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Table 1 Number of pages received by 4 services at The Ottawa Hospital General (G) and Civic (C) campus

From: Is it time to rethink how we page physicians? Understanding paging patterns in a tertiary care hospital

 

Total

In-patient locations (% total)

ER (% total)

Mean per month (± SD)

Mean per day (± SD)

General Surgery (C)

5561

4147 (75%)

1414 (25%)

1390 (± 146)

45 (± 4)

General Surgery (G)

5269

3714 (70%)

1555 (30%)

1317 (± 166)

43 (± 2)

Neurology (C)

2124

1864 (88%)

260 (12%)

531 (± 23)

17 (± 5)

Neurosurgery (C)

5999

5033 (84%)

966 (16%)

1500 (± 137)

49 (± 3)

Orthopaedic Surgery (C)

3631

2463 (68%)

1168 (32%)

908 (± 129)

30 (± 3)

Orthopaedic Surgery (G)

3213

2150 (67%)

1063 (33%)

803 (± 108)

26 (± 2)

All Services

25,797

19,371 (75%)

6426 (25%)

6449 (± 1955)

211 (±12)