Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Improving newborn screening

Using patient data to better screen for, and look after, newborn babies with congenital hypothyroidism.
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
Extending the UK flu vaccination programme

Using surveillance data to justify vaccinating children against flu
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Demonstrating the safety of a treatment for heart failure

Analysing a potential link between angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
Studying the health of a million women

Studying population health through patient data
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Studying the health of doctors to prove the dangers of smoking

Collecting data from thousands of British doctors to examine the health effects of smoking
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Using genetics for healthcare and research

The 100,000 Genomes Project links genetic with health data to investigate disease
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Planning services for people living with and beyond cancer

Using patient data to look at what happens to someone after receiving a cancer diagnosis
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Are flu vaccines effective?

Using GP data to evaluate the effectiveness of flu vaccination
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Understanding the impacts of genes, lifestyle and environment

UK Biobank stores health data on 500,000 volunteers to provide a resource for researchers
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Identifying public health risks

Monitoring data to identify emerging risks, such as epidemics
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning