Lynne Miles suffered for three months with intense low back pain that affected many parts of her life. A referral to the Rapid Access Clinic for Low Back Pain at The Ottawa Hospital offered her a new, empowering approach to managing it.

Dr. Neil Reaume walked into the exam room, greeted patient John Richichi, tapped his ID badge against a small black box near the computer screen and up popped the latest CAT scan. Thanks to this innovative new ‘follow-me computing’ system, doctors in The Ottawa Hospital’s Cancer Centre can spend more quality time with patients.

When Dr. Clare Liddy shared with Dr. Erin Keely that one of her patients had to wait for more than nine months for an appointment with a specialist, they agreed this was too long. Together, they developed eConsult – and the electronic wait-time solution is spreading across Canada and around the world.

The Ottawa Hospital’s stroke team set a door-to-needle record of eight minutes in June – the shortest time ever between when a stroke patient comes through the Emergency Department doors and when the clot-busting drug tPA is given.

When Helen Cameron came to The Ottawa Hospital with a broken hip, she had no idea she would end up being a part of a study aimed at helping other patients. But that is precisely the goal of a new study taking place at the hospital and around the world.

September 18, 2014 — The Ottawa Hospital welcomes the public release of the 2014 edition of YourHealthSystem.ca. This website, maintained by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, includes detailed information about the performance of Canadian acute-care hospitals. The data allow our hospital to review our practices and ensure patients get even better care over time. […]