The HIPAA-Compliant Backend for AI Builders

Build healthcare apps with the AI coding tool you already use, on a backend that handles HIPAA compliance, PHI storage, BAA coverage, and access controls from day one. Unlimited users included.

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Connect your AI coding tool to a HIPAA-compliant backend in minutes

Knack Health works alongside Claude Code, Lovable, and other AI coding tools — you build the frontend, we provide the compliant backend behind it. Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Sign up for a Knack account

Once you have an account, you'll be able to see and manage all the compliant app backends that your AI tools build

Step 2: Connect your AI tool to Knack's MCP Server

In your AI tool's MCP Server area, you'll connect your Knack account by simply signing in with using your username and password.

Step 3: Start prompting!

Now you can start chatting in Lovable, Claude, Replit, OpenAI, or any other AI development tool that you use, to "use Knack as my backend" and it will create a new Knack app connected to your custom frontend.

Check out our full guide here: Knack Backend MCP Server

Everything your healthcare app needs in one no-code platform

Knack Health is purpose-built for healthcare organizations that need more than a generic backend. HIPAA-compliant hosting, PHI-ready data architecture, and BAA availability are standard in every Knack Health environment. Compliance comes built in, not bolted on.

HIPAA-Compliant Data Storage

Get HIPAA-compliant hosting with PHI-ready database architecture. Patient data is handled to the standards that regulated healthcare environments require, with encryption in transit and at rest. BAAs available.

Role-Based Access Controls

Define exactly who can view, edit, or manage data across your organization. Staff, admins, and patient-facing roles each receive the precise level of access their function requires.

Record Change Logs

Every data change is logged, timestamped, and attributable — giving your organization the complete audit trail that HIPAA and operational accountability demand.

Workflows and Automations

Automate intake follow-ups, appointment reminders, care coordination handoffs, and internal notifications. Knack handles operational logic; your team focuses on care.

500+ Native Integrations

Connect the scheduling platforms, communication tools, billing systems, and other types of software that your organization already uses on a regular basis.

MCP-Ready for AI Coding Tools

Knack Health works with Claude Code, Lovable, ChatGPT, Bolt, Base44, and Replit. Build your frontend in the tool that fits your workflow. Knack handles everything behind it.

What healthcare teams are building with this architecture

From patient intake to care operations, every clinic, network, and lab runs on its own mix of systems. Knack Health brings them together. Customize every field, form, and workflow to match how your team actually works.

Patient Intake

Replace paper forms and disconnected spreadsheets with a secure, configurable intake process that feeds directly into a compliant backend database, built around your workflows vs. a vendor template.

Patient Portals

Give patients a secure place to submit information, review their records, and communicate with your team — configured to your organization's specific requirements.

Appointment Scheduling

Build scheduling tools that reflect how your practice or program actually operates, with automated reminders, staff notifications, and calendar integrations configured to your patient population.

Care Coordination

Track patient progress, manage handoffs between care team members, and maintain a complete operational picture across your organization on an auditable, HIPAA-compliant platform.

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Home Care Management

Manage caregiver assignments, visit logs, patient records, and family communications in a single secure environment built for the operational realities of home-based care.

Staff and Operations Tools

Build the internal tools your clinical and administrative teams need: HR workflows, compliance tracking, operational databases, and reporting dashboards. No reliance on a developer or outside vendor.

What about AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud?

The major cloud providers are the right choice if you have a DevOps team and six to twelve months to configure HIPAA-compliant infrastructure from scratch. For a team that built a prototype in Lovable, that’s the wrong trade — HIPAA on AWS means VPC configuration, encrypted RDS instances, CloudTrail audit logging, IAM policies, and an ongoing maintenance burden before a single patient record enters the system. Knack Health gives you the same compliance outcome — hosting, encryption, audit logging, access controls, BAA — handled at the platform level, with no infrastructure work required.

Featured Stories

Trusted by healthcare organizations worldwide.

From private clinics to national health systems, Knack Health helps teams modernize safely.

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

digitized reporting and reduced manual data entry by 70%.

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Social Health Research

built a HIPAA-compliant portal for sharing patient stories to improve therapies and care pathways.

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Arizona Autism

automated care-plan tracking and staff scheduling across multiple centers and administrators.

Ready to build for healthcare?

Knack Health is designed for organizations that need the flexibility to build exactly what their workflows require, without taking on compliance risk to do it. Our team can walk you through how it works, help scope your use case, and get your BAA in place before you go live with patient data.

FAQ

What is Knack Health?

Knack Health is a healthcare-focused offering of the Knack platform that helps teams build secure, compliant applications and databases without writing code. It’s designed for healthcare organizations that need flexible workflows, structured data, internal tools, and patient-facing systems while handling protected health information (PHI).

Knack Health’s MCP server is compatible with Claude Code, Lovable, ChatGPT, Bolt, Base44, and Replit. If you work with a tool not listed here, contact us — if it supports MCP configuration, it will very likely work with Knack.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the protocol that allows AI coding tools to communicate with external services like Knack. When you connect Knack to your AI coding tool via MCP, the tool automatically learns what Knack can do and how to use it — so you can describe what you want to build in plain language and the tool handles the integration. The result is AI-assisted development speed on a backend that meets healthcare compliance requirements.

Yes. A number of small and mid-sized healthcare organizations use Knack Health as their primary system of record, building their core patient and operational workflows directly on the platform. Knack Health can also run alongside an existing EHR, handling the workflows, tools, and operational systems your clinical software doesn’t cover. How you structure it depends on your organization’s needs — our team can help you scope the right approach.

No. Connecting Knack Health to your AI coding tool requires only your Knack API key and your tool’s MCP configuration settings. The integration handles itself from there. For organizations that prefer guided setup, our team provides onboarding support as part of the Knack Health experience.
Yes, with an important caveat. You can build, test, and configure your Knack Health environment before a BAA is in place. You should not enter any protected health information (PHI) into your environment until your BAA with Knack has been signed. Our team will work with you to get that executed before you go live with patient data.
Knack Health is built for small and mid-sized healthcare organizations — including medical and specialty practices, home care agencies, behavioral health providers, healthcare nonprofits, and health tech companies building tools for these organizations. If your team handles PHI and needs custom applications your EHR cannot provide, Knack Health is built for you.

Yes, Knack Health provides a HIPAA-compliant platform, including plans designed for applications that handle protected health information. However, meeting full HIPAA compliance regulations depends on how you configure and use your application and manage data. Your organization is responsible for meeting all applicable HIPAA requirements. To learn more, visit our How HIPAA Compliance Works page.

Knack Health is available on a free trial with no credit card required. Paid plans that include BAA coverage and HIPAA-compliant hosting are available at knack.com/health/pricing/. For organizations with specific compliance, volume, or enterprise requirements, contact our team directly.

No. Knack Health plans support unlimited users and builders.