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The iqvia sensor platform collects and displays allergy, asthma and disease information (based on a U.S. ZIP code) from IQVIA. Data measured includes:

• Indicies for allergies, asthma and cold/flu indices
• Trends
• Current outlook
• more!

Configuring the Platform

To integrate iqvia into Home Assistant, add the following section to your configuration.yaml file (adjusting the monitored_conditions list to your liking):

iqvia:
  zip_code: "00544"
  monitored_conditions:
    - allergy_average_forecasted
    - allergy_index_today
    - allergy_index_tomorrow
    - asthma_average_forecasted
    - asthma_index_today
    - asthma_index_tomorrow
    - disease_average_forecasted
    - disease_index_today

{% configuration %} zip_code: description: The U.S. ZIP code to gather data for (as a quoted string). required: true type: string monitored_conditions: description: The metric types to monitor. required: true type: list keys: allergy_average_forecasted: description: "The average forecasted allergy index over the next 5 days." allergy_index_today: description: "The allergy index for today." allergy_index_tomorrow: description: "The allergy index for tomorrow." asthma_average_forecasted: description: "The average forecasted asthma index over the next 5 days." asthma_index_today: description: "The asthma index for today." asthma_index_tomorrow: description: "The asthma index for tomorrow." disease_average_forecasted: description: "The average forecasted cold/flu index over the next 5 days." disease_index_today: description: "The cold/flu index for today." {% endconfiguration %}

It is important to ensure the ZIP code is quoted if it starts with a 0. Unquoted ZIP codes that start with 0 will cause errors.

Understanding the Indices

Any index-related sensor will have a value between 0.0 and 12.0. The values map to the following human-friendly ratings:

Range	Rating
0.0 - 2.4	Low
2.5 - 4.8	Low/Medium
4.9 - 7.2	Medium
7.3 - 9.6	Medium/High
9.7 - 12.0	High

Understanding Asthma Allergens

Several asthma-related sensors carry information regarding the top three "asthma allergens" (i.e., irritants that may exacerbate asthma symptoms). Example values include:

Pollutant	Symbol	More Info
Particulate (<= 2.5 μm)	PM2.5	EPA: Particulate Matter (PM) Pollution
Particulate (<= 10 μm)	PM10	EPA: Particulate Matter (PM) Pollution
Ozone	O	EPA: Ozone Pollution
Sulpher Dioxide	SO2	EPA: Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Pollution
Carbon Monoxide	CO	EPA: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Pollution in Outdoor Air