Lee Medical uses iPad's to reduce catheter infections

Lee Medical, a local medical company in Tennessee that services 60 hospitals and other health care facilities in the area, is using custom software for FileMaker on the iPAD to keep track of the location & usage history of Catheters. By using the iPAD's they are able to use a central server that keeps track of the use history and the location of all the catheters in the area. They are also able to schedule procedures and know what places to visit. The great thing about using the iPAD's is the data is all on a protected server and no data is stored on the iPAD's so it can not be stolen. They have been able to reduce infection rates from 2 to 18 per 1,000 catheter days to 0.5 per 1,000 catheter days. I think it is really neat they companies are coming up with new and productive ways to use iPAD's and the software programs that are available to it. This is also a safe way to use it because all of the data is stored on a server and not the individual iPAD's.