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Data Connect brings together academics and regional partners to showcase the power of health and social care data-driven research in improving patient outcomes

The University of Sheffield’s Data Connect service recently hosted a hybrid event to demonstrate how they are connecting researchers with health, social care and sensitive data and enabling research that improves lives.

Madina Hasan at OHDSI UK 2025 Conference

Madina Hasan, ARC Yorkshire & Humber researcher is driving real change in Urgent Care

Urgent Care Theme researcher Madina Hasan delivered a pivotal presentation at the OHDSI UK 2025 Conference on September 26, 2025.

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PANORAMA project receives funding to build a national infrastructure for public benefit

PANORAMA project secures £320,000 from Data and Analytics Research Environments UK (DARE UK) to make research faster and safer.
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Photo: Nataliya Vaitkevich

Blog post: Transforming South Yorkshire healthcare: Data Connect and the Digital Health Hub

South Yorkshire is embracing a digital health revolution, enabling ethical health data research while maintaining the highest health data governance, thanks to our partnership with Data Connect.
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NHS Winter pressures could be addressed by research harnessing big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence

Using hospital data from South Yorkshire and other regions of the UK, researchers will analyse patient flow through and out of emergency departments to make data driven recommendations on how to improve efficiency during peak seasonal times.

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