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
Improving newborn screening

Using patient data to better screen for, and look after, newborn babies with congenital hypothyroidism.
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
Targeting back pain treatment to those most in need

Using patient data to stratify risk of long term disability.
- Individual care
Understanding hip fractures

Collecting audit data to monitor and improve the treatment for hip fracture
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Tackling preventable amputations

Improving understanding of preventable, diabetes-related amputations
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Investigating trends in diabetes

Understanding why diabetes rates vary between ethnic groups
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
- Policy