ABOUT US

When “I” is replaced with “We,” illness becomes wellness.

WHO BRIDGES HEALTH IS

Bridges Health is an organization invested in supporting employers and employees through health challenges with a diverse set of supportive services and programs. Our vision is to support healthy people, safe workplaces, and strong communities through compassionate interactions, effective teamwork, and a commitment to innovation and versatility. We pride ourselves on being client-centric and tailoring our services to each organization. We are unique because of our interactive approach with all parties involved to ensure the best results.

Our primary goal is preventing or reducing workplace absences, whether it be due to illness, or injury (at work or home). We take great pride in offering employers a full solution in providing disability management services (short-term, long-term, workplace injury), attendance support, psychological health and safety, occupational therapy programs, social vocational services, and more; to employers, insurance companies, labour groups, and individuals across Canada.

We have served both public and private organizations with local or national scale. The team at Bridges Health has extensive experience delivering services to crown corporations, government, and federal sectors. We’ve collaborated with thousands of employers and their unions, as well as hundreds of healthcare providers.

BRIDGES HEALTH STORY

Supporting organizations and contributing to employee health and wellness is our mission. Our programs and services are unique and innovative, setting us apart in the industry. Here’s why:

Flexibility and Agility

We combine the client-centric approach of a small, close-knit team with the reach and capacity of a large, nationwide organization through our extensive network of health professionals

Comprehensive Solutions

Our size, people, cutting-edge technology, and infrastructure enable us to meet all requirements while being nimble enough to deliver targeted solutions based on scientifically backed research.

Award-Winning Service
We are proud to be an award-winning organization that offers an individualized approach to our clients. We support people and their workplace, and our programs are easily integrated into any organization, regardless of size, sector, or location.
Holistic Health Focus

We aim for better health, better care, better value, and better teams. The most effective way to achieve this is by ensuring people are healthy in both body and mind.

CEO EXPOSE​

Bridges Health was founded and proudly owned by Garry Derenoski, President and CEO.  After 28 years, Bridges Health remains a solely Canadian owned business with proud roots in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.

Garry Derenoski

Garry is an entrepreneur and thought leader in the area of work disability prevention and return-to-work planning. He has spent the last 28 years at Bridges Health developing and providing innovative solutions to mitigate loss time, short-term and long-term disability claims with employers, insurers and workers’ compensation boards.

Garry’s passion for early intervention and managing workplace injury and illness claims came from his 18 years of experience in the automobile and bodily injury insurance sector. It was during that time that he saw the impact of early treatment opportunities and also observed the delays in connecting medical care, rehabilitation, and return-to work-strategies.

With his completely made in Canada solution, Garry’s goal was simple: early identification of injury/illness cause, appropriate treatment and clear strategies for return-to-work planning. While in the current absence and disability management services space, these concepts have become engrained in legislation and organizational policies, Garry’s initial vision with this kind of strategy demonstrated results most organizations are pursuing today.

For over 46 years, Garry has assisted Canadian organizations with implementing consistent, predictable, repeatable and scalable results to improve workplace safety and prevention and disability management strategies.