools.
Epic Fhir and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.
Professionals who connect Epic Fhir to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to write code, manage servers, or worry about security. Everything is pre-configured, secure, and runs automatically in the background.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-to-use MCPs | Find and configure each manually | 4,000+ MCPs ready to use |
| Connection Setup | Manual coding & server setup | 1-click instant connection |
| Server Hosting | You host it yourself (needs 24/7 uptime) | 100% hosted & managed by Vinkius |
| Security & Privacy | Stored in plaintext config files | Bank-grade encrypted vault |
| Activity Visibility | Blind execution (no logs or tracking) | Live dashboard with real-time logs |
| Cost Control | Runaway AI token spend risk | Automatic budget limits |
| Revoking Access | Must delete files or code to stop | 1-click disconnect button |
How Vinkius secures
Epic Fhir for Claude Desktop
Every request between Claude Desktop and Epic Fhir is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.
Frequently asked questions
Can I search for a patient and instantly see their full medical timeline?
Yes! Use search_patients with name or MRN to find the patient, then chain list_encounters, list_conditions, and list_medications to build a full clinical picture. Your agent compiles everything in seconds — no chart-clicking required.
How do I prepare a patient summary before a care coordination meeting?
Ask your agent to pull everything at once: 'Show me the full medical history for patient ID abc123.' It will call get_patient for demographics, list_conditions for active diagnoses, list_medications for current prescriptions, and list_allergies for safety alerts — delivering a structured briefing ready for your meeting.
Is this integration read-only? Can it modify patient data?
This integration is entirely read-only. All 10 tools are query operations — search, list, and retrieve. No tool can create, update, or delete any clinical data. Your Epic FHIR access token controls exactly which patients and resources are visible, enforcing your existing HIPAA access controls.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.
What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?
Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.
Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?
Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.
Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?
Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.
Server not appearing after restart
Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).
Authentication error
Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.
Tools not showing in chat
Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.
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