Etika velkých dat v oblasti zdravotnictví

The bachelor thesis focuses on the protection of sensitive data in healthcare, the identification of ethical issues in connection with big data, and how legislation and codes of ethics address this issue. With the use of newer technologies and the growing need for large amounts of data, this topic is becoming more and more topical, especially in healthcare, which is in regular contact with sensitive data. The work aims to discover the attitude to health data privacy and awareness of the collected data in big data devices. The theoretical part defines the concepts of information ethics, privacy, and laws related to health data. It also includes a closer look at the use of big data in healthcare, identifying the advantages and the disadvantages of big data for individuals and companies, and identifying big data risks from an ethical point of view. In the practical part, a questionnaire survey and an interview with an expert in the healthcare field are carried out. The questionnaire survey focuses on awareness of the data collected and privacy calculus. It also seeks to determine for what organization or purpose people would be willing to provide their data voluntarily. Based on the information obtained and the results processed, the research found that people are willing to share their data for disease detection and clinical research purposes and trust the government and academic institutions in ethical data handling.