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. […]

March 6, 2013 – The Ottawa Hospital welcomes the public release of the 2013 Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP) results. The CHRP, an initiative of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), provides information about the performance of Canadian acute-care hospitals. For more information on the Canadian Hospital Reporting Project, please visit CIHI’s website. The […]

November 30, 2012 – An outpatient CARE program that that allows advanced cancer patients to stay and be treated in their homes rather than being admitted to hospital has won The Ottawa Hospital the 2012 Quality Award in the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario’s (CQCO) annual Quality and Innovation competition. “In the current climate of […]