MCP server for clinical charting with Claude - document patient visits to EMR
Connect MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for clinical charting with Claude - document patient visits to EMR. The mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
Ratchet runs in mock mode by default when POINTCARE_API_URL is not configured. Mock mode: - Uses 5 fictional test patients - Stores visit notes in memory - Returns realistic responses - Perfect for development and Claude Desktop testing
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
search_patient — Find patient by name, ID, or phonecreate_visit_note — Document a patient visit with vitalsget_patient_history — Retrieve patient visit historyConfiguration is passed through the environment: POINTCARE_API_URL, POINTCARE_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
The server ships on npm as mcp-ratchet-clinical-charting, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP's toolset — search_patient, create_visit_note, get_patient_history — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by m2ai-mcp-servers; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_patient | Find patient by name, ID, or phone |
| create_visit_note | Document a patient visit with vitals |
| get_patient_history | Retrieve patient visit history |
{
"mcpServers": {
"ratchet": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-ratchet-clinical-charting"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| POINTCARE_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| POINTCARE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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