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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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  • Assessing a new treatment for severe asthma

    Evaluating the safety of a new treatment through real world clinical data

    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
    • Patient safety
  • Working out who is at risk of cardiovascular disease

    Using data to inform a risks assessment tool for cardiovascular disease

    • Individual care
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Identifying public health risks

    Monitoring data to identify emerging risks, such as epidemics

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Screening for ovarian cancer

    Recruiting women to participate in a trial to assess the costs and benefits of screening

    • Diagnosis
    • Planning
    • Patient safety
    • Policy
  • The impact of air pollution on health

    Using pan-European data to understand how air pollution affects health

    • Understanding disease
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Policy
  • Better funding for GP practices in socially deprived areas

    Analysing data to demonstrate the underfunding of GP practices in socially deprived areas

    • Planning
    • Policy
  • Tackling preventable amputations

    Improving understanding of preventable, diabetes-related amputations

    • Individual care
    • Treatment and prevention
    • Planning
  • Treating rare genetic diseases

    Linking rare disease data internationally to improve care and research

    • Individual care
    • Understanding disease
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment and prevention
  • Does pain get worse in bad weather?

    Using smartphone data to analyse the potential relationship between weather and pain

    • Understanding disease
  • 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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