Employees and Nursing professionals
12,411 Employees
4,435 Nurses
Illustration of a physician 1,447 Physicians
Illustration of a resident/fellow 155 Fellows
Illustration of a resident 983 Resident physicians
Illustration of a midwives 31 Midwives
Illustration of a Technology Wheel 593 Technicians and technologists
Illustration of a allied care wheel 1,034 Allied health
Illustration of a plus and question 201 Patient advisors
Illustration of a caring volunteer hand 1,400 Volunteers
Illustration of a test tube 2,273 Total researchers
Learners's data-655 Medical students, 1484 Nursing students, 550 Students in other health professions, 50 Students in non-health professions, 80 Paramedic student

The numbers represented above may not account for some overlap in duties.

4th Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

4th Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

5th Hospital in Canada for overall research funding

5th Hospital in Canada for overall research funding

1.8B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

$1.8B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

52 Active patent families

52 Active patent families

9 Spin-off companies

9 Spin-off companies

1,224 Beds

1,224 Beds

18 State-of-the-art core research facilities

18 State-of-the-art core research facilities

62 Scientific research labs

62 Scientific research labs

734 Active clinical trials

734 Active clinical trials

11,583 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

12,371 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

7.7 Average length of stay (days)

7.7 Average length of stay (days)

60,247 Patient admissions

60,247 Patient admissions

175,200 Emergency visits

175,200 Emergency visits

1,125,580 Ambulatory care visits

1,125,580 Ambulatory care visits

50,335 Surgical cases

50,335 Surgical cases

6,341 Babies delivered

6,341 Babies delivered

 

 

Corporate performance scorecard

At The Ottawa Hospital, excellence in patient care is our priority.

By improving wait times, patients’ rating of experience and other key measures of a high-performing hospital, our goal is to rank among the top 10 percent of North American hospitals in providing safe, high-quality care to our patients.

Corporate performance scorecard
Strategic direction Indicator 2019–2020 result

Finance

Cost per weighted case – acute and day surgery patients

Average cost of a standard hospital stay for an acute or day-surgery patient.

$6,328*

Total margin

Percent by which consolidated revenues vary from consolidated expenses. Negative variance indicates revenues are lower than expenses; positive variance indicates revenues are higher than expenses.

-0.43%

Progress on Keystone Projects

A composite project milestone score with 80% of the score weighted towards the new Health Information System implementation, and 20% towards planning for the new campus of The Ottawa Hospital. Each project is rated on a 3-point scale where 1 means major concerns on budget or milestones and 3 means project is on budget and on time.

2.8

Quality

Percent of admitted patients who rated their experience as 9 or 10 out of 10.

69%*

Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR)

Ratio of actual deaths to the number of expected deaths. A ratio greater than 100 means more deaths occurred than expected; a ratio less than 100 means fewer deaths occurred than expected.

85

Percentage of patients admitted through the Emergency Department who waited 24 hours or less before admission.

72%

People

Absenteeism – annualized (sick days per full-time employee)

13.9*

Staff incidents – reportable (avg. per 30 days)

53.1

Partners

30-day unplanned readmissions

Percent of patients readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge.

9.4%*

ALC rate

Percent of inpatient beds that are occupied by patients in an alternate level of care (ALC). These patients no longer require acute care and are waiting for discharge supports like homecare or for placement in a downstream facility.

17.0%

Academics

Research success composite score

Based on a 5-point score. Calculated from the:

  • number of research studies published
  • number of times published research is cited
  • number of patients participating in clinical trials
  • number of patients consenting to be contacted for research purposes
  • amount of external funding received
4.3*