Quantum computing has the potential to reshape global healthcare and medical research in the coming decades. From our current vantage point, we can see glimmers of its future impact: prototype quantum algorithms already accelerating drug discovery, early collaborations bringing quantum hardware into hospital research labs, and quantum-inspired methods optimizing healthcare operations in ways that improve patient care. As the technology evolves from today’s nascent systems to tomorrow’s fault-tolerant quantum computers, the scale of disruption and advancement will only grow ...