Understanding Patient Data
  • About us
  • Introducing patient data
  • Research and resources
  • Case studies
  • News
Navigation menu
Search

Case studies

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
  • Diagnosis (2)
  • (-) Individual care (2)
  • (-) Planning (3)
  • Policy (2)
  • Treatment and prevention (6)
  • Understanding disease (4)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (1)
  • Cancer (4)
  • (-) Cardiovascular disease (2)
  • Child and paediatric health (1)
  • (-) Diabetes (2)
  • Kidney disease (1)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (1)
  • (-) Rare diseases (1)
  • Vision (1)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (1)
  • Clinical audit (2)
  • GP records (4)
  • (-) Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (4)
  • Research cohorts (2)
Location
  • International (1)
  • UK (3)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (3)
  • Commercial organisation (1)
  • (-) NHS (1)
  • (-) University (3)
Media
  • Case study with video (1)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tackling preventable amputations

    Improving understanding of preventable, diabetes-related amputations

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Investigating trends in diabetes

    Understanding why diabetes rates vary between ethnic groups

    • Understanding disease
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
    • Policy
  • Understanding Patient Data
    • Follow us on Twitter
    • Visit us on Youtube
  • Contact us
    Telephone
    +44 (0)20 7611 8235
    Email
    hello@understandingpatientdata.org.uk
  • Consent

    By signing up you accept Wellcome’s Terms of Use. Click here for our privacy statement. You can unsubscribe from UPD newsletters at any time using the links in the emails you receive. We use a third party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our newsletter.

Copyright 2022 Wellcome Trust Ltd.
  • Privacy and Terms