Quantum Technologies Strategic Imperatives for Health and Healthcare Leaders 2025

Stage 4: Theoretical readiness (10+ years) Some transformative but longer-term applications are detailed in Table 10. These remain theoretical, requiring breakthroughs in scalable hardware and integration. Success could, however, fundamentally reshape aspects of how hospitals forecast demand, allocate resources and deliver preventive care. Actionable items to enable theoretical readiness –Join exploratory consortia on oncology modelling, quantum networking and biomedical imaging, aligning with both hospitals and quantum technology providers. –Define governance frameworks for integrating real-time clinical data into quantum-enhanced models, with attention to privacy, ethics and regulatory oversight. –Monitor hardware and sensor roadmaps closely, ensuring early exposure to scalable architectures (fault-tolerant qubits, entangled- photon sources, integrated OPMs). –Build capacity for clinical validation by investing in protocols for measuring cost-effectiveness, safety and workflow integration once prototypes become testable. First-mover advantage: Secure hospital network data exchange and healthcare delivery, improve the safety and effectiveness of preventive diagnostics. Theoretical examples TABLE 10 Use case examples End user Ecosystem partner Continuum of quantum-secure healthcare networksMedical University of Graz ID Quantique; fragmentiX; OPENQKD Low-dose, high-contrast quantum biomedical imaging solutionsUniversity Hospital Ostrava NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Experimental examples TABLE 9 Use case examples End user Ecosystem partner Early lung cancer detection biomarkers using hybrid quantum- classical biomarker modellingCleveland Clinic IBM Quantum neural networks for surgical risk predictionUniversity Hospital Ostrava, Czechia IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center Fluid dynamics of brain aneurysms Albert Einstein Jewish Brazilian Hospital UNESP , QuaTI.tech Quantum Technologies: Strategic Imperatives for Health and Healthcare Leaders 18