Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Understanding the needs of children with vision impairment or blindness

Using patient data to find out how many children have vision impairment or blindness, which then led to better screening.
- Planning
- Policy
Extending the UK flu vaccination programme

Using surveillance data to justify vaccinating children against flu
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Learning more about blood cancer

Data from thousands of people is giving new insights into blood cancer
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Studying the health of a million women

Studying population health through patient data
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Working out who is at risk of cardiovascular disease

Using data to inform a risks assessment tool for cardiovascular disease
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention