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
Using genetics for healthcare and research

The 100,000 Genomes Project links genetic with health data to investigate disease
- 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