**Chapter 5: "Artificial Intelligence and IoT: Past, Present and Future"**

This chapter examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can assist healthcare practitioners in making optimal treatment decisions. The increased usage of patient records and the development of big data analysis techniques have resulted in reliable and efficient applications of AI in health services. As guided by proper diagnostic inquiries, advanced AI algorithms may find critical clinical data in massive data, assisting in treatment decisions. The chapter also discusses the Internet of Things (IoT), a system that connects physical devices to the Internet using near field communication (NFC) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs).

> **Vijayalakshmi Kakulapati** Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Information Technology, Yamnampet, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, Telangana, Inida

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