As far as wireless being inherently non-HIPPA compliant, he is trying to talk using an orifice other than his mouth.
Having lived through service interruptions in different parts of the US (record snow in Sierras, firestorms in SoCal), one of the first things that get fixed is antenna coverage. Some of the same towers that have cell repeaters also have the antennas, power supplies, and network backhaul that first-responders depend on for operational communications. I'd argue that in most places your rep has it exactly backwards. See para #1.
DocMartin and I will be covering this, along with several other enabling technology subjects in our session.
The short answer about the Internet and HIPPA is all in how you use it, and protecting patient data.
