Application of medical laboratory big data: current ethical status and future exploration
10.3760/cma.j.cn114452-20240629-00341
- VernacularTitle:医学实验室数据应用：伦理学现况与未来探索
- Author:
Xiuying ZHAO
1
Author Information
1. 清华大学附属北京清华长庚医院检验医学科 清华大学临床医学院，北京102218
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Laboratories;
Data;
Ethics;
Privacy;
Data security
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2025;48(2):179-185
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Medical laboratory data interacts with clinical practice and therapeutic contexts, playing a significant role in up-to-date clinical decision-making and support systems. With the integration of information technology and modern analytical techniques such as artificial intelligence, the vast amounts of data produced by medical laboratory are sublimated into medical "big data", attracting significant attention for its direct impact and secondary application value in the process of accumulation and data streaming. However, laboratory data involves a large amount of sensitive personal information. Researchers must provide robust privacy protection methods throughout research design, data collection, analysis, processing, and application of consolidated results to prevent data leakage, misuse, and unethical applications. Ethics committees or institution review board at all levels should play a pivotal role in the compliant application of medical laboratory data, while developing ethical review protocols suitable for big data research and applications. The research and applications of big data are also related to the needs of national strategies and public health. The implementation of national legislation, expert consensus and industry standards, as well as innovative approaches to informed consent and data application strategies, would promote the protection of individual privacy and the scientific application of big data.
