How We Perform

HOW WE PERFORM

Infection Rates
On September 26, 2008, hospitals were required by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to report publicly on their Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) rates. C. difficile is the first of several infectious diseases to be subject to province-wide reporting requirements for Ontario hospitals in coming months.
St. Joseph’s Health Care, London has posted these rates to its public website, and will continue to update these on a monthly basis, on our infection rates page.
Wait Times
In the fall of 2005 the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care launched a web site that publishes data on wait times for key surgical procedures at Ontario hospitals. Measuring hospital specific wait-times will give hospitals and the government a fact-and-evidence basis from which we can identify ways to increase efficiency and standardize best practices, and target funding to improve patient access. Click here to learn more about the wait times initiative.
Hospital Service Accountability Agreement
St. Joseph's 2008-2010 Hospital Service Accountability Agreement (H-SAA) with the South West LHIN is available on-line. Our financial plan reflects our commitment to fiscal accountability and organizational performance while allowing us to continue providing current levels of service to our region across our areas of care. A printed copy of the document is also available in the staff libraries at each of our major sites, including: St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkwood Hospital, Mount Hope, RMHC London, and RMHC St. Thomas.
Public Sector Salary Disclosure
St. Joseph’s, along with other Ontario government-funded organizations, is required to publicly disclose the salaries and taxable benefits of those in our organization who earn more than $100,000 per year. To view our list, please click here.
Annual Report
Click here to view the highlights of our audited financial statements for the 2006/07 fiscal year.
Annual Accessibility Plan
This report describes the measures that St. Joseph’s will take during the year to identify, remove and prevent barriers to people with disabilities who live, work in or use the facilities and services of St. Joseph’s. These include patients and their family members, staff, health care practitioners, volunteers, members of the community and the continuous awareness from education as we learn more about different barriers which face people with disabilities. Click here to learn about our work in this regard.
Hospital Reports
Each year the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) release the Hospital Report 2007 Series. Click here to learn more about these reports.
myhospitalcare.ca
To promote better public access to easy-to-understand hospital performance information, the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) has developed a new website called myhospitalcare.ca . This website was launched on April 16, 2009 and presents and explains existing public information about hospitals to the general public.
myhospitalcare.ca will give Ontarians an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about how their local hospitals are performing by location, type of care, indicator, or hospital name.
Like all public reporting on health system performance, the site strives to inspire improved transparency and performance, and strengthen the public’s confidence in Ontario’s hospitals. Ontario hospitals operate in one of the most demanding health care accountability systems in all of Canada, and myhospitalcare.ca is another way for hospitals to demonstrate openness and transparency to their communities.