This Just In Radio: HIMSS26 with Hal Wolf and Michael Giannopoulos

This episode of This Just In Radio, live from HIMSS26 in Las Vegas, features host Justin Barnes interviewing two prominent healthcare leaders: Hal Wolff, CEO of HIMSS, and Michael Giannopoulos, founder and CEO of All Paths Group. Wolff reflects on the transformative energy of this year’s conference, now consolidated on a single campus with over 25,000 attendees, and highlights the maturation of AI across healthcare—from concept to widespread implementation with measurable ROI in clinical, financial, and administrative domains. He emphasizes AI’s role in bending the cost curve and enabling a deflationary model in healthcare, while also underscoring the global expansion of HIMSS and the importance of local chapter engagement. Giannopoulos shifts focus to human-centered leadership, advocating for healthcare leaders to 'be the patient' through Gemba walks to uncover systemic gaps. He champions narrow, high-impact AI applications—particularly in supply chain and logistics—and stresses that trust, governance, and data integrity are paramount in the age of AI. Both guests converge on a central theme: technology must serve the patient, and human connection remains irreplaceable. The episode closes with a call to action for leaders to engage face-to-face, build trust, and prioritize meaningful change over technological novelty.