Dev010

Everything you need to get help with CareNova — how to reach support, what to include when reporting a bug, and a curated list of external resources for the third-party services the platform is built on.

Support

How CareNova support works, what is covered, how to register your purchase, and how to report a bug effectively.

Getting Support

Official documentation and guides for every third-party service CareNova is built on.

Helpful Resources

Search the CareNova documentation to find installation guides, configuration instructions, and feature explanations.

Feedback

Roadmap

Changelog

An overview of CareNova, its purpose, supported clinic types, and the core features that power the platform.

Introduction

An overview of CareNova, its purpose, supported clinic types, and the core capabilities of the platform.

What is CareNova ?

Discover the complete set of features that power CareNova across all 19 modules — from patient management and medical records to billing, inventory, and clinic operations.

Key Features

Learn about the different user roles in CareNova and how permissions are managed across the platform.

Roles overview

Step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running CareNova for the first time, including system requirements, environment setup, and Supabase configuration.

Getting Started

Understand the software, accounts, and tools required to install and run CareNova successfully.

System Requirements

Step-by-step instructions for installing CareNova, setting up the environment, and running the application locally.

Installation Guide

Learn how to create and configure a Supabase project for CareNova, including database setup, API keys, authentication, email, and storage buckets

Supabase Setup

A complete reference for all environment variables used by CareNova, including required and optional configuration.

Environment Variables

Learn how to populate CareNova with realistic demo data across all modules for testing and development.

Seeding Demo Data

Learn how to configure CareNova for your environment, including application settings, demo modes, and platform configuration options.

Configuration

A step-by-step checklist for configuring CareNova after installation — from license activation to inviting your first staff members.

First-Time Setup Checklist

Learn how CareNova adapts its dashboard, navigation, and landing page based on clinic type, and how to use demo mode to preview different configurations.


Clinic Type / Demo Mode

Learn how to configure CareNova's background cleanup job for session and authentication log maintenance.

Cron Setup

Understand how CareNova handles authentication, user roles, and permission management through its role-based access control system.

Authentication & Access Control

Learn how CareNova handles user authentication, session management, email confirmation, and the pending approval workflow.

Authentication Flow

A detailed look at how CareNova prevents brute-force attacks, tracks authentication attempts, and protects login endpoints.

Rate Limiting & Brute-Force Protection

How CareNova creates, validates, refreshes, and tracks user sessions using Supabase SSR and the user_sessions table.

Session handling & tracking

A complete reference for CareNova's four user roles, the full permissions matrix, how permissions are enforced, and how to customize them.

Roles & Permissions

How CareNova records authentication events in auth_audit_log, what gets captured, and how admins can query and monitor system activity.

Audit logs

Explore the main dashboard of CareNova and learn how the different system modules work together to manage clinic operations.

Dashboard & Modules

A complete guide to the CareNova dashboard — layout, navigation structure, role-specific widgets, and what each role sees on login.

Dashboard Overview

A complete guide to the Patients module — creating and managing patient profiles, medical history, emergency contacts, full profile view, search, and CSV export.

Patients

A complete guide to the Appointments module — scheduling, status management, calendar view, rescheduling, and CSV export.

Appointments

A complete guide to the Medical Records module — vitals, clinical notes, diagnoses, attachments, and the visit timeline.

Medical Records

 complete guide to the Test Reports module — managing lab reports, tests, methodologies, sample types, turnaround times, and lab vendors.

Test Reports (Lab)

A complete guide to the Prescriptions module — creating, managing, and tracking patient prescriptions including medication, dosage, pharmacy details, and inventory linking.

Prescriptions

A complete guide to the Odontograms module — dental charting, tooth condition mapping, treatment tracking, and managing patient dental records.

Odontograms (Dental)

A complete guide to the Services module — creating and managing clinic services, pricing, scheduling rules, and department assignments.

Services

 A complete guide to the Departments module — creating and managing clinic departments, assigning department heads, budgets, and linking staff, patients, and services.

Departments

A complete guide to the Inventory module — managing medical supplies, tracking stock levels, setting reorder alerts, expiry dates, and supplier links.

Inventory

A complete guide to the Staff module — managing clinic staff records, roles, work schedules, salary information, and department assignments.

Staff

A complete guide to the Lab Vendors module — managing external laboratory suppliers, contracts, accreditations, and linking vendors to test reports and inventory.

Lab Vendors

A complete guide to the Invoices module — creating invoices, managing line items, applying discounts and tax, tracking payment status, and linking invoices to appointments.

Invoices / Billing

A complete guide to the Payments module — recording patient payments, linking to invoices, tracking payment methods, and reviewing payment history.

Payments

A complete guide to the Expenses module — recording clinic operational costs, categorizing expenses by department, linking to vendors and inventory, and tracking financial outflows.

Expenses

How CareNova's notification system works — what triggers notifications, how to view and manage them, and the notification drawer.


Notifications

A complete guide to the Landing Settings module — configuring the public landing page branding, colors, content, SEO, contact details, and social media links.

Landing Settings (clinic branding)

How to create, manage, and publish blog posts and news articles in CareNova — covering both the dashboard editor and the public-facing blog.

Blog & News

Deep dive into CareNova's architecture, data model, and development patterns. Covers the full request lifecycle, folder structure, database schema, and migration workflow — for developers building on, extending, or deploying the platform.

Technical

How CareNova is structured — the full request lifecycle, data flow pattern, server vs client boundary, caching strategy, and middleware layer.

Architecture Overview

A complete walkthrough of CareNova's project directory — what lives where and why it is organized that way.

Folder Structure

A complete reference for CareNova's database — all tables organized by domain, column definitions, and the relationships between them.

Database Schema & Relationships

How CareNova manages database schema changes — when to use drizzle-kit push, when to use migrations, and how to apply schema updates safely in production.

Migrations (push vs migrate)

A consolidated reference for CareNova's security model — server-side enforcement, the service role key, file upload restrictions, and row-level security.

Security Reference

Answers to common questions about setting up, running, and customizing CareNova — organized by topic so you can find answers fast without digging through the full documentation.

Common questions about installing, configuring, and preparing CareNova for first use.

Setup & Configuration

Common questions about running a clinic on CareNova — patients, appointments, payments, roles, and data management.

Clinic Operations

Common questions about extending, customizing, and scaling CareNova for developers.