AI in Clinical Practice: A Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Digital Medicine

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Medical Informatics**

AI in Clinical Practice: A Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Digital Medicine explains how artificial intelligence is applied to medicine, illustrating not only its enormous potential but also ancillary issues and the limits and risks inherent in its use on a large scale. The book focuses on the intersection between medicine and AI and its implications on the impact of human health care delivery. Topics discussed include wearable devices, health data, Internet of Things, virtual reality, robotic assistance system, and digital intelligence in the health sector. Additionally, sections discuss diagnostics and decision-making systems and machine/deep learning in clinical setting.

This is a valuable resource for clinicians, researchers, students and members of the biomedical and medical fields who want to learn more about the use of AI to improve patient care.

• Covers emerging topics related to the intersection of AI and clinical practice
• Discusses the most relevant concepts and developments on AI in a didactic way for clinical applicability
• Presents content tailored to a non-specialized readership, focusing on the main points that clinicians and health workers must know to be updated on the most recent developments of AI

Dr. Giampaolo Collecchia is General Practitioner, Internal Medicine Specialist. He is member of the Clinical Ethics Committee of the North West area of the Tuscany Region and member of the Center for Studies and Research in General Medicine (CSeRMEG). He carries out teaching activities at the University of Florence. He is teacher and tutor at the Specific Training Course in General Medicine of the Tuscany Region. Dr. Collecchia is author/co-author of articles and books on general medicine, cardiology and digital medicine.

Dr. Riccardo De Gobbi previously worked as a professor and tutor at the school of specialization in Community Medicine at the University of Padua. From 2010 to 2014 he held the position of coordinator of seminar teaching (CD) in Padua of the Regional School of Specific Training in General Medicine. Currently, he works as private physician at Padua, Italy. He was co-author of some books and dozens of articles on the intersection of clinical practice and technology.