The Tool That Started Simple

MedicatieSchema.nu started as a straightforward idea: help people create clear, printable medication schedules. Nurses, caregivers, and patients needed a simple way to generate an overview of daily medications-what to take, when to take it, and any special instructions.

We built it. It worked. People used it.

But as we watched more healthcare organizations adopt it, a question kept nagging at us:

Should sensitive healthcare tools be black boxes?

The Privacy Problem with Healthcare Software

Most healthcare software follows the same pattern: your data goes to their servers. They store it. They process it. They promise to keep it safe.

But here’s the reality:

  • Data breaches happen to even the biggest companies
  • “Anonymized” data often isn’t truly anonymous
  • You’re trusting a company’s security practices with your medication history
  • GDPR compliance is often theater, not substance

For something as personal as medication information, this felt wrong.

The MedicatieSchema.nu Approach: Your Data Stays With You

MedicatieSchema.nu works differently. Radically differently.

No account required. You don’t need to sign up. No email. No password. Just open the tool and use it.

No server storage. Your medication data never touches our servers. Everything runs in your browser. When you close the tab, the data exists only where you saved it-your PDF, your device, your control.

Share via URL. Need to send the schedule to someone? The data is encoded in the URL itself. No database lookup. No server round-trip. Just a link that contains everything.

Multi-language. Generate PDFs in Dutch, French, or English. Belgium is multilingual; healthcare tools should be too.

This architecture isn’t just privacy-friendly-it’s privacy-first by design. We literally cannot see your medication data because it never reaches us.

Why Open Source?

Making the tool private wasn’t enough. We wanted to go further.

Trust Through Transparency

When a tool handles health information, “trust us” isn’t good enough. Open source means you don’t have to trust us-you can verify. Anyone can read the code. Security researchers can audit it. Healthcare organizations can understand exactly what happens with their data.

The code is the documentation. No hidden trackers. No sneaky data collection. No mysterious third-party scripts. It’s all there in the repository.

Community Improvement

We built MedicatieSchema.nu for Belgian healthcare, but medication management is universal. Open source means:

  • Hospitals can adapt it for their specific needs
  • Developers in other countries can fork and localize it
  • Security vulnerabilities get more eyes and faster fixes
  • Features we never imagined can be contributed

Healthcare Should Be Open

Healthcare software is too important to be locked behind proprietary walls. When a patient’s wellbeing is at stake, tools should be:

  • Auditable: Can you verify what the software does?
  • Portable: Can you take your data elsewhere?
  • Sustainable: Will it work if the company disappears?

Open source delivers on all three.

What’s in the Repository

MedicatieSchema.nu is now available on GitHub at github.com/glue-blue/medicationschema.

Features:

  • Create medication schedules with daily and as-needed medications
  • Generate professional PDFs in Dutch, French, and English
  • Share schedules via URL (data encoded in link)
  • No account required
  • No data storage on servers
  • Docker deployment ready
  • Clean, modern codebase

License: The code is available for review, forking, and contribution. Healthcare organizations can self-host if they prefer complete control.

The Bigger Picture

Open-sourcing MedicatieSchema.nu is part of a larger belief: healthcare technology should serve patients and caregivers, not extract value from them.

Too many healthcare startups see patient data as an asset to monetize. We see it as a responsibility to protect.

When we build tools for Belgian healthcare-whether it’s medication schedules, invoice processing, or practice management-privacy isn’t a feature. It’s the foundation.

Try It, Fork It, Improve It

MedicatieSchema.nu is live at medicatieschema.nu.

The source code is at github.com/glue-blue/medicationschema.

Found a bug? Open an issue. Have an improvement? Submit a pull request. Want to adapt it for your organization? Fork away.

Healthcare software should be transparent. Now this piece is.

Built by glue.blue – we stick solutions to Belgian problems. Sometimes that means giving the solution away.