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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.

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  • Diagnosis (11)
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  • Patient safety (14)
  • Planning (26)
  • Policy (17)
  • Treatment and prevention (48)
  • Understanding disease (25)
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  • Assessing the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs

    Recruiting thousands of people to a large scale statins clinical trial

    • Treatment and prevention
  • Analysing local variation in stroke prevention

    Comparing local performance on managing atrial fibrillation

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Treating mental health and substance abuse

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

    • Planning
  • 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 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
  • Understanding hip fractures

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

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • 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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