Appointment Management System (AMS)

A robust C++ console application designed to streamline healthcare scheduling. This system manages doctor and patient data, tracks medical histories, and uses graph-based algorithms to find the nearest healthcare providers.

🚀 Key Features

• Smart Doctor Search: Uses Dijkstra’s Algorithm to calculate the shortest distance between a patient's sector and available doctors.
• Emergency Queueing: Prioritizes patients based on four urgency levels (Critical, High, Medium, Low).
• Medical History Tracking: Maintains detailed, persistent records of patient diagnoses and treatments.
• Persistent Data Storage: Saves and loads all appointments and user records using flat-file databases (.txt).
• Missed Appointment Management: Dedicated system for marking and rebooking missed slots.

🗺️ Proximity Logic (Dijkstra's Algorithm)

The system represents the city as a weighted graph where nodes are sectors (e.g., G-9, F-10) and edges are travel "units" between them. When a patient seeks a doctor, the NearestDoctorFinder runs Dijkstra's algorithm to find the doctor with the lowest travel cost.

Sector Map Example:

• G-9 ↔ G-10: 2 units
• G-9 ↔ F-9: 3 units
• F-9 ↔ F-10: 2 units

🛠️ Project Structure

To maintain a clean repository, ensure you only upload the source code and headers. Avoid uploading .o or .exe files.

💻 Compilation and Usage

To compile the project using g++, run the following command in your terminal:

g++ *.cpp -o AppointmentSystem
./AppointmentSystem