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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 (6)
  • Individual care (7)
  • Patient safety (6)
  • Planning (6)
  • Policy (8)
  • Treatment and prevention (20)
  • Understanding disease (9)
Disease type or population group
  • Asthma (4)
  • Autism (1)
  • Cancer (6)
  • Cardiovascular disease (8)
  • Carers (1)
  • Child and paediatric health (1)
  • COPD (3)
  • Dementia (3)
  • Diabetes (4)
  • Infectious disease (5)
  • Mental health (4)
  • Obesity (1)
  • Pregnancy and maternal health (3)
  • Rare diseases (1)
  • Reproductive health (1)
Sources of data
  • Cancer Registration (11)
  • Clinical audit (3)
  • (-) GP records (24)
  • Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (21)
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS) (6)
  • (-) Research cohorts (5)
Location
  • England (12)
  • Europe (2)
  • International (2)
  • Scotland (1)
  • UK (10)
  • Wales (2)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (9)
  • Commercial organisation (7)
  • Government (10)
  • NHS (11)
  • University (18)
Media
  • Case study with video (3)
  • Improving newborn screening

    Using patient data to better screen for, and look after, newborn babies with congenital hypothyroidism.

    • Individual care
    • Diagnosis
  • Extending the UK flu vaccination programme

    Using surveillance data to justify vaccinating children against flu

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Policy
  • Follow up for people discharged from hospital after a heart attack

    Linking three datasets to monitor drug adherence outside of hospital

    • Understanding disease
  • Demonstrating the safety of oral contraceptives

    Using long term data to understand the effects of widely used drugs

    • Patient safety
  • Treating mental health and substance abuse

    Using GP data to estimate the number of people with mental health and substance abuse problems

    • Planning
  • Demonstrating the safety of a treatment for heart failure

    Analysing a potential link between angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Patient safety
  • Demonstrating the safety of an anti-obesity medication

    Using data to check the safety of orlistat

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Improving treatment of teenage anxiety and depression

    Analysing trends in prescriptions to teenagers experiencing mental health problems

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Policy
  • Tackling preventable asthma deaths

    Targeting interventions at children at high risk of asthma attacks

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Investigating self-harm in young people

    Identifying under reporting of self-harm

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Policy

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