Clinicaltrials vs Last EHR — Medplum

In-depth architectural comparison of the Clinicaltrials and Last EHR — Medplum MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Clinicaltrials when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Last EHR — Medplum when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Clinicaltrials Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics	Last EHR — Medplum Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics
Summary
Category & Scope	Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics	Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clinicaltrials": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltrials/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "last-ehr-medplum": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@lastehr/agent-write-conformance"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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