Doctor Appointment Scheduling and Patient Management System

📖 Overview

This project is a comprehensive web-based system designed to streamline doctor appointment scheduling and patient management. The system modernizes an outdated e-channeling portal, significantly improving the user experience for both patients and doctors.

Key features include:

• 🗓 Appointment Booking: Patients can easily book appointments.
• 🩺 Doctor Search: Patients can search for doctors based on symptoms.
• 📧 Appointment Reminders: Patients receive email reminders for their appointments.
• 👩‍⚕️ Doctor Dashboard: Doctors can track patient history, view lab reports, and update the Disease Knowledge Database.

🛠 Technologies Used

Front-End:

• Bootstrap: Used for responsive, modern UI design.
• ASP.NET: Built with ASP.NET for a powerful and dynamic user experience.

Back-End:

• C#: Core backend programming language used to implement business logic and integrate the database.

Database:

• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (MSSQL): Database management and storage for patient data, appointments, doctor details, and lab reports.

⚡ Features

• User Registration & Login:

  • Patients and doctors can register and log in to access the system.

• Appointment Scheduling:

  • Patients can search for available doctors based on symptoms and schedule appointments.

• Email Notifications:

  • Patients are notified via email about their appointments, including reminders.

• Doctor Dashboard:

  • Doctors can access patient history, view lab reports, and add to a Disease Knowledge Database.

📝 Installation

To run the project locally, follow the steps below:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Senomi-Jayasinghe/EchannelingSystem.git
   

2. Set up the database:

• Install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (MSSQL) if not already installed.
• Import the provided .sql files to create the necessary tables and relationships.
• Configure the connection string in appsettings.json to point to your local database.

3. Run the application:

• Open the project in Visual Studio.
• Build the project and run it using IIS Express or any local server setup.

🚀 Usage

• Patients can:

  • Register an account.
  • Book appointments with doctors based on symptoms.
  • Receive email reminders.

• Doctors can:

  • Log in to their dashboard.
  • Track patient history and manage patient data.
  • Access and update the Disease Knowledge Database.

🙏 Acknowledgements

• Bootstrap for providing an easy-to-use front-end framework.
• ASP.NET for backend development.
• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio for database management.