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
Understanding hip fractures

Collecting audit data to monitor and improve the treatment for hip fracture
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Assessing a new treatment for severe asthma

Evaluating the safety of a new treatment through real world clinical data
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
- Patient safety
The impact of air pollution on health

Using pan-European data to understand how air pollution affects health
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Does pain get worse in bad weather?

Using smartphone data to analyse the potential relationship between weather and pain
- Understanding disease
Tracking Parkinson's

Improving understanding of the biological changes involved in Parkinson's
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
How many people have musculoskeletal conditions?

Estimating local prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions to inform planning decisions
- Understanding disease
- Planning
- Policy