Hospital Management System

A full-featured Hospital Management System built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js). This system allows hospitals to efficiently manage doctors, patients, and appointments through a secure web interface, with dedicated dashboards for admins and patients.

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🚀 Features

For Patients

• Registration & Login: Patients can easily create an account and log in securely.
• View Doctors: Browse all registered doctors along with their department, contact info, and profiles.
• Book Appointments: Schedule appointments with doctors, providing all necessary patient information.
• Appointment Status: Track appointment status (Pending, Accepted, Rejected).
• Visit Tracking: See which appointments have been visited or not.

For Admins

• Admin Authentication: Secure admin login for dashboard access.
• Doctor Management: Add new doctors with profile image, department, and credentials.
• Appointments Dashboard: View all appointments, update their status, and mark visits.
• Patient Management: Access details of registered patients.
• Logout: Secure logout functionality for both patients and admins.

For Doctors (future enhancement)

• Doctor Panel: (To be implemented) Dedicated view for doctors to manage their appointments and patient details.

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🏗️ Project Structure

backend/      # Express.js API for users, appointments, authentication, DB connection
dashboard/    # React.js admin dashboard for hospital management
frontend/     # React.js patient-side interface for booking appointments

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token), Cookies
• Cloud Storage: Cloudinary (for doctor profile images)
• Styling: CSS/React styles
• APIs: RESTful API endpoints

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📋 Main Modules

User & Admin

• Register/Login (patients and admins)
• Add new admins (admin only)
• User details and authentication middleware

Doctor Management

• Register new doctors (admin only)
• Store doctor profiles with department, avatar, contact info

Appointment Management

• Book appointments (patients)
• List all appointments (admin)
• Update appointment status (admin)
• Mark appointments as visited/not visited

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🖥️ Dashboards

Dashboard	Features
Admin	Doctors, Appointments, Add Doctor/Admin, Status controls
Patient	Doctor list, Book appointments, Track appointment status

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⚡ Quick Start

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/RushiBg/Hosptial-Management-System.git
cd Hosptial-Management-System

2. Setup Backend

cd backend
npm install
# Configure your .env with MONGO_URI and JWT_SECRET
npm start

3. Setup Dashboard (Admin)

cd ../dashboard
npm install
npm start

4. Setup Frontend (Patient)

cd ../frontend
npm install
npm start

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📝 Environment Variables

Backend requires:

• MONGO_URI (your MongoDB connection string)
• JWT_SECRET (your JWT secret key)
• Cloudinary config for doctor avatars

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📣 Contributing

Feel free to fork and contribute! Pull requests and suggestions are welcome.

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