[Nasrudith]

Essentially HIPAA is /the/ responsibility of the healthcare provider - not Google. I am not sure about the transferrance and the laws there but not giving out is the less famous provider's job. They operate on an unavoidable consequences to a designated entity for enforcement - no excuses or buck passing they signed off on it sort of thing.

It doesn't preclude other crimes whether from hackers but doesn't technically guarantee them in Google's part. Technically the provider could have just given sensitive information like complete idiots because they were asked.