Systematic facility-based data collection on acute illness and injury helps identify gaps in care. Standardized analyses and audits allow high-yield targeted quality improvements and have been shown to save lives.
The WHO International Registry for Trauma and Emergency Care (WHO IRTEC) is a web-based platform for aggregation and analysis of case-based data from emergency care visits. The platform is free to users and provides a range of automated reports to facilitate quality improvement, system planning and scholarly publication. Standardized audit filters allow rapid identification of cases where simple process changes can save lives. The registry is currently available for use with acute injury cases presenting to facilities and will expand to include general emergency conditions in 2019.
The WHO Standardized Clinical Forms for Emergency Care Visits provide a simple mechanism for collecting the IRTEC data points, and directly improve clinical care by ensuring a systematic approach to every acutely ill and injured person.