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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 (5)
  • Patient safety (4)
  • Planning (3)
  • Policy (2)
  • (-) Treatment and prevention (9)
  • Understanding disease (3)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (3)
  • Cancer (1)
  • Cardiovascular disease (4)
  • COPD (1)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (2)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (2)
  • GP records (4)
  • Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (3)
Location
  • England (3)
  • Scotland (1)
  • UK (5)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (24)
  • (-) Commercial organisation (9)
  • Government (19)
  • NHS (25)
  • University (23)
Media
  • Case study with video (2)
  • Assessing the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs

    Recruiting thousands of people to a large scale statins clinical trial

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Tackling preventable asthma deaths

    Targeting interventions at children at high risk of asthma attacks

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Monitoring joint replacement surgery

    Analysing registry data to improve performance and safety

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety
  • 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
  • Using social media to better understand rheumatoid arthritis

    Understanding the real world experience of patients through online support group data

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety
  • Working out who is at risk of cardiovascular disease

    Using data to inform a risks assessment tool for cardiovascular disease

    • Individual care
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Prescribing statins to men without a history of heart attacks

    Demonstrating the health and cost benefits of statin use

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Is there a link between asthma drugs and heart attacks?

    Using GP data to assess the safety of a commonly prescribed asthma drug

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety
  • Improving treatments for COPD

    Real-time monitoring of a new treatment for COPD in Salford

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
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