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What is quantum risk in healthcare?
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Quantum risk in healthcare is a records problem measured in lifetimes: genomic data and medical histories must stay confidential for fifty years or more — the exact horizon on which today's encryption is expected to fail. Health data stolen now and decrypted later cannot be re-secured, which puts the sector on the post-quantum critical path.
The countervailing opportunity is quantum simulation: molecular modeling for drug discovery is among the most credible near-term quantum applications, and pharmaceutical research programs are already buying access. The sector holds quantum's clearest risk and one of its clearest upsides simultaneously.
Institutional coverage treats both as timeline questions — migration mandates on one side, simulation partnerships on the other — with claims kept to what is on the public record.