BIG Intelligence Reports Series

BIG Healthcare’s Canadian healthcare report series launched in spring of 2022. We combine our Members’ MIS trial balance data with diverse data sets to produce unique industry intelligence for Canadian healthcare professionals.

The follow-up report series is in development and will be posted here when available.


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  • Impact of Overtime During COVID-19 Pandemic

    Introduction BIG Healthcare collates financial and operational data from Canadian hospitals and delivers unique indicators to help hospitals assess their performance against peers and to determine optimal staffing workload. With the aid of BIG Healthcare’s data, hospitals can assess overtime levels relative to peers and mitigate the risk of front-line burnout. The following Ontario hospital…

  • Impact of Sick Time During COVID-19 Pandemic

    Introduction BIG Healthcare collates financial and operational data from Canadian hospitals and delivers unique indicators to help hospitals assess their performance against peers and to determine optimal staffing workload. With the aid of BIG Healthcare’s data, hospitals can assess sick time levels relative to peers and mitigate the risk of front-line burnout. The following Ontario…

  • Security Costs of Rising Hospital Violence in Ontario

    Introduction Hospital workers in Ontario are no strangers to the threat of violence. Many healthcare workers have been physically assaulted and verbally abused while trying to perform their duties. Hospitals and other healthcare institutions should be safe havens for healthcare workers and patients. However, violence and other security threats are widespread across healthcare institutions resulting…

  • Healthcare Workers Face Burnout in the Sixth Wave of the Pandemic

    Article Content by Section Exclusive BIG Intelligence Data Direct link to graphs: COVID-19 Impact on Sick Time and Overtime by Department BIG Data last updated fiscal 2020/21 Introduction The persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on health systems globally. Burnout among healthcare workers, indeed front-line health personnel, has reached crisis proportions…

  • Surging IT Cost as Hospitals Manage Through the Pandemic and Strive for Digital Health

    Introduction Healthcare stakeholders are aware of the benefits of information technology solutions, given that most hospitals and healthcare companies are currently engaged in some level of digital transformation. The need for broader use of information technology has been made more apparent by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. The constraints of physical healthcare infrastructure, supplies and manpower…

  • COVID-19 Impacts

    Ontario healthcare industry insights COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Hospital Operations. Original release date March 2022. Back to BIG Intelligence Reports home page. COVID-19 PANDEMIC Impact on Hospital Operations How the first two waves of the pandemic impacted Ontario hospitals’ staffing utilization. Ontario hospitals experienced substantial operational challenges during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic…

  • NEW Comparative COVID-19 Reports

    NEW Comparative COVID-19 Reports The Comparative COVID-19 Reports provide an overview of expenses related to the pandemic that are centralized in COVID-specific Functional Centres, as well as distributed across the hospital’s Administrative and Clinical Functional Centres. The reports are broken down into two categories: COVID-Specific Functional Centres The Ministry has provided guidance on two specific…