Bridgepoint Health is becoming Canada’s leader in understanding, treating and managing complex chronic disease – the number one health care challenge of the 21st century.
Our dedicated care and support team includes over 1,400 staff, physicians and volunteers who are committed to changing the world for the thousands of inpatients and outpatients with complex chronic disease.
The Bridgepoint Health network includes:
Since our inception in 1860, first as a House of Refuge for "incurables and the indigent poor", then as a Smallpox Hospital in 1872, followed by an Isolation Hospital to address communicable diseases in 1891, Bridgepoint Health has continued to evolve, meeting the most pressing health care issues of the time. Today, due to the success of modern medicine, people are living longer with many chronic diseases – known as complex chronic disease. As a result, there is an urgent need for specialized care, research and education in this critical and growing area of health care – a need Bridgepoint is here to address.
Our evidence-based care model focuses on delivering safe, high quality, patient care. Our dynamic environment celebrates and supports the potential and determination of our patients, as well as the skills and expertise of our specialized, multi-disciplinary care teams.
Supported by our affiliation with the University of Toronto, Bridgepoint is leading the way in understanding and treating complex chronic disease. Most existing research focuses on a single disease and rarely looks at how to treat people with multiple lifelong illnesses. The Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation will fill this gap by serving as a “hub” for researchers from around the world who are finding new ways to prevent and manage complex chronic disease.
A New, Purpose-built Hospital 
The most tangible symbol of our organizational transformation is the redevelopment of our site into a Campus of Wellness. The new Bridgepoint Hospital, opening in 2013, will be a state-of-the-art facility, specifically designed to meet the specialized needs of people with complex chronic disease.
A convergence of excellence in design, technology, clinical expertise, research and teaching, our new hospital will support Bridgepoint’s unique approach to patient care by helping people to live with their conditions, with as much independence as possible. With the ongoing support of our community, our new hospital will not only change the landscape of Toronto, but that of the health care system as a whole.