Comparison

Safe Patient Handling vs ElPulseChart Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Safe Patient Handling

This medical app streamlines the documentation of patient safety checks and nursing routines. It improves charting accuracy and efficiency for tasks like turning, toileting, and safety rounds. The collected data can be integrated into patient care records and progress notes.

Highlights
  • Document safety checks
  • Record nursing routines
  • Improve charting accuracy
  • Track patient care intervals
  • Integrate with CPRS progress notes
Features
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Safe Patient Handling (SPH) mobile medical application shall provide the ability to document each safety check or other nursing routines that are performed at multiple intervals to improve the ease and accuracy of charting (turning, toileting, restraints, safety rounds, etc.). This information shall be included with recording patient care. Improving progress notes to show that everything was completed may also be used to display nursing time and effort. These checks will be sent to a CPRS progress note through the VA Mobile Health Adapter at the end of a specified period of time.

About

ElPulseChart Mobile

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ElPulseChart helps residential care teams organize everyday documentation from an iPhone or iPad. Built for care homes, group homes, and foster and treatment homes, ElPulseChart brings medication administration records (MAR), flowsheets, progress notes, incident reports, resident documents, calendars, and staff time records into one workspace. CARE DOCUMENTATION Record medication administration, enter vitals and daily observations, document progress, and keep resident information organized. TEAM COORDINATION Manage appointments, staff scheduling, household tasks, and time clock entries. Access depends on your assigned organization and role. FAMILY COMMUNICATION Share approved updates and photos, exchange messages, and coordinate visits with authorized family members. ElPulseChart is documentation software for care providers. It does not diagnose conditions or provide treatment advice. An account and internet connection are required.

Screenshots

Safe Patient Handling4 screens
ElPulseChart Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Safe Patient Handling at 11.0 against ElPulseChart Mobile's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Safe Patient Handling versus ElPulseChart Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafe Patient HandlingElPulseChart Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)Elroi Chala

In-app purchases

None

Safe Patient Handling

No in-app purchases

None

ElPulseChart Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Safe Patient Handling free?
Safe Patient Handling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ElPulseChart Mobile free?
ElPulseChart Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Safe Patient Handling or ElPulseChart Mobile have ads?
Neither Safe Patient Handling nor ElPulseChart Mobile shows ads.

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