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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
  • Diagnosis (3)
  • Individual care (3)
  • Patient safety (2)
  • (-) Planning (4)
  • Policy (3)
  • Treatment and prevention (13)
  • (-) Understanding disease (8)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (2)
  • Autism (1)
  • Cancer (16)
  • (-) Cardiovascular disease (9)
  • Carers (1)
  • Child and paediatric health (1)
  • COPD (3)
  • Dementia (3)
  • Diabetes (4)
  • Genetic diseases (1)
  • Infectious disease (4)
  • Kidney disease (2)
  • Mental health (4)
  • Multiple sclerosis (1)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (3)
  • (-) Parkinson's (1)
  • Pregnancy and maternal health (2)
  • Rare diseases (2)
  • Stroke (1)
  • (-) Vision (1)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (2)
  • Clinical audit (2)
  • GP records (4)
  • Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (4)
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS) (2)
  • Research cohorts (2)
Location
  • England (2)
  • Europe (2)
  • International (1)
  • Scotland (1)
  • UK (5)
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  • Charity (8)
  • Commercial organisation (2)
  • Government (4)
  • NHS (5)
  • University (7)
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
  • Follow up for people discharged from hospital after a heart attack

    Linking three datasets to monitor drug adherence outside of hospital

    • Understanding disease
  • Updating the understanding of the risks of diabetes

    Using GP data to learn more about diabetes

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Studying the health of doctors to prove the dangers of smoking

    Collecting data from thousands of British doctors to examine the health effects of smoking

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Investigating the national uptake of emergency operations for heart attack

    Using registry data to examine rates of emergency coronary intervention

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • How does lifestyle affect health?

    Using patient data to understand the impact of diet on health

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
  • 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
  • The impact of air pollution on health

    Using pan-European data to understand how air pollution affects health

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Policy
  • 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
  • Tracking Parkinson's

    Improving understanding of the biological changes involved in Parkinson's

    • Understanding disease
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment and prevention

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