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Doctor Appointment Booking System Using MERN Stack: A Systematic Review and Analysis
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Comp Healthcare Information Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I5-1712066
Abstract
Scope: The healthcare sector is increasingly reliant on digital appointment-scheduling platforms to overcome inefficiencies of manual/phone-based booking (e.g., long waiting times, poor resource utilisation). This paper focuses on digital appointment systems specifically built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) architecture. Methodology: A systematic review of published works from 2020?2025 that implement or analyse MERN (or closely related full-stack JavaScript) solutions for doctor/health-provider appointment scheduling. Findings: The MERN stack offers benefits such as single-language full-stack development (JavaScript/TypeScript) and rapid front-end/back-end integration. However, critical challenges emerge: NoSQL databases like MongoDB may complicate relational modelling (doctor-patient-appointment links); authentication/authorization practices vary widely; and scalability/security issues (e.g., regulatory compliance, data integrity) are often under-analysed. Conclusion: This review identifies key gaps in existing MERN-based appointment-systems research?particularly around data integrity, security/compliance, and standard healthcare-data interoperability?and proposes future research avenues (e.g., integration with FHIR, microservices/serverless, stronger access control).
How to cite this paper
@article{1712066,
author = {Saloni Patil, Shruti Rohidas Ransing, Shilpa Sanjay Vantalkar, Purvii Sanjay Dhaybar},
title = {Doctor Appointment Booking System Using MERN Stack: A Systematic Review and Analysis},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2025},
volume = {9},
number = {5},
pages = {1628-1632},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1712066.pdf},
abstract = {Scope: The healthcare sector is increasingly reliant on digital appointment-scheduling platforms to overcome inefficiencies of manual/phone-based booking (e.g., long waiting times, poor resource utilisation). This paper focuses on digital appointment systems specifically built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) architecture.
Methodology: A systematic review of published works from 2020?2025 that implement or analyse MERN (or closely related full-stack JavaScript) solutions for doctor/health-provider appointment scheduling.
Findings: The MERN stack offers benefits such as single-language full-stack development (JavaScript/TypeScript) and rapid front-end/back-end integration. However, critical challenges emerge: NoSQL databases like MongoDB may complicate relational modelling (doctor-patient-appointment links); authentication/authorization practices vary widely; and scalability/security issues (e.g., regulatory compliance, data integrity) are often under-analysed.
Conclusion: This review identifies key gaps in existing MERN-based appointment-systems research?particularly around data integrity, security/compliance, and standard healthcare-data interoperability?and proposes future research avenues (e.g., integration with FHIR, microservices/serverless, stronger access control).},
month = {November},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I5-1712066}
}