Quantum-Inspired Optimization for High-Dimensional Data Classification in Healthcare Analytics

Abstract

High-dimensional medical datasets pose a persistent challenge for artificial intelligence because traditional classification algorithms often incur escalating computational costs and reduced predictive accuracy. As healthcare systems generate increasingly complex clinical records, imaging outputs, and genomic profiles, scalable analytic methods that balance precision and efficiency are critical. This study proposes a Quantum-Inspired Optimization (QIO) framework for efficient and accurate classification of high-dimensional healthcare data. Leveraging the exploratory power of variational quantum algorithms, specifically techniques analogous to the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm, the framework integrates quantum-style search strategies with classical computation to achieve global optimization and numerical stability. Publicly available medical datasets with hundreds of features were used to evaluate the approach. Classification models were trained and tested across varying feature dimensionalities, and performance was assessed using accuracy, runtime, and scalability metrics. Empirical results demonstrate that QIO achieves up to 95.4% classification accuracy and reduces computational time by 40% compared with state-of-the-art classical baselines. The method demonstrates stable convergence and clear decision boundaries even as feature dimensionality grows, highlighting its resilience to the curse of dimensionality. These results indicate that QIO can enable fast and reliable healthcare analytics in data-rich clinical environments. Future research may examine domain-specific adaptations, real-time deployment, and integration with emerging quantum hardware to enhance the impact of quantum-inspired artificial intelligence further.