AI for Crisis Readiness in Healtcare
From silent signals to strategic action GESICA uses artificial intelligence to detect early signs of exceptional sanitary situation (ESS) and optimize emergency response across the French–Swiss border
AI for Crisis Readiness in Healtcare
From silent signals to strategic action GESICA uses artificial intelligence to detect early signs of exceptional sanitary situation (ESS) and optimize emergency response across the French–Swiss border
What is GESICA?
Smarter emergency response, powered by AI.
Detect weak signals
GESICA scans real-time and historical data to identify early warning signs of exceptional health events, before they escalate.
Simulate and anticipate
From pandemics to local surges, GESICA models future scenarios and helps decision-makers prepare optimized action plans.
Coordinate across borders
Built for the French–Swiss healthcare ecosystem, GESICA strengthens cross-border response by sharing insights and aligning resources.
Our Team Leaders
Researchers, clinicians, and public health experts from both sides of the border, united to build a smarter response to tomorrow’s health crises.
Thibaud DEMESTRE
HUG
Chief Physician of the Emergency Services at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and leader of the Swiss coordination of the GESICA project
Oussama BARAKAT
UMLP
Head of the Health AI division at the SINERGIES research laboratory and leader of the French coordination of the GESICA project
Robert LARRIBAU
HUG
Deputy head of the Emergency Department and medical lead of the 144 Emergency Medical Communication Centre at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), guiding pre-hospital coordination for GESICA
Johan COSSUS
CHUB
Chief of the SAU-SMUR emergency service at Besançon University Hospital (CHUB) and key contributor to the GESICA project
Stephan ROBERT-NICOUD
HEIG-VD
Professor of Data Science at HEIG-VD, leading AI-driven optimisation research for the GESICA project
Head of the Data Science for Digital Health group at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) steering machine-learning development for GESICA
Laurent SUPPAN
HUG
Adjunct emergency physician and Canton Health Brigade lead at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), overseeing simulation & training initiatives in GESICA
Charles-Eric LAVOIGNET
HNFC
Chief of the Unscheduled Admissions Division and co-head of the Emergency Department at Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté (HNFC), driving French emergency-data inputs for GESICA
Olivier GRUNDER
UTBM
Associate professor of Operations Research at UTBM, providing optimisation expertise for GESICA’s resource-allocation engine
Simon REGARD
HUG
Physician-researcher at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) specialising in first-responder networks and public-health analytics within GESICA
Gregory CHIPPEAUX
Share And Move
Founder-president of Share and Move Solutions, supplying software integration to the GESICA platform
David DURUSSEL
Techwan
Managing director of Techwan SA (Everbridge group) bringing crisis-management platform know-how to GESICA’s digital infrastructure
Christine TROMBERT
HUG
Project Manager of GESICA project in Switzerland
Paul FICTOR
UMLP
Project Manager of GESICA project in France
Our partners
Leading hospitals, universities, and public institutions in France and Switzerland, working together to turn data into action.
Flux
We start by tapping into the daily flux of information flowing through hospitals, clinics and public-health feeds on both sides of the border.
GESICA securely onboards these heterogeneous data streams - patient calls, bed capacity, meteorological inputs and more - creating a living picture of routine activity across the territory.
This foundation, nutured with historical data lets the system understand what “normal” looks like before a crisis even appears.
Detection
With the baseline set, our AI continuously scans for weak signals that hint at an exceptional sanitary event.
Subtle shifts in call volumes, symptom clusters or mobility patterns trigger the detection engine, which correlates them in real time and assigns a risk score depending on the typology of ESS.
The moment that score crosses a critical threshold, GESICA raises an early-warning alert before traditional methods would notice.
Response
Once an alert is confirmed, GESICA pivots into response mode, generating dynamic scenarios for decision-makers.
It recommends how to answer the crisis with ressources allocation and emergency plan activation to keep everyday care running while absorbing the surge.
Clear dashboards and data feeds ensure that the right teams receive the right plan at the right moment turning foresight into fast, coordinated action.
