Fast facts

Employees and Nursing professionals
12,430* Employees
4,687 Nurses
Illustration of a physician 1,431 Physicians
Illustration of a resident/fellow 139 Fellows
Illustration of a resident 1,102 Resident physicians
Illustration of a midwives 31 Midwives
Illustration of a Technology Wheel 615 Technicians and technologists
Illustration of a allied care wheel 1,029 Allied health
Illustration of a plus and question 202 Patient advisors
Illustration of a caring volunteer hand 400 Volunteers
Illustration of a test tube 2,302 Researchers
Learners's data-665 Medical students, 1579 Nursing students, 520 Students in other health professions, 58 Students in non-health professions, 110 Paramedic student

*This number reflects active employees of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

The numbers represented above can vary throughout the year and may not account for some overlap in duties.

5th Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

5th 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

2.1B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

$2.1B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

2,230 Scientific papers published in 2017

2,230 Scientific papers published in 2020

48 Active patent families

48 Active patent families

10 Spin-off companies

10 Spin-off companies

1,335 Beds

1,335 Beds

18 State-of-the-art core research facilities

18 State-of-the-art core research facilities

58 Scientific research labs

58 Scientific research labs

9 National research networks

9 National research networks

857 Active clinical trials

857 Active clinical trials

10,330 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

7,472 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

7.9 Average length of stay (days)

7.9 Average length of stay (days)

56,029 Patient admissions

58,658 Patient admissions

163,818 Emergency visits

163,818 Emergency visits

994,658 Ambulatory care visits

994,658 Ambulatory care visits

70,042 Surgical cases

70,042 Surgical cases

6,489 Babies delivered

6,489 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 aim Indicator 2021–2022 result

Better Patient Experience

Overall rating of experience – inpatients

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

66%*

Better Staff Experience

Workplace stress to satisfaction index

Values greater than 0 indicate workplace satisfaction outweighs workplace stress.

0.4

Better Value

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.

1%*

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.

100

Better Health of Populations

30-day unplanned readmissions

Percent of patients readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge.

10%

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.

21%