CareConnect - Bridging You to Better Health

CareConnect is an AI-powered, full-stack healthcare web application designed to simplify appointment booking, patient management, and doctor-patient interactions. Built with a modern tech stack, it supports secure authentication, real-time dashboards, AI assistants, all in one integrated system.

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🚀 Features

🔹 Core Functionalities

• View & Filter Doctors by Specialty
• Book & Manage Appointments
• Role-based Authentication: Patient, Doctor, Admin
• Doctor & Admin Dashboards
• Profile Management for all users

👤 For Users

• Register and login securely
• Update and manage profile with image uploads
• View available doctors and book appointments
• Pay online for appointments
• View, cancel, and track appointment status

👩‍⚕️ For Doctors

• Register and login securely
• Manage profile including specialization and available slots
• View booked appointments and appointment history

⚙️ Admin

• Monitor all users and doctors
• Create and manage docotor's profile
• Manage platform-wide data

🤖 AI-Powered Tools (Medical AI Suite)

• AskMed: AI Health Assistant for general health queries using Gemini AI
• MedImageAI: Image-based medical analysis using Gemini AI Vision
• MindEase: Mental Health Conversational Chatbot using Gemini AI

🔐 Authentication

• JWT-based login system
• Separate tokens for users and doctors
• Middleware protects private routes

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js
• Axios
• Tailwind CSS
• Toastify for alerts
• Context API for global state management
• Google Generative AI SDK

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• Cloudinary for image uploads
• JWT for authentication
• Multer for file handling

AI Integration

• Google Gemini AI (Gemini 1.5 Pro)
• Direct integration in React components
• Real-time chat interfaces
• Medical image analysis
• Mental health support

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🚀 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/addittidas/CareConnect.git
cd CareConnect

2. Setup Backend

Create a .env file in the backend/ directory with the following:

MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
CLOUDINARY_NAME=your_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_api_key
CLOUDINARY_SECRET_KEY=your_api_secret
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
ADMIN_EMAIL=mail
ADMIN_PASSWORD=pwd

Create a mongodb.js file in the backend/config/ directory with the mongodb details.

Now start the backend server:

cd backend
npm start server

3. Run Frontend

cd frontend
npm run dev

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4. Run Admin

cd admin
npm run dev

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5. Configure AI Services

Important: You need to set up your Gemini API key for the AI features to work.

1. Get your API key from Google AI Studio
2. Create a .env file in the frontend/ directory:

REACT_APP_GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key_here

For detailed AI setup instructions, see: frontend/AI_SETUP.md

6. Access AI Features

Once configured, you can access the AI features directly in your browser:

• AskMed: Navigate to /medicalai/ask-med in your frontend app
• MedImageAI: Navigate to /medicalai/med-image-ai in your frontend app
• MindEase: Navigate to /medicalai/mind-ease in your frontend app

All AI features are now integrated directly into the React frontend - no separate Python servers needed!

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.