Need for iPad/PC/Mac networking at hospitals-

Need for networking at hospitals…
Our doctor (plus an IT guy for the hospital) is the go-to guy for the MDs that use Island hospital and want to review test results and documentation on each patient on the network. All imaging systems are now digital and are available minutes after testing is completed. Each nurse station documents patient status every hour.
They currently can review any document on a PC networked with hospital; however, they cannot access the network on their iPads. Turns out most of the doctors have Mac iPads and they enjoy the smallness compared to carrying a laptop, and would love to use the iPad (for record access) when going to the patients room.
He said that the hospital will convert to a more “Mac Friendly” system this year, however I really don’t think it will solve their issues.  (see below).
Our Doctor said that they wanted a better way to review records but the iOS in the iPad does not allow direct access/networking. Here is what I found out for him and would appreciate any ideas to improve on the approach.
My only known share/link between iPad, PC and/or Mac desktop
To Share Word, PDF, tiff, and jpg files, I use Drop Box application for iPad, PC and Mac. I Install Drop Box on each device via opening a free account with “Drop Box.” An email address and a pass-word is used for each device. ((note: the email must be verified when prompted after setting up the email account.))
Use wireless links. Any file to be accessed from an iPad must be placed (drag and drop) into Drop Box on one of the “linked” computers.
Each device sets up a Share/Link to other computer email addresses but email is not the method of sharing it just forms the basis for ID. I had no trouble setting up an iPad 2, PC-windows 7, and two Macs with OS 10.6.8.
Within Drop Box, you can Set up sub-folders to share documents and other computers and iPads will only see the subfolder they want to access. Any time you drag and drop a file in the folder it immediately shows up within seconds in all computers with the sub-folder name. If it is deleted from a folder on any device it is automatically deleted from all computers with that shared sub-folder name, and a linked email address
HELPFUL APPS ON IPAD if PDF files and Word files are used.
PDF2 Office, Bookshelf, Dropbox, iCloud mail, Pages… All but Bookshelf allows quick transfer to Dropbox; however if more interested in reading a document on a PC, this doesn’t really help. Real benefit of the this transfer is to share iPad info with PC or Mac.

I suspect a lot of hospitals are doing this. 
Could you give a more detail description of how things work on a PC Laptop?
Is the data on a network share?
How does the data get to the PC?
How is the data accessed on the PC?
Is there an all in one program running on the pc to access the data?
Done in a web browser?  IE? 
Windows File server access.  Get permission to check out what servers are around. See what the data looks like.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8

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