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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 (2)
  • Individual care (3)
  • Planning (4)
  • Policy (2)
  • Treatment and prevention (9)
  • Understanding disease (4)
Disease type or population group
  • Cancer (5)
  • Cardiovascular disease (2)
  • Mental health (2)
  • Musculoskeletal conditions (1)
  • Obesity (1)
  • Rare diseases (1)
Sources of data
  • (-) Cancer Registration (5)
  • Clinical audit (2)
  • GP records (11)
  • (-) Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (10)
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS) (3)
  • Research cohorts (1)
Location
  • (-) England (10)
  • Europe (1)
  • International (3)
  • Northern Ireland (1)
  • (-) Scotland (2)
  • UK (10)
  • Wales (1)
Type of organisation
  • Charity (6)
  • Commercial organisation (3)
  • Government (6)
  • NHS (7)
  • University (4)
Media
  • Follow up for people discharged from hospital after a heart attack

    Linking three datasets to monitor drug adherence outside of hospital

    • Understanding disease
  • Evaluating bowel cancer care in Yorkshire

    Using patient data to identify and improve areas of poor practice

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

    Using data to check the safety of orlistat

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Understanding hip fractures

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

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

    Identifying under reporting of self-harm

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Policy
  • 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
  • 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 early cancer diagnosis for Black African women

    Using patient data to identify variation in diagnosis of late stage breast cancer

    • Understanding disease
    • Diagnosis
  • 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

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