HealthMate – Hospital Management System (Back-End - APIs)

HealthMate – Hospital Management System (Back-End)

**HealthMate** is a full-stack Integrated Hospital Management System designed to revolutionize modern healthcare operations through a unified, secure, and scalable platform. This repository documents the **back-end implementation**, built using **Laravel** and integrated with **AI services** for predictive diagnostics.

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## Project Overview

HealthMate back-end provides robust RESTful APIs to manage hospital operations including:

- Patient registration and management

- Doctor scheduling and appointments

- AI-assisted heart disease predictions

- Medical test bookings and results management

- Secure user authentication and password reset

- Payment processing via Paypal

- Emergency request handling

The API supports both mobile and web clients and is secured with authentication middleware.

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## ? Tech Stack

| Component | Technology |

|--------------------|------------------------------|

| Language | PHP (Laravel) |

| Framework | Laravel 11 |

| Database | MySQL |

| API Client | Postman |

| Dev Environment | Laragon |

| Authentication | Laravel Sanctum / Bearer Auth|

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## Project Structure

### backend

- app

- Http

- Controllers

- Middleware

- Models

- routes

- api.php

- databas

- migrations

- public

- storage

- .env

- composer.json

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## Authentication & Security

- Role-based access (admin, doctor, patient)

- Token-based authentication using Laravel Sanctum

- Password reset via secure OTP email system

- Encrypted password storage (bcrypt)

- Middleware protection for sensitive endpoints

- HTTPS and CORS configurations

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## Key API Endpoints

| Feature | Endpoint | Method |

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------|

| User Registration | `/api/register` | POST |

| User Login | `/api/login` | POST |

| Doctor Registration | `/api/doctor/register` | POST |

| Fetch All Doctors | `/api/doctors` | GET |

| Book Doctor Appointment | `/api/appointments/book` | POST |

| Book Lab Test | `/api/lab-tests/appoint` | POST |

| Upload Lab Test Result | `/api/lab-results/upload` | POST |

| Request Password Reset Code | `/api/reset-password/request` | POST |

| Confirm Password Reset | `/api/reset-password/confirm` | POST |

All endpoints follow RESTful standards and return JSON responses.