The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fields of medicine and healthcare opens up both new opportunities and entails new risks related to the violation of patients' rights and the creation of threats to the security of medical data. The review analyzes the legal experience of the European Union in the field of providing medical services, protecting patients' personal data, and obtaining a competent clinical decision made by an AI system. Particular attention is paid to the legal issues of the transition to algorithmic decisions made by AI in the field of medicine, and the need to review existing mechanisms for ensuring patients' rights and safety when using artificial intelligence technologies.
European Union; legal regulation; EU Regulation on Personal Data Protection; patients' rights; artificial intelligence; medical data; personal data; automated solutions; the right to «human supervision».