Systems and methods for air quality services and tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building management systems (BMS) and HVAC systems in healthcare facilities lack the ability to dynamically adjust air quality services based on individual patient needs, leading to suboptimal patient outcomes due to inconsistent air quality monitoring and control.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method that determines air quality services based on patient records, using sensors to measure parameters like CO2 concentration, temperature, humidity, and particulate levels, and controlling HVAC equipment, including air purifiers and UV light sources, to provide tailored air quality services, which are tracked and updated in patient records.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If HVAC equipment is controlled to provide air quality services based on patient records, then patient outcomes are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the healthcare facility into discrete zones (patient rooms, corridors, etc.) with individual air quality control. Each zone has its own sensors and HVAC control, allowing tailored air quality management for each patient while maintaining overall system manageability through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors air quality parameters (CO2, temperature, humidity, particulates) using sensors and feeds this data back to the HVAC control system. Patient records provide additional feedback about individual needs, creating a closed-loop system that dynamically adjusts air quality to maintain optimal conditions for each patient.
2Loss of information
If air quality services are tracked and updated in patient records, then reimbursement is facilitated, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The HVAC system automatically tracks and records air quality service delivery without requiring manual intervention. Sensors continuously monitor parameters and the system autonomously logs this data in patient records, eliminating the need for staff to manually track and document air quality services while ensuring complete reimbursement documentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous monitoring and automatic logging of air quality parameters throughout patient care. This uninterrupted data collection ensures that complete service delivery records are always available for reimbursement purposes without requiring periodic manual documentation efforts.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are deployed to measure air quality parameters, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system combines multiple sensor types (CO2 sensors, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, particulate sensors) into an integrated air quality monitoring network. These sensors are coordinated through a central control system that aggregates data from all sources, achieving comprehensive and precise air quality measurement while managing complexity through unified system architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enhances patient care by ensuring precise air quality adjustments based on individual health conditions, improving patient outcomes and facilitating reimbursement, while also generating accurate billing and providing real-time monitoring and control of air quality services.
Implementation Method 1
an air purifier
Implementation Method 2
controlling the ultraviolet light source in the space
Implementation Method 3
The sensor can measure one or more of carbon dioxide concentration, air pressure, humidity, temperature, or particulate concentration
Data Source
AI summary
One implementation of the present disclosure is a method of operating HVAC equipment for a healthcare facility. The method includes determining an air quality service to be provided to a space of the healthcare facility based on a patient record associated with the space, controlling the HVAC equipment to provide the air quality service, tracking an amount of the air quality service provided to the space, and updating the patient record to indicate the amount of the air quality service provided to the space.