Data to Action: How Metrics and Standards are improving patient safety

Data to Action: How Metrics and Standards are improving patient safety

During WHA78 learn how new innovative data collection tools and techniques are impacting health care decision making

By World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Date and time

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00 - 14:00 CEST

Location

Club Suisse de la Presse (CSP) - Geneva Press Club

18 Chemin de l'Impératrice 1292 Pregny-Chambésy Switzerland

Agenda

12:00 PM - 12:10 PM

Moderator: Carolina Haylock-Loor (WFSA) - Opening Remarks

Carolina Haylock-Loor - WFSA

12:10 PM - 12:20 PM

Implementing WHA 76.2: The Role of Standards and Data in Achieving UHC Goals

John Fogarty - WHO

Overview of the UHC Service Package Delivery & Implementation (SPDI) Tool and its role in designing national health service packages.

12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

Refining Global Surgical Indicators: Insights from the Utstein Surgical Metric

John Rose - UCSF

Introduction to the Utstein Surgical Metrics, highlighting new approaches to measuring surgical outcomes and patient safety.

12:30 PM - 12:40 PM

Enhancing Surgical Data Collection: The Operative Encounter Registry (OER)

Chris Dodgion - G4 Alliance

Presentation on the OER, discussing the collection, analysis, and use of patient data in improving the quality and safety of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anaesthesia care, particularly in LMICs

12:40 PM - 12:50 PM

Measuring Service Capacity: The Anaesthesia Facility Assessment Tool (AFAT)

Adrian Gelb - WFSA/UCSF

Overview of the AFAT and its role in assessing facility capacity to provide safe anaesthesia services.

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Measuring Outcomes: Insights from the African Critical Illness Outcomes Study

Karima Khalid - WFSA/ EECC

Presentation on African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS) and how it informs strategies to strengthen critical care services in low-resource settings.

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Interactive Q&A Session

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Networking lunch

Join the speakers downstairs to carry on the discussion over a buffet lunch

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

The need for evidence-based decision-making in the design and delivery of robust service delivery models is essential for integrating Emergency, Critical, and Operative (ECO) care into Universal Health Coverage (UHC) strategies.

This event will bring together leading experts to explore how new cutting-edge data collection tools and approaches are improving patient safety, guiding policy decisions, and strengthening health systems worldwide.

A catered networking lunch for attendees will be held after the meeting.

This meeting is being organised by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists and the Centre for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia at UCSF

Join leading global health experts as they present innovative tools like:
✅ The UHC Service Package Delivery & Implementation (SPDI) Tool
✅ The Utstein Surgical Metrics for measuring surgical outcomes
✅ The Operative Encounter Registry (OER) for patient data analysis
✅ The Anaesthesia Facility Assessment Tool (AFAT) for safe anaesthesia evaluation


Registration Options:

🔹 In-Person Registration: Join us at Geneva Press Club (only 100 spots available)
🔹 Virtual Registration: Attend via Zoom from anywhere in the world

👉 Register now to secure your spot!

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Who should attend

- Policymakers & MoH decision makers - Global Surgery & Anaesthesia Practitioners - Public Health Experts & Researchers - Anyone interested in data-driven approaches to patient safety

Organised by

World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Our VisionUniversal Access to Safe Anaesthesia

Our MissionTo unite anaesthesiologists around the world to improve patient care and access to safe anaesthesia and perioperative medicine

 

The WFSA is the foremost global alliance of anaesthesiologists, the specialist physicians dedicated to the total care of the patient before, during and after surgery. Through our federation of 135 Member Societies the WFSA unites anaesthesiologists from 145 countries around the world to improve patient care and access to safe anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. Our programmes tackle the key barriers to access and are run in partnership with our Member Societies and other organisations that share our goals. We have official liaison with the World Health Organisation (WHO), are a founding member of the G4 Alliance and also work with governments, with other legislative bodies, with surgical organisations, with NGOs, with hospitals and with training centres to deliver our mission.With a physician led and patient focused approach we train thousands of anaesthesia providers every year, provide open access to online continuing medical education, and advocate for surgery and anaesthesia as an essential component of Universal Health Coverage. WFSA set the international standards for a safe practice of anaesthesia and provide tools and guidance for anaesthesia capacity assessment and planning from institutional to national level.