Episode #53
Digital Health Founders: Mike Wessinger, PointClickCare
Digital Health Founders is a Santis Health series featuring one-on-one conversations with leaders from across Canada’s digital health ecosystem. From transformative startups to public sector changemakers, these episodes explore how innovators are shaping the future of care through collaboration, technology and bold thinking. In this episode, we sit down with Mike Wessinger, co-founder of PointClickCare, North America’s leading software provider for the long-term care, post-acute care, and senior care industries. Mike shares the genesis story of PointClickCare and how he and his brother pioneered the SaaS model in health care before the cloud was even a recognized concept. Drawing on his experience, Mike discusses the early days of shifting financial risk from users to vendors, the complexities of scaling a Canadian tech company across 50 distinct U.S. markets, and why he believes the integration of AI will strip away administrative burdens to allow true human-centric care in the future. -- Mike Wessinger, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, PointClickCare Mike Wessinger is PointClickCare’s Co-Founder and Executive Chair of the board. Prior to taking on the role of Executive Chair, Mike served as PointClickCare’s Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2021. Mike’s vision and leadership established PointClickCare as the first cloud-based health information system for the senior care industry. Relentless in his pursuit to disrupt the health care status quo, Mike’s forward-thinking vision drove the organization to level silos across the health care ecosystem, creating North America’s largest care collaboration network. In his role as Executive Chair, Mike continues to champion corporate culture, enhance governance, recruit diverse talent, and partner with internal and external boards and teams to solve critical health care challenges and propel PointClickCare forward as a world-class organization. Outside of PointClickCare, Mike is also Co-Chair of the C100 board of directors, where he actively leverages his years of experience to coach and mentor leaders at the helm of rapidly scaling tech companies.
