Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Learning more about blood cancer

Data from thousands of people is giving new insights into blood cancer
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Evaluating bowel cancer care in Yorkshire

Using patient data to identify and improve areas of poor practice
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Studying the health of a million women

Studying population health through patient data
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Early diagnosis of dementia

Researching the earliest changes in the development of dementia
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- 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
How does lifestyle affect health?

Using patient data to understand the impact of diet on health
- 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
Improving early cancer diagnosis for Black African women

Using patient data to identify variation in diagnosis of late stage breast cancer
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
The impact of air pollution on health

Using pan-European data to understand how air pollution affects health
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Investigating trends in diabetes

Understanding why diabetes rates vary between ethnic groups
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
- Policy