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
5th Hospital in Canada for overall research funding
$1.8B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)
1,224 Beds
18 State-of-the-art core research facilities
62 Scientific research labs
734 Active clinical trials
12,371 Patients enrolled in clinical trials
7.7 Average length of stay (days)
60,247 Patient admissions
175,200 Emergency visits
1,125,580 Ambulatory care visits
50,335 Surgical cases
6,341 Babies delivered
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.
Strategic direction | Indicator | 2019–2020 result | ||
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*Measurable improvement during fiscal year | ||||
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:
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4.3* |