As someone else who works in HealthTech, I'd expect someone else in HealthTech talking about HIPAA would mention that HIPAA only applies to Covered Entities. D

As someone else who works in HealthTech, I'd expect someone else in HealthTech talking about HIPAA would mention that HIPAA only applies to Covered Entities. Doom Eternal is not a Covered Entity (unless they're doing something crazy) and would not be subject to HIPAA in any capacity. This is either an overly protective lawyer or in reaction to a different, non-HIPAA data law.