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
A better understanding of mental illness

Linking data to improve treatment and prevention of mental illness
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Updating the understanding of the risks of diabetes

Using GP data to learn more about diabetes
- 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
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
Preventing suicides

Using hospital data to gain new insights into suicide prevention
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Helping people with psychosis

Supporting people with psychosis to manage their condition using a smart phone app
- Individual care
- Planning