Quantum Technologies Strategic Imperatives for Health and Healthcare Leaders 2025

Across the patient care continuum, healthcare organizations are beginning to explore quantum technologies in ways that align with core delivery functions, from diagnosis to treatment, operations and supply chain management. Although most deployments are in the early stages, a growing set of pilots demonstrates how quantum sensing, computing and communication could enhance precision, efficiency and security in the health delivery value chain. Mapping use case maturity and benefits across the deliverers’ value chain TABLE 11 Value chain stage Quantum use cases Maturity Business benefits Diagnostics and screeningWearable OPM-MEG for paediatric/ neurology diagnostics Prototype (3–5 years) –Time savings –Enhanced clinical success –Cost savingsQuantum biomarker algorithms for multimodal cancer dataPrototype (3–5 years) Early lung cancer detection using hybrid quantum-classical biomarker modellingExperimental (6–10 years) Low-dose, high-contrast quantum biomedical imagingTheoretical (10+ years) Treatment planning Quantum neural networks for surgical risk predictionTheoretical (10+ years) –Enhanced clinical success –Cost savings Patient monitoring Bedside/portable MCG Prototype (3–5 years) –Time savings –Enhanced clinical success –Cost savingsLow-dose continuous biomedical imagingTheoretical (10+ years) Hospital operations Operating room (OR) block scheduling and use optimizationCommercial (0–2 years) –Cost savings –Time savings Payer-provider coordinationQuantum-secure hospital data links Prototype (3–5 years) –Cost savings –Reduce risk Continuum of quantum-secure healthcare networksTheoretical (10+ years) 3.2 Quantum value chain for deliverers Source: World Economic Forum and Accenture. Quantum Technologies: Strategic Imperatives for Health and Healthcare Leaders 19