ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE

Artificial intelligence can transform health care in the fields of clinical practice , research and public health.Fields with special interest are cardiology, imaging,dermatology,oncology, ophthalmology, drug development, education etc. The advantages of artificial intelligence are improvement of accuracy in diagnosis,acceleration of the procedures , new therapies ,analysis of big data.

Privacy and security of patients’ data is a concern.EU Artificial Intelligence Act identifies 4 risk categories with restrictions to the higher risk groups. Achange in the relationship between doctors and patient is expected with the introduction of artificial intelligence as well as a de skilling in some doctors. An education of the healthcare providers in artificial intelligence is crucialand a combination of human intelligence with artificial intelligence is necessary for medical progress.