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Recently, the healthcare industry has undergone a transformation driven by technological advancements. Two technologies are the foundation of this transformation: cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). AI has been a force behind advancements in diagnosis, treatment, medical research, and drug discovery. None of the advancements in AI would be possible without the cloud. The cloud provides the processing power and storage required to utilize the large data stores needed for healthcare AI. With the use of AI and cloud comes concerns about patient privacy and data security. These concerns have led to an increased use of confidential computing and the trusted execution environment (TEE). This paper explores confidential computing, how it can support privacy and security in healthcare, and how TEE provides the environment for confidential computing.