Healthcare MCP Server

What is Healthcare MCP Server?

A specialized Node.js server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that gives AI assistants access to healthcare data and medical information tools. It enables AI models to retrieve accurate, up-to-date medical information from authoritative public APIs like FDA, PubMed, Health.gov, and ClinicalTrials.gov.

How to use Healthcare MCP Server?

Install via the packaged DXT file for one-click setup, Smithery CLI (npx -y @smithery/cli install @Cicatriiz/healthcare-mcp-public --client claude), npm (npm install healthcare-mcp then npx healthcare-mcp), or by cloning the repository and running npm start. Run in stdio mode (default) for MCP clients or HTTP/SSE mode (npm run server:http) for web clients.

Key features of Healthcare MCP Server

• FDA drug information search with improved response parsing
• PubMed medical literature search
• Health Topics from Health.gov (API v4)
• Clinical trials search with updated API parameters
• ICD-10 medical terminology lookup
• medRxiv pre-print article search
• BMI medical calculator
• NCBI Bookshelf biomedical book search
• DICOM metadata extraction from files
• Caching system and anonymous usage tracking

Use cases of Healthcare MCP Server

• Look up drug labeling and adverse events via FDA database
• Search recent medical research articles from PubMed
• Find recruiting clinical trials for a medical condition
• Retrieve ICD-10 codes and descriptions for billing or coding
• Fetch evidence-based health information from Health.gov

FAQ from Healthcare MCP Server

What data sources does it use?

It uses publicly available APIs: FDA OpenFDA, PubMed E-utilities, Health.gov API, ClinicalTrials.gov API, and NLM Clinical Table Search Service for ICD-10-CM.

How can I install it?

Install via DXT file (recommended), Smithery CLI, npm (npm install healthcare-mcp), or by cloning the source repository and running npm install then npm start.

Does it support both CLI and HTTP interfaces?

Yes. Run npm start for stdio mode (for MCP clients like Claude Desktop) or npm run server:http for HTTP/SSE mode with a RESTful API and Swagger UI.

How do I test the tools?

Run npm test to test all tools or use individual test scripts like npm run test:fda for FDA lookup, npm run test:pubmed for PubMed search, etc.

What are the runtime requirements?

Node.js is required. Optional API keys may be configured in a .env file, but the server can run without them for most features.