Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to play a "transformational" role in the evolution of healthcare, helping patients to take responsibility for their own health care and reducing demands on a stretched healthcare workforce, but a strong regulatory framework is essential, Umang Patel, chief clinical information officer at Microsoft, said. Patel was speaking to Digital Health News ahead of Digital Health AI and Data, a new event running 30-31 October 2023 at London's Business Design Centre. He will share the AI and Analytics stage with Professor James Teo, professor of neurology at King's College Hospital on Day One of the event, presenting a Masterclass on the future of generative AI in health and care. Patel, a trained pediatrician, has already experienced the changeable fortunes of the AI start-up world, as "employee number 10" at digital health start-up Babylon Health, a company that was one of the first to offer virtual a