All projects
Healthcare
9 months2022 — 2023

Dental Practice Management Platform

Healthcare — Dental Practice Management

Patient records, scheduling, pricing and communications for dental practices, with barcode-based patient identification.

Healthcare

Domain

Cached reads

Speed

Barcode

ID

Email

Notify

Overview

A practice-management platform for dental clinics covering patient records, appointment scheduling, doctor and practice configuration, pricing and communications — with cached reads for a responsive front desk experience.

The business problem

Front-desk teams juggled disconnected tools for scheduling, patient records and billing, slowing down appointments and risking lost patient history.

The solution

I built a Flask backend with SQLAlchemy and Flask-Caching over PostgreSQL, JWT-secured access, email notifications and PDF/label generation, fronted by an Angular application.

My responsibilities

  • Built the patient database and appointment scheduling modules
  • Implemented doctor / practice configuration and pricing lists
  • Added barcode-based patient identification and PDF labels
  • Integrated email notifications and cached read paths

Challenges solved

  • Keeping the front desk responsive during peak hours
  • Reliable patient identification with barcodes
  • Validating contact data across formats

Key features

Patient database with appointment scheduling
Doctor profile and practice configuration
Pricing-list management
Communication and notification tracking
Barcode-based patient identification

Architecture highlights

  • Flask REST API with SQLAlchemy and Flask-Migrate
  • Flask-Caching for fast, repeated front-desk reads
  • JWT auth with role-based access control
  • PDF label and document generation with barcode IDs

Technologies used

PythonFlaskSQLAlchemyFlask-CachingPostgreSQLAngularFlask-MailDockerNginx

Scalability

Caching and a clean relational model keep response times low as patient volumes grow across practices.

Performance

  • Flask-Caching on hot read paths
  • Indexed patient and appointment lookups
  • Lightweight PDF/label generation

Security

  • JWT authentication and RBAC over patient data
  • Audit logging of record access and changes
  • Validated patient contact information

Screenshots

Product screenshots available on request (NDA-protected).

Architecture diagram

Detailed system architecture available on request.