TECHNOLOGY
AS THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY LOOKS TO STREAMLINE FOLLOWING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC , WE LOOK AT HOW QUANTUM COMPUTING CAN BOOST DIAGNOSIS
WRITTEN BY : CATHERINE GRAY
Since the COVID-19 pandemic , healthcare professionals and technologists have been looking for ways to streamline processes and improve efficiency within healthcare to enable healthcare workers to focus on tasks of high importance .
Quantum computing has the potential to deliver disruptive use cases for providers , accelerating diagnosis , supporting bespoke medicines , and optimising pricing by reducing waste , trials , and time .
“ Healthcare by nature requires large collation and analysis of vast data sets and computations of data at great speed to make critical decisions . With more computational power , natural language processing ( NLP ), image recognition , and machine learning ( ML ) – all part of artificial intelligence ( AI ) – quantum computing is able to leverage the computer ’ s ability to lead operations and conduct analysis and solutions at super speed ,” says Sue Tripathi , Ph . D ., Managing Director , Global GTM Lead , Data , AI at Accenture .
“ Quantum computing technology will be another tool to speed processes and improve operational efficiencies , cut down on months of research and experimentation , test drug combinations , genomics , and find answers to some ‘ tough ’ disease conditions such as cancer , through AI , ML and other cutting-edge technologies .” aimagazine . com 81