Fasten Health
An open-source, self-hosted personal/family electronic medical record manager for private health data aggregation.
What is Fasten Health?
Fasten is an open-source, self-hosted personal health record (PHR) manager that allows individuals and families to securely aggregate and view their medical history from multiple healthcare providers. It solves the problem of fragmented medical records by providing a private, centralized dashboard where sensitive health data remains under the user's full control.
Individuals and families seeking a private, self-hosted solution to manage their electronic medical records across various healthcare providers, insurance companies, and labs.
Developers choose Fasten for its strong emphasis on privacy and data ownership, offering a self-hosted alternative to commercial health platforms. Its family-centric design and support for the FHIR protocol make it uniquely suited for personal health management without relying on third-party services.
Overview
Fasten is an open-source, self-hosted, personal/family electronic medical record manager
Use Cases
Best For
- Managing personal medical records across multiple healthcare providers
- Families wanting a private, centralized health dashboard
- Self-hosting sensitive health data to avoid third-party platforms
- Aggregating medical history from vision, dental, and medical providers
- Tracking diagnostic tests and health conditions privately
- Developing family health management applications with FHIR support
Not Ideal For
- Organizations needing automatic data synchronization from healthcare providers
- Teams requiring immediate, enterprise-grade multi-user access control
- Users without technical skills to manage Docker and self-signed certificates
- Projects that depend on commercial support or SLAs
Pros & Cons
Pros
Fasten is fully self-hosted, ensuring sensitive medical data never leaves user control, as emphasized in its privacy-first philosophy.
Built for households with configurable user roles, unlike clinic-oriented EMR systems such as OpenEMR, making it ideal for family health management.
Utilizes the healthcare industry's semi-standard FHIR protocol, allowing compatibility with medical data exports and future integrations.
Includes HTTPS with self-signed TLS certificates by default, providing secure data transmission without relying on third-party services.
Cons
The open-source version cannot import data automatically from healthcare providers; users must manually enter data or upload FHIR Bundles, which is inconvenient for ongoing updates.
Requires manual import of self-signed CA certificates across different operating systems and browsers, adding technical overhead and potential for errors.
Multi-user support is explicitly noted as a work in progress, so current implementations may lack robust access control and permissions.
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