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
Demonstrating the safety of oral contraceptives

Using long term data to understand the effects of widely used drugs
- Patient safety
Using GP records to learn more about the health of carers

Learning more about carers to ensure they get the support they need
- Planning
- Policy
Updating the understanding of the risks of diabetes

Using GP data to learn more about diabetes
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Investigating trends in diabetes

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