Case studies | Understand Patient Data

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
Targeting back pain treatment to those most in need

Using patient data to stratify risk of long term disability.
- Individual care
Improving management of chronic kidney disease

Monitoring blood test results alerts GPs if a person’s health is deteriorating
- Individual care
Using GP records to learn more about the health of carers

Learning more about carers to ensure they get the support they need
- Planning
- Policy
Supporting research into rare kidney disease

Using registry data to search for treatments for rare diseases
- Individual care
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Improving dialysis treatment in the UK

Linking data to analyse kidney patients' treatment
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning