Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Studying the health of doctors to prove the dangers of smoking

Collecting data from thousands of British doctors to examine the health effects of smoking
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Understanding the true threat of bacterial infection

Using data to track anti-biotic resistant bacteria
- Planning
- Patient safety
- Policy
Using genetics for healthcare and research

The 100,000 Genomes Project links genetic with health data to investigate disease
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Supporting research into rare kidney disease

Using registry data to search for treatments for rare diseases
- Individual care
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Investigating the national uptake of emergency operations for heart attack

Using registry data to examine rates of emergency coronary intervention
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
How does lifestyle affect health?

Using patient data to understand the impact of diet on health
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
Improving dialysis treatment in the UK

Linking data to analyse kidney patients' treatment
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Getting people with COPD more involved in their own healthcare

Using data to support people to manage their COPD
- Individual care
- Planning
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