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There is a wide range of ways that patient data can be used to provide better care and improve health. Explore the case studies to learn more. Please let us know if you have good examples to share.

Impact of work
  • Individual care (5)
  • Patient safety (1)
  • Planning (4)
  • Treatment and prevention (9)
  • Understanding disease (4)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (3)
  • Cancer (9)
  • (-) Cardiovascular disease (5)
  • (-) COPD (2)
  • Dementia (1)
  • (-) Diabetes (2)
  • Genetic diseases (1)
  • (-) Infectious disease (2)
  • Kidney disease (3)
  • Mental health (3)
  • Multiple sclerosis (1)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (3)
  • Parkinson's (1)
  • Pregnancy and maternal health (1)
  • (-) Rare diseases (1)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (1)
  • Clinical audit (2)
  • GP records (5)
  • Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (3)
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS) (1)
Location
  • England (5)
  • Scotland (1)
  • UK (5)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (13)
  • Commercial organisation (7)
  • Government (12)
  • (-) NHS (11)
  • University (16)
Media
  • Case study with video (1)
  • Follow up for people discharged from hospital after a heart attack

    Linking three datasets to monitor drug adherence outside of hospital

    • Understanding disease
  • Assessing the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs

    Recruiting thousands of people to a large scale statins clinical trial

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Updating the understanding of the risks of diabetes

    Using GP data to learn more about diabetes

    • 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
  • Getting people with COPD more involved in their own healthcare

    Using data to support people to manage their COPD

    • Individual care
    • 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
  • Tackling preventable amputations

    Improving understanding of preventable, diabetes-related amputations

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Prescribing statins to men without a history of heart attacks

    Demonstrating the health and cost benefits of statin use

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy

    Evaluating the safety of vaccinating pregnant women against whooping cough

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety

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