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Employees and Nursing professionals
11,598 Employees
4,281 Nursing
professionals
Illustration of a physician 1,413 Physicians
Illustration of a resident/fellow 1,366 Residents and fellows
Illustration of a paramedic student 22 Paramedic student placements
Illustration of a medical student 653 Medical students
Illustration of a nursing placement 1,588 Nursing placements
Illustration of a volunteer 1,200 Volunteers

1,802 Total researchers

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3rd Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

3rd 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

1.3B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

$1.3B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

1,295 Scientific papers published in 2015

1,295 Scientific papers published in 2015

50 Active patent families

50 Active patent families

7 Spin-off companies

7 Spin-off companies

1,122 Beds

1,122 Beds

10 State-of-the-art core research facilities

10 State-of-the-art core research facilities

63 Scientific research labs

63 Scientific research labs

7 National research networks

7 National research networks

677 Active clinical trials

677 Active clinical trials

15,532 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

15,532 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

7.9 Average length of stay (days)

7.9 Average length of stay (days)

50,862 Patient admissions

50,862 Patient admissions

172,445 Emergency visits

172,445 Emergency visits

1,154,992 Ambulatory care visits

1,154,992 Ambulatory care visits

49,618 Surgical cases

49,618 Surgical cases

6,062 Babies delivered

6,062 Babies delivered

 

 

Corporate performance scorecard

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

By improving on wait times, patients’ rating of care 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 Category Indicator 2015–2016 result 2014–2015 result

Quality

Satisfaction/
experience

Overall rating of care – inpatients

Percent of admitted patients who rated the care received as excellent.

 49.1% 48.4%

Safety

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.

 79.7 76.7

Efficiency

Cost per weighted case – acute and day surgery patients

Average cost of an acute or day-surgery patient receiving care.

 $6,344 $6,383

Access

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

 82.0% 80.5%

People

Engagement

Employee, physician and resident engagement

Percent of employees, physicians and residents who strive for excellence, want to stay and say positive things about the hospital.

 55% 58%*

Academics:

research and education

Innovation

Research success composite 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
 4.2** N/A

Our community

System integration

30-day unplanned readmissions

Percent of patients readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge.

 10.3% 9.8%

Finance

Sustainability

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.

 -0.12% 2.11%