Quantum computing comes to the Mayo Clinic; Maven Clinic nabs Naytal

Quantum computing comes to the Mayo Clinic; Maven Clinic nabs Naytal Jeff Lagasse

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Quantum computing is now a reality in healthcare. How did this come to be? Jeff Lagasse with Healthcare Finance News gets to the bottom of that and more in this week's Top Stories.

In this episode:

Quantum computer from IBM now deployed at Cleveland Clinic

Maven Clinic buys fellow virtual women's health company Naytal

DOJ, states drop appeal of Optum and Change merger

Talking Points:

• The potentially transformative quantum computing initiative could turbocharge healthcare research, say Cleveland Clinic and IBM.
• The IBM Quantum System One will be the first such machine in the world to be dedicated solely to healthcare research.
• It will help Cleveland Clinic speed its biomedical discoveries across an array of clinical and pharmaceutical needs.
• Maven Clinic, which offers virtual care geared toward women and families, has purchased London-based Naytal to speed its expansion in the UK and other European markets.
• Naytal provides online consultations for fertility concerns, pregnancy and postpartum support, and menopause care.
• The Department of Justice and states of Minnesota and New York have dropped their appeal of the $13.8 billion merger between Optum and Change Healthcare.
• The plaintiffs asked for the case to be voluntarily dismissed, giving no reason for the request.
  

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