Artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector

A relevant application area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the healthcare sector, as a tool not only for new treatment paths, but also for more targeted health prevention policies. AI technologies contribute to medical practice, enabling fully integrated healthcare that is both predictive and more precise: greater patient adherence to therapy, with related reduction in costs for the healthcare service, and the creation of predictive algorithms able to diagnose certain pathologies in advance are among the main advantages. On the other hand, given the inadequacy of the current legislation, there are problems regarding the ethics of the tools and the legal responsibility of the decisions taken. The purpose of this article is the analysis of innovative AI technologies from the development of apps and Chatbots to support the patient to the creation of robots for surgical interventions, through the study of the areas in which the main Italian research projects are underway.