What is best way to have documents updated in real time by multiple users

looking now! thanks

i can answer just about any question you have. we've put it through its paces.

simple things like each user gets a different 'color' so you can see which cell in a spreadsheet they're paused on are very well done.

you can share; revoke privelidges, publish it (temporarily) as a webpage for read-only access to the web in general....its amazing.

can i get your email? Im going into a meeting with the higher ups at lunch to discuss this and i may have more questions once i get out?

let me tell u our scenerio real quick.
-mental health hospital
-25 male patients
-25 female patients

right now we have a spreadsheet with every patients name down the side, with 15min visual observations by each one for the techs to report on.
we want each tech on the unit to have a mobile device to do this in real time so the nurses at the station can monitor what is going on in real time, without receiving a piece of paper.

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awesome! Would it work with the surface pro if not apple?

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oh damn. not owning a surface pro i cant really answer that..does it run some version of windows or is it an entirely different OS? if windows then i imagine it would..we use gdocs with our PCs here.

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And as far as email accounts go, if i did it as one shared company email would there be any way to tell who was updating the document, or would i have to give each user a gmail account to track activity between techs updating the doc?

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you'd probably want to give each user their own email for lots of reason..accountability in particular. if you are the 'admin' you can pretty much undo anything your folks have done & revert back to older versions in case something went wrong.

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GOOGLE DOCS GOOGLE DOCS GOOGLE DOCS My entire team uses it and the sharing/collaboration/security settings are insane. Nothing comes close. Oh, and its free.

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Agree 100%

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i see google has most of their tools available for iOS. Anyone using iOS and gdocs want to comment?

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I use docs on my ipad and iphone occassionally. Probably don't use it to the level you do, but it works fine for the spreadsheet I use to keep track of equipment info in the field. Use to use it more, but my work cut access to it from our network. Pisses me off, it was a great tool.

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I use to keep track of equipment info in the field..

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I wrote software for this if it is oilfield related. Several players on the shelf are currently using it.

Agree that google docs is awesome for this. Watch out for HIPPA implications, however.

Used to use google docs with a bunch of developers and project managers and it was a great way to collaborate. If you check it out, look into using the conditional formatting so that you can have cells turn colors based on events... ie BP NORMAL = GREEN, BP HIGH = YELLOW, BP REALLY HIGH = RED... that kind of stuff.

ETA: If you need something more customized, secure and real-time updated, and you have a budget of $5k or more, hit me up. That's what I do. Web-based reactive forms with instant data updates. Works on any platform with a browser. /salespitch off