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MITRE
Open-source synthetic patient population simulator that generates realistic, longitudinal electronic health records for testing, research, education, and development.
Synthea simulates lifespans of synthetic patients using modular clinical and demographic models to produce realistic EHR data and associated records. It exports multiple standard formats (FHIR, CSV, OMOP, C-CDA, claims, DICOM slices) and is used for software testing, analytics development, education, and synthetic-data research without privacy risk. The project is hosted by the Synthea community (MITRE/opensource repository) and is distributed under an open-source license.
no
1958
P1611
2025-09-07
Apache-2.0
Open-source, freely downloadable and usable. No licensing fees; source code and example datasets on GitHub and project site.
free
Java JDK 11+ (LTS recommended, e.g., 11 or 17); typical x86/x64 OS; Gradle build for development
product
1.0
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"https://synthetichealth.github.io/synthea/",
"https://synthea.mitre.org/downloads",
"https://ecqi.healthit.gov/tool/synthea%E2%84%A2",
"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7651916/",
"https://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/page/2022-03/20220314_Synthetic%20Data%20Final%20Report_508.pdf",
"https://registry.opendata.aws/synthea-omop/",
"https://aspe.hhs.gov/synthetic-health-data-generation-engine-accelerate-patient-centered-outcomes-research"
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"description": "Synthea simulates lifespans of synthetic patients using modular clinical and demographic models to produce realistic EHR data and associated records. It exports multiple standard formats (FHIR, CSV, OMOP, C-CDA, claims, DICOM slices) and is used for software testing, analytics development, education, and synthetic-data research without privacy risk. The project is hosted by the Synthea community (MITRE/opensource repository) and is distributed under an open-source license.",
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"data scientists",
"software developers",
"EHR/health IT vendors",
"quality/analytics teams",
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"regulatory analysts",
"public health researchers"
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"chronic disease (diabetes, hypertension)",
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"Generic Module Framework for disease/condition modeling",
"Configurable demographics and locale (state/city) seeding",
"Exports clinical records: HL7 FHIR (R4, STU3, DSTU2)",
"Exports C-CDA, CSV, CPCDS and Bulk FHIR (ndjson)",
"Medications, allergies, encounters, observations, labs, procedures, careplans",
"Graphviz rendering of modules and rules",
"Command-line execution with population/seed options",
"Custom Java rule module support",
"Configurable properties via synthea.properties"
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"Bulk FHIR (ndjson) exporter",
"C-CDA exporter",
"CSV exporter",
"CPCDS exporter",
"Custom module/plugin integration (Java modules)"
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"integrations": [
"SyntheticMass (example public API built on Synthea data)"
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"FHIR (R4, STU3, DSTU2)",
"C-CDA",
"Bulk FHIR (ndjson)",
"CSV",
"CPCDS",
"SNOMED CT",
"ICD-9/ICD-10",
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"Generates synthetic (non‑real) patient data (de-identified by design)"
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"customers": [
"The MITRE Corporation",
"Veterans Affairs (VA)",
"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)",
"OHDSI (observational health community)",
"Academic research groups and universities"
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"user_reviews": [
"Synthea is a very good FHIR synthetic data generator that might be able to do what you need",
"The easiest way is to just make a synthetic population: use Synthea",
"We use Synthea for testing — generates realistic EHR-like records and exports FHIR/CSV/CCDA"
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"email (synthea-list@groups.mitre.org)",
"GitHub discussions",
"open-source issue tracker/community"
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"C-CDA (export format)",
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