Quantum Computing - Healthcare

Quantum computing?is a type of?computation?that harnesses the collective properties of?quantum?states, such as?superposition, interference, and?entanglement, to perform calculations. The devices that perform quantum computations are known as?quantum computers. Quantum computing?is a type of?computation?that harnesses the collective properties of?quantum?states, such as?superposition, interference, and?entanglement, to perform calculations. - Wiki

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has become the critical study of human life with Intelligent technologies. The IoT-based apps are flourishing in every sector using sensors from personal use to official use. The health care consists of sensitive, critical more personal data, which make them more resultant to cyber-attacks. Also, the system is heterogeneous in nature comprising huge number of devices having their own operating system and protocols that make them vulnerable to attacks. Health care has embedded IoT for making the system more proactive for monitoring a tacking patients’ health. Moreover, the need for precise calculations has brought the need for more concrete technologies. This article suggests the use of quantum computing in correlation with blockchain to make health care more secure system.

As per IBM International -

Figure 1 Quantum computers may enable three key healthcare use cases that reinforce each other in a virtuous cycle. For instance, accurate diagnoses enable precise treatments, as well as a better reflection of patient risks in pricing models. I have added link below for additional details.

I went through many research articles/publications before writing my article on this topic, IBM is currently looking at very high use case which co-related three top factors in this domain.

Lot of scientists/researchers think the use cases can be way more granular for mixing probabilities and combinations among relational databased.

There can be a whole set of symptoms which can tie up the disease along with that if you can add patients regular prescriptions, it can also provide a lead into long term side affects.

Eating habit/region/race all can be tracked to see which response can lead to which situation. Additionally same research can be added for treatments to provide an improvised healthcare. Now currently all the viruses diagnosed are majorly some sorts of proteins and chains of protein can sit in a trillion different format, That can help us find some solutions for the viruses which are affecting and influential the quality of life.

Computing needs will keep growing as usual and looking the way we are heading in realm of big data analytics, where even supercomputers are not able to keep up with the needs in, hopefully quantum computing can provide some relief. Definitely there are way more unknowns and hidden factors still in this domain.

Computing needs will continue to grow rapidly irrespective of the industry, quantum computing can definitely solve some of major complex problems in each industry. Additionally more development and additional features with adaptation will help bring down the cost drastically.

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Saurabh Gera