Most online PDF tools upload your file to a server first. PHI shouldn't touch infrastructure you haven't vetted — StayPutPDF works entirely in your browser: merge charts, black out details and fill in forms without patient data leaving your device.
Why the upload step is the problem
Sends the file to a third-party server. That's a disclosure the moment it leaves your device, whether or not anyone ever looks at it.
A free online tool with no Business Associate Agreement is a HIPAA question you don't want to be asking after the fact.
What healthcare teams do with StayPutPDF
- Merge a full chart, several lab reports or a referral packet into one file.
- Redact PHI before sharing — names, dates of birth, record numbers. The text is removed from the file, not just covered. Check the result before you share it. How redaction works
- Edit — fill in intake and referral forms, tick boxes, add a date.
- Sign forms and consent letters. Signing guide
- OCR (Premium) — make scanned paperwork searchable, right on your computer.
How to merge patient records
Drop your PDFs into the box above — read straight from your device.
Order them with ↑ ↓ — chronological or by department.
Click "Merge PDFs" and download. No watermark, on any plan.
How it keeps PHI local
The tools run with open-source libraries inside your browser tab. Your browser reads the file from your disk, does the work in memory and hands you back the result.
There's no server call at any point — free or Premium — so no third-party server holds PHI, even briefly. Check it yourself in a minute.
Free and Premium
15 pages a day
- Every tool except OCR — merge, split, organize, compress, redact, sign, edit, page numbers, protect, convert (incl. PDF to Word and JPG), extract text
- No watermark, no account, no email
- Counted across all tools; the count resets every day
$9/month
- No page limit on any tool
- OCR: make scanned PDFs searchable, 39 languages
- Your signature saved on this device (never uploaded), and your signature or initials on every page in one click
- Number a whole set of files in one go — plain or Bates, with an index
- One-click form filling with your saved details — name, address, email
- Or $69/year · $149 once, for life
Free or Premium, the tools work the same way: your files never leave your device.
Buying for your practice? Team plans start at $35 a month for up to 5 people — one license for the whole office. See team plans
This page describes how the tool works technically. It isn't legal or compliance advice on your organization's HIPAA obligations, which depend on your role and covered-entity status.