All of our nurses are using laptops in the home and collecting data onsite using database software developed by FlatTop Technology in cooperation with NFN.  This system allows our highly skilled nurses to store information from medical assessments, teach parenting skills to caregivers, link clients with vital community resources, measure risk factors & outcomes, and much more.  All data stored during the home visit is later transferred, simply & securely over the Internet to the main office, reducing costs and allowing us to serve both an urban population as well as a rural poulation more effectively.  Our database performs routine data validation checks (emailing results to nurses and their supervisors), stores immunization data and calculates the infant's status, generates annual outcome data and more.  We also have an integrated web-based reporting system allowing supervisors and management staff to have instant access to real-time data anywhere they have access to the Internet.

We are certain that embracing technology has allowed the organization to grow while keeping costs at a minimum.  In FY06 alone, we conducted over 16,000 visits to over 3,000 families. We are able to do all of this while keeping our cost to serve the average family for one year to around $1,000.