Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

by usefulapi Your server? Claim it

answering

Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 16 tools. Last commit 12 Oct 2026.

Query Health Gorilla FHIR patients, conditions, medications and lab results.

Uptime history 13 days of history

13 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

107 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 12 Oct 2026

What changed 7

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 1 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

7 Oct a tool changed version

1 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

and 4 more, back to 1 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add health-gorilla --transport http https://health-gorilla.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "health-gorilla": {
      "url": "https://health-gorilla.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.health-gorilla]
url = "https://health-gorilla.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "health-gorilla": {
      "url": "https://health-gorilla.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "health-gorilla": {
      "url": "https://health-gorilla.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 16

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

healthgorilla

healthgorilla_create_patient

Registers a NEW patient record in your Health Gorilla tenant. FHIR: POST /Patient with a minimal FHIR R4 Patient resource built from the given args. State-changing.

healthgorilla_fhir_search

Escape hatch: run an arbitrary FHIR search. GET /{resource_type}?{query}. e.g. resource_type='Observation', query='patient=123&category=laboratory&_count=5'. Use when a dedicated tool does not cover your query.

healthgorilla_find_patients

Search for patients by demographics. FHIR: GET /Patient?given=&family=&birthdate=&identifier=. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle. Use the returned Patient id with the other tools.

healthgorilla_get_binary

Retrieve raw document content by Binary id. FHIR: GET /Binary/{id}. Content may be a FHIR Binary JSON resource, XML C-CDA, or base64 — returned as-is (raw text if not JSON).

healthgorilla_get_coverage

List a patient's insurance coverage. FHIR: GET /Coverage?patient={id}. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_get_patient

Read a single patient by id. FHIR: GET /Patient/{id}. Returns a FHIR Patient resource.

healthgorilla_get_patient_everything

Fetch the comprehensive record for a patient as a FHIR Bundle. FHIR: GET /Patient/{id}/$everything. Optionally scope by _since and page with _count.

healthgorilla_list_allergies

List a patient's allergies/intolerances. FHIR: GET /AllergyIntolerance?patient={id}. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_list_conditions

List a patient's conditions/problems. FHIR: GET /Condition?patient={id}. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_list_diagnostic_reports

List a patient's diagnostic reports (lab panels, imaging). FHIR: GET /DiagnosticReport?patient={id}. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_list_documents

List a patient's document references (C-CDA, notes, etc). FHIR: GET /DocumentReference?patient={id}. Each entry points at a Binary you can fetch with healthgorilla_get_binary.

healthgorilla_list_immunizations

List a patient's immunizations. FHIR: GET /Immunization?patient={id}. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_list_medications

List a patient's medication requests/prescriptions. FHIR: GET /MedicationRequest?patient={id}. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_list_observations

List a patient's observations (labs, vitals). FHIR: GET /Observation?patient={id}. Filter by category (e.g. laboratory, vital-signs), LOINC code, or date. Returns a FHIR searchset Bundle.

healthgorilla_poll_query_status

Poll a RequestResult URL returned by healthgorilla_start_patient360_query. HTTP 202 = still processing, 200 = done (returns retrieval metrics: organizationsTotal, documentsFound, documentsImported, documentsSkipped, documentsFailed). Returns { status, body }.

healthgorilla_start_patient360_query

Initiates an asynchronous national-network records retrieval (CommonWell / Carequality / QHINs) that imports external documents into your tenant. FHIR: GET /DocumentReference/$p360-retrieve?patient={id} with header 'Prefer: respond-async'. Returns the RequestResult poll URL (Location header); poll it with healthgorilla_poll_query_status. State-changing.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://health-gorilla.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	68 ms	13 min ago

Alternatives to Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi

same job, measured the same way

Akute Health MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Read Akute Health patients, appointments, tasks, notes, medications, allergies and observations.

15 tools answering

Photon Health MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Read Photon Health patients, prescriptions, orders, pharmacies and medications; screen interactions.

21 tools answering

Elation Health MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Read Elation Health patients, appointments, problems, allergies, medications, notes and vitals.

14 tools answering

NexHealth MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Read and write NexHealth appointments, patients, providers and locations.

16 tools answering

Particle Health MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Query Particle Health patient records across connected clinical networks.

11 tools answering

Metriport MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Read and write patients, facilities, medical documents, and consolidated FHIR records in Metriport.

12 tools answering

Canvas Medical MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Search and read a patient chart over the Canvas FHIR R4 API. Read-only.

4 tools answering

Hint Health MCP by usefulapi

by usefulapi

Read Hint Health patients, memberships, plans, invoices and payments for direct primary care.

17 tools answering

Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 16 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: healthgorilla_create_patient, healthgorilla_fhir_search, healthgorilla_find_patients, healthgorilla_get_binary, healthgorilla_get_coverage, healthgorilla_get_patient and 10 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 107 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 16 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 107 ms on average, which is faster than 83% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Health Gorilla MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.