Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Follow up for people discharged from hospital after a heart attack

Linking three datasets to monitor drug adherence outside of hospital
- Understanding disease
Demonstrating the safety of a treatment for heart failure

Analysing a potential link between angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
Demonstrating the safety of an anti-obesity medication

Using data to check the safety of orlistat
- Treatment and prevention
Investigating self-harm in young people

Identifying under reporting of self-harm
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
A better understanding of mental illness

Linking data to improve treatment and prevention of mental illness
- 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
Identifying public health risks

Monitoring data to identify emerging risks, such as epidemics
- Understanding disease
- 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