HealthLeaders Media September 27, 2021
“If I was a payer right now, security and ransomware would be keeping me up at night,” says one HIPAA legal expert.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Quantum computing’s ability to process a staggering amount of complex data while arriving at multiple, independent conclusions has wide applications, including for healthcare.
– It also poses new data privacy and security risks.
– Payer response will likely require collaboration in an environment where technology and regulation must advance together.
Quantum computing derives its name from quantum physics, in which particles can operate in two states at the same time. Quantum computing’s potential is to “tackle certain types of problems—especially those involving a daunting number of variables and potential outcomes, like simulations or optimization questions—much...