About Hospital Pressure Dashboard

The Hospital Pressure Dashboard provides a system-wide view of acute care capacity and flow pressures across Ontario hospitals. It summarizes key indicators related to bed occupancy, ALC volumes, and emergency demand, enabling situational awareness and timely operational decision-making. The dashboard integrates multiple daily and near-real-time data sources to give leaders a consistent view of hospital crowding and system strain.

Intended Audience

Ontario Health operational leaders supporting regional and provincial capacity management
Hospital executives involved in capacity management and patient flow
System partners requiring timely indicators of acute care system pressure

Content

The dashboard shows current and recent trends in hospital capacity and flow metrics. Users can filter by hospital, region, hospital type, and peer grouping to compare performance across similar sites.

For example, Indicators include:

Adult Med/Surg Bed Occupancy (%) and Pediatric Bed Occupancy (%), with week-over-week and year-over-year change
Adult ICU Bed Occupancy (%), with week-over-week change
Number of Acute ALC Open Cases, including percent change vs. last week and vs. the same week in 2024 Number of Acute ALC Open Cases, including percent change vs. last week and vs. the same week in 2024
Distribution of ALC cases by care destination (LTCH, Rehab/CCC, Home Care + CSS, Other)
New Bed Admits, with weekly and annual change
Respiratory inpatients and bed occupancy
Filters and slicers for hospital size, region, and hospital type/peer group

All indicators use 7-day averages for the most recent available week of data. Colour gradations highlight pressure levels, with red indicating higher strain and green indicating improvement or lower occupancy.

Methodology

Indicators are calculated using standardized Ontario Health definitions for occupancy, ALC cases, and week-over-week trending.

Data sources include:

i9 (Daily) for bed availability and occupancy
CCIS for ICU occupancy
ALC Open Cases (DBCS) for ALC volumes and destinations
Other internal OH datasets to support hospital characteristics, peer grouping, and sizing

All occupancy and volume indicators represent 7-day rolling averages using the most recent complete data.

ALC case counts reflect the number of active ALC cases reported per site on the reference date.

Legend showing conditional formatting rules is embedded as a hover-over tooltip.

Contacts

Questions about the dashboard can be sent to ryan.monte@ontariohealth.ca

For all other inquiries (i.e., ONE ID, access) please see Support and Contacts