ISSUE: The digital transformation introduced connected health technologies such as sensors for health monitoring, new evidence to inform the decision making such as behavioral data, new technologies such as mobile applications to focus on prevention instead of treatment. The paradigm shift towards patient centric healthcare system can be defined by two major components. Firstly, it is about healthcare services sold directly to patients. Secondly, it is about the patient becoming more than the sole customer but also the data owner and the decision maker. How the healthcare governance should change to ensure that patient centricity becomes the reality? What kind of health economics advancements are needed in support of patient's decision making?

OVERVIEW: Moderator will ask GPT3 to present AI vision of healthcare ecosystem in the digital era. With reference to that introduction, each panelist will be asked to define patient centric system from his/her own perspective. In particular, Andrzej Rys will elaborate on the future of the European and national governmental regulations to shape the patient ownership in the digital era from regulatory standpoint. Anne-Pierre Pickaert will discuss whether patients should be empowered to take the full responsibility for their health. George Valiotis will define patient centric system through the lenses of healthcare providers and discuss the shift from decision makers to health adviser. Finally, all panelists together with moderator and GPT3 will engage audience in the discussion about the role of health economics to ensure a smooth transition from paternalistic to patient-centric healthcare system. Should digital transformation allow patients to become the payers? The particular focus will be drawn to the data governance, responsibilities shifts across governmental bodies, and methodological advancements needed for new era of patient's decision making.