ADAPTING PATIENT ROOM AMBIENT STIMULI TO PATIENT HEALING STATUS

摘要

The invention relates to an ambience creation system100 capable of creating an atmosphere in a patient room which doses the sensory load depending on the patient status, e.g. healing status such as the patient's condition, pain level, recovery stage or fitness. The atmosphere can be created by the ambience creation system 100 capable of controlling lighting, visual, audio and/or fragrance effects in the room. The state of the atmosphere may be determined from sensor measurements, e.g. measurements of the patient's body posture, bed position, emotions or the amount of physical activity. The state of the atmosphere may also be determined from information retrieved from a patient information system 151 which contains patient status information. Such a patient information system can either be kept up to date by the hospital staff or by data reported on by the patient itself as patient feedback e.g. on perceived pain level.