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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 (1)
  • Individual care (6)
  • Patient safety (1)
  • Planning (5)
  • Policy (2)
  • Treatment and prevention (8)
  • Understanding disease (3)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (2)
  • Cancer (3)
  • Cardiovascular disease (1)
  • COPD (2)
  • Infectious disease (1)
  • Mental health (1)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (1)
  • Pregnancy and maternal health (1)
  • Rare diseases (1)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (2)
  • Clinical audit (1)
  • GP records (7)
  • Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (6)
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS) (3)
Location
  • (-) England (12)
  • International (2)
  • Northern Ireland (1)
  • Scotland (2)
  • UK (17)
  • Wales (3)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (9)
  • Commercial organisation (4)
  • Government (8)
  • (-) NHS (12)
  • University (8)
Media
  • Case study with video (1)
  • Follow up for people discharged from hospital after a heart attack

    Linking three datasets to monitor drug adherence outside of hospital

    • Understanding disease
  • Understanding hip fractures

    Collecting audit data to monitor and improve the treatment for hip fracture

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Tackling preventable asthma deaths

    Targeting interventions at children at high risk of asthma attacks

    • Treatment and prevention
  • A better understanding of mental illness

    Linking data to improve treatment and prevention of mental illness

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Using genetics for healthcare and research

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

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Getting people with COPD more involved in their own healthcare

    Using data to support people to manage their COPD

    • Individual care
    • Planning
  • Planning services for people living with and beyond cancer

    Using patient data to look at what happens to someone after receiving a cancer diagnosis

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Improving pharmacist access to healthcare data

    Allowing pharmacists access to Summary Care Records with patient consent

    • Individual care
    • Planning
  • Better funding for GP practices in socially deprived areas

    Analysing data to demonstrate the underfunding of GP practices in socially deprived areas

    • Planning
    • Policy
  • Whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy

    Evaluating the safety of vaccinating pregnant women against whooping cough

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety

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