Smart Hospital
Smart Hospital and its Benefits One of the areas that has seen significant progress under the influence of digital technologies is health and treatment. The use of systems based on digital technologies and systems and tools that carry the title of intelligence has played an effective role in improving the process of diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, therefore, given that the medical staff and patients are ready to embrace technology, it is time for hospitals and medical centers to be equipped with such systems.
The presence of smart technologies in future hospitals undoubtedly promises to enter a new era in the field of treatment and medicine.
In a smart hospital, it is tried to establish various effective communication between hospital departments as well as staff with patients and system management by using various intelligent electronics, control, telecommunication, and software systems in the shortest possible time. Interactions are formed between. Therefore, intelligent hospital systems can be divided into two main categories, which will be described in detail below.
1. Intelligent hospital facilities management systems
2. Intelligent hospital information systems Benefits of implementing a smart hospital system According to the approach of development and use of new technologies in the field of health and treatment, the benefits of using such facilities can be named as follows:
Increasing the quality of services provided to patients and improving the quality of the hospital
Reduce time to provide services to patients
Store patient information electronically and advanced in hospital data centers
Increase the useful life of equipment and reduce maintenance costs
Reduce the cost of hospital services
Optimizing the use of hospital resources and equipment
Optimal management and more accurate use of hospital human resources
Increase the level of safety and security in the hospital
Reducing energy consumption
Reduce human error
Increasing the level of awareness of hospital staff and personnel
Helping the issue of infection control to reduce and optimally control the spread of infection
Intelligent management of medical gases in medical centers
The medical gases required by the hospital include oxygen, anesthetic gas (N2O), vacuum, and compressed air. Some other gases, such as CO2 and nitrogen, are also used, which are very low and rare.
Implementing a central medical gas system to control infection, the need to move the capsule, the need for special equipment to produce compressed air such as suction, and ultimately increased maintenance costs are often a priority. Therefore, the management and control of these sectors is of particular importance.
In traditional systems, it is possible to control manually and sometimes electrically the valves used in each part of the hospital, as well as gas pressure warning signs in different parts of the hospital, but what is not paid attention to is performance reporting. This is the system and its optimal management. Also, warnings are issued due to pressure drops, which can be prevented by continuous pressure drop by continuous pressure measurement.
Therefore, the control points that can be measured in the medical gas system are divided into three categories.
Controlling the condition of central compressed air facilities
Control of backup systems
Distribution control
Control of the condition of the central compressed air installation
In this section, the following control points are usually considered:
Device output pressure
Status of system alarms and instant reporting to authorities
Status of filters
Ambient temperature condition of oxygen generating facilities, compressed air
Record alarms and display online in the software
Control of medical gas backup systems
In this section, the following control points are usually considered:
Output pressure of backup manifolds
Control the output valves of the backup section
Check the switching status between backup systems and central installations
Distribution control
In the distribution of medical gases in different parts of the hospital, the possibility of gas leakage due to problems in the outlets and interfaces of the devices is probable, which in case of pressure can affect the entire system and this issue does not occur until the pressure drops completely. The traditional system cannot be tracked and controlled. This and the existence of small leaks in the distribution system, which mostly occur in gas outlets, increase the activity of central facilities, reduce efficiency increase system depreciation, and ultimately increase maintenance costs. Using the intelligent monitoring and control system in this section, it is possible to check the pressure situation of medical gases regularly, and sometimes when not using the wards, to test for gas leakage or cut off the gas. The control points that can be checked at this price are as follows:
Low oxygen pressure
High oxygen pressure
Oxygen storage in use
Low-pressure N2O
High-pressure N2O
N2O storage in use
Abnormal vacuum rate
Abnormally compressed air pressure
Control gases anywhere in the event of abnormal pressures
Control the gases anywhere if the section is not used
Systematic and software gas leak testing and reporting
Informing the relevant officials about the events and showing them a moment
Ventilation control in hospital interiors
To control the ventilation system accurately and optimally to reduce energy consumption and maintain air balance between departments to prevent the spread of infection, based on the equipment used, the following facilities can be considered in controlling the ventilation of hospital interiors.:
• Adjust the temperature of the commons based on the actual temperature requirements, season conditions, and outside temperature
• Control of patients' room temperature from inside the patient's room and also by a nursing station with the ability to manage from the BMS central control system
• Ability to use integrated smart keys to prevent the spread of nosocomial infections. These keys do not have any gaps or gaps
• Humidity measurement and control of dehumidification and exhaust fan systems
• Control the output of the ventilation system when the windows are opened and change its position to Stand by mode to prevent energy loss
• Control the balance of air currents to prevent the spread of infection
• Shut off the ventilation system at the time of the fire in the fire area to reduce the spread of the fire
Proper ventilation of sections and prevention of air stagnation will reduce infection and bacterial growth