FHIR Tools MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing FHIR resource validation, synthetic test fixture generation, and HIPAA-safe logging review as tools an AI agent can call directly.

What it does

Three tools:

• fhir_validate_resource — validates a FHIR resource JSON payload: checks resourceType presence, id format, required fields for known resource types (Observation, Encounter, Condition, MedicationRequest), reference field format (ResourceType/id), and whether Coding system URIs are recognized (LOINC, SNOMED CT, ICD-10, RxNorm) rather than placeholder/made-up values.

• fhir_generate_test_fixture — generates synthetic FHIR test data (Patient, Observation, Condition) for use in tests. All generated data is obviously fake (TEST- prefixed ids, placeholder names) — this tool never uses or produces real patient data.

• fhir_check_hipaa_safe_logging — reviews code for patterns that could leak PHI into application logs: logging full request/response bodies, logging clinical resource variables directly (vs. just their id), and exception handlers that log raw request context.

Related MCP server: Enterprise MCP Gateway and Tool Registry

Why an MCP server instead of just asking an LLM

FHIR schema rules (required fields per resource type, valid coding systems, reference formats) are precise and well-documented — the kind of thing that should be checked deterministically, not re-derived by an LLM from training data each time (which risks subtly wrong or outdated schema assumptions). Wrapping this as MCP tools means an agent gets a guaranteed-correct validation result and can iterate on a payload until it actually passes, rather than trusting a plausible-sounding but unverified answer.

Running it

pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

Connect it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or any MCP client via the client's MCP server config (stdio transport by default).

Example: generating a test fixture

Request: generate an Observation fixture for scenario "blood pressure reading"

Output:

# Scenario: blood pressure reading
{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "TEST-4f9a1b2c",
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "coding": [{"system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "85354-9", "display": "Blood pressure panel"}]
  },
  "subject": {"reference": "Patient/TEST-8e2d0a91"},
  "effectiveDateTime": "2026-08-11",
  "_note": "SYNTHETIC TEST DATA -- not a real observation"
}

Tests

pytest -v

13 tests covering validation (valid/invalid resources, malformed references, unknown coding systems), fixture generation, and logging safety review.

Limitations

• Required-field checks cover a handful of common resource types, not the full FHIR resource catalog.

• Coding system recognition is an allowlist of common systems (LOINC, SNOMED CT, ICD-10, RxNorm, etc.) — legitimate but less common systems will be flagged as "unrecognized" and need manual confirmation.

• Logging safety checks are pattern-based static analysis, not a full data-flow analysis — treat findings as a starting point for review, not a compliance guarantee.

Possible extensions

• Expand required-field rules to cover more FHIR resource types

• Add a tool that checks a resource against a specific FHIR Implementation Guide / profile, not just base FHIR structure

• Add a tool that redacts PHI fields from a resource for safe logging, rather than just flagging unsafe patterns