But the health care industry is now awash in data in a way that it has never been before from biological data such as gene expression next generation dna sequence data proteomics and metabolomics to clinical data and health outcomes data contained in ever more prevalent electronic health records ehrs and longitudinal drug and medical claims we have entered a new era in which we can work on massive datasets effectively combining data from clinical trials and direct . That remainedbasically true until google transformed advertising with adsense basedon new uses of data and analysis the same might be said about healthcare and its poised to go through a similar transformation as newtools techniques and data sources come on line soon well makepolicy and resource decisions based on much better understanding ofwhat leads to the best outcomes and well make medical decisionsbased on a patients specific biology the result will be betterhealth at less cost. How big data is transforming healthcare industry with case study according to mckinsey effectively using big data analytics in the us healthcare industry could create more than 300 billion in value every year two third of this value will be achieved by reducing healthcare expenditure. Get how data science is transforming health care now with oreilly online learning oreilly members experience live online training plus books videos and digital content from 200 publishers