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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 (2)
  • (-) Individual care (4)
  • Patient safety (2)
  • Planning (2)
  • (-) Treatment and prevention (9)
  • Understanding disease (4)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (3)
  • Autism (1)
  • Cancer (8)
  • (-) Cardiovascular disease (8)
  • (-) Child and paediatric health (1)
  • COPD (1)
  • Dementia (1)
  • Diabetes (1)
  • Infectious disease (4)
  • Mental health (4)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (2)
  • (-) Pregnancy and maternal health (1)
  • Rare diseases (2)
  • (-) Stroke (1)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (2)
  • GP records (4)
  • Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (2)
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS) (1)
  • Research cohorts (1)
Location
  • England (2)
  • Europe (1)
  • Scotland (1)
  • UK (6)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (9)
  • (-) Commercial organisation (4)
  • (-) Government (8)
  • NHS (5)
  • University (7)
Media
  • Improving newborn screening

    Using patient data to better screen for, and look after, newborn babies with congenital hypothyroidism.

    • Individual care
    • Diagnosis
  • Assessing the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs

    Recruiting thousands of people to a large scale statins clinical trial

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Analysing local variation in stroke prevention

    Comparing local performance on managing atrial fibrillation

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Demonstrating the safety of a treatment for heart failure

    Analysing a potential link between angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Is there a link between asthma drugs and heart attacks?

    Using GP data to assess the safety of a commonly prescribed asthma drug

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety
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