A $100 million bet on quantum computing at Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic installed an IBM quantum computer on its campus in 2021, becoming the first healthcare system to host one on-site. The installation took nine months to complete and was part of a 10-year, $100 million partnership with IBM, led by the Clinic's first chief research information officer, Dr. Lara Jehi.
Within two years, Cleveland Clinic researchers could use the on-site system to run iterative quantum chemistry simulations on real clinical datasets without moving protected health data to the cloud, making quantum-informed drug-repurposing candidates a practical near-term target.