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# Big Data and Job Creation
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/big-data-and-job-creation/
- Published: 2013-02-11T13:38:32.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-11T13:38:32.000Z
- Description: Big Data is creating a bunch of jobs, especially in healthcare.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Big Data, Security, Too Big to Ignore

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I profile a bunch of companies in the new book, one of which is Cleveland healthcare Big Data start-up [Explorys](https://www.explorys.com/?ref=philsimon.com).

I can think of few industries that can benefit more from Big Data than healthcare. There's far too much waste and inefficiency in sector responsible for an astonishing [one-sixth of the US economy](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/business/economy/22leonhardt.html?%5Fr=0&ref=philsimon.com)\--and growing at twice the rate of inflation.

Of course, there are legitimate privacy and security concerns with making this type of information available. It's a point that I make in the new book.

That aside for a moment, Big Data is creating what I believe are very interesting jobs. To read more about this, check out this [Cleveland.com article](https://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/02/big%5Fdata%5Fis%5Fstarting%5Fto%5Fbring.html?ref=philsimon.com). I'm quoted in it.