Trillium Health Partners Launches $25 Million Fundraising Initiative to Unlock AI for Better Health

MISSISSAUGA, ON – May 27, 2025 – Trillium Health Partners today announced a $25 million fundraising initiative in support of its AI for Better Health program to accelerate the development of powerful new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to tackle some of health care’s most challenging issues. AI and health analytics are key to transforming health care by creating a better patient and team experience, preventing and predicting diseases, easing pressure on hospitals and reducing costs and administrative burden.

“As one of Canada’s busiest hospitals, we have no choice but to innovate,” says Dr. Laura Rosella, Chief Scientist and Stephen Family Research Chair in Community Health at the Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners’ research and innovation engine. “Serving one of the country’s most diverse and fastest-growing populations, the advanced analytics and AI tools we develop, test and scale here will shape the future of health care in Canada and beyond. With the courage to challenge what no longer works, we are charting a course that will establish our community as a global beacon for better health.”

Trillium Health Partners’ AI for Better Health program will focus on strengthening our health system, supporting clinicians, researchers and patient care leaders to apply AI safely and effectively. It will drive responsive, ethical and rapidly evolving approaches to advanced analytics and AI that address real-world health care challenges.

Trillium Health Partners and its Institute for Better Health are already developing, testing and scaling AI solutions: from photo-based tools that assess nutrition in long-term care, to machine models that inform diabetes prevention and management, to predictive models that streamline hospital discharges. A recent pilot using AI for discharge planning reduced discharge times by an average of 12 hours, easing pressure on the hospital and improving the experience for both patients and the care team.

“At Trillium Health Partners, we believe health care should be designed around people, not places,” said Dr. Sam Sabbah, Chief of Staff. “With AI and digital innovation, hospitals will serve as specialized hubs in a connected, human-centred system of care that follows the person. Everyone deserves access to care in the environment that best supports their dignity and healing. AI will play a critical role in bringing this vision to life — shifting health care from treating illness to predicting and preventing it, and ensuring care is timely, accessible, and closer to home.”

Fueling this vision is the first philanthropic investment into the AI for Better Health program, through which Trillium Health Partners Foundation Board Member Suresh Madan and his wife, Sarita Madan, have established the Sarita and Suresh Madan AI Acceleration Fund. This fund will support clinicians, researchers and team members in developing and deploying cutting-edge AI solutions to create better health.

“AI can be game-changing in health care. It has the potential to improve diagnosis, reduce medical errors, enhance the efficiency of our health systems, and more,” says Suresh Madan, entrepreneur and Trillium Health Partners Foundation Board Member. “We hope this fund inspires researchers and practitioners to harness that potential and deliver better health care for everyone.”

AI for Better Health is a fundamental leap toward a new kind of health care that’s deeply rooted in real-world impact to create a healthier future for everyone.

“We believe Trillium Health Partners is well-positioned to fully realize the potential of AI in health care. We are incredibly grateful to Suresh and Sarita for their vision and leadership in supporting AI for Better Health,” says Caroline Riseboro, President and CEO of Trillium Health Partners Foundation.

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About Trillium Health Partners

Trillium Health Partners is the largest community-based hospital network in Canada. Comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities. Trillium Health Partners is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and home of the Institute for Better Health. For more information, please visit thp.ca. For more information about the Institute for Better Health, visit instituteforbetterhealth.com. 

About Trillium Health Partners Foundation

Trillium Health Partners Foundation is dedicated to raising the critical funds needed to address the highest priority needs of Trillium Health Partners, the largest community-based hospital network in Canada. For more information, please visit trilliumgiving.ca.