MEDITECH MConnect vs Logical Ink 8.5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MEDITECH MConnect
This app provides mobile access to MEDITECH's Expanse Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. It features a site selector for easy connection to your facility's EHR and a streamlined webview for enhanced productivity. Clinical speech recognition by Nuance is also integrated.
- Site Selector for EHR connection
- Streamlined mobile-friendly interface
- Integrated clinical speech recognition
- Easy access to MEDITECH Expanse EHR
- Enhanced user productivity
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Fast and convenient, MEDITECH MConnect serves as the launching pad for MEDITECH's Expanse applications, with clinical speech recognition by Nuance. Use the Site Selector to easily find your MEDITECH system, then tap and swipe through clean, mobile-friendly platforms that will make you more productive, no matter where you go. Use of MEDITECH MConnect requires authorized access to a MEDITECH Expanse EHR, and the system must be enabled for connection via the MConnect app. Contact your information technology staff if you have questions about the availability of access. Features: • The Site Selector: Easy to use graphical tool helps users discover and connect to their MEDITECH Expanse EHR. No need to disclose your facility’s Web EHR url to users, and no need for users to create bookmarks or browser shortcuts to save that url. • Ease of use: Launch the app and you’re immediately connected to your MEDITECH Expanse EHR. No more launching a browser first and then searching for the bookmark that has the link. Want to switch to another MEDITECH Expanse EHR? Access the Site Selector and select another site. • Streamlined webview: Functions that get in the way or distract users have been removed - back arrow, bookmarks, etc. The MConnect App provides just the web browser functions users need to navigate the MEDITECH Expanse EHR.
Logical Ink 8.5
This app allows healthcare organizations to capture patient data and signatures electronically, replacing paper forms. It integrates with existing systems to improve documentation, reduce errors, and streamline workflows for a better patient and staff experience.
- Electronic signature capture
- Discrete data and photo capture
- Reduces errors and improves patient safety
- Streamlined registration workflow
- Mobile and bedside care enabled
- Integrates with EMR/ECM workflows
- Intelligent and interactive forms
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Logical Ink® makes it easy for healthcare organizations to allow patients and caregivers to capture data and signatures electronically, eliminating the need for paper forms. Seamlessly compatible with any downstream system, Logical Ink helps improve documentation, decrease medical errors, and simplify processes. It leverages mobile devices, digital ink and a pen/touch-based interface to provide a simple and intuitive user experience that is as natural and unrestrictive as paper. You must be a licensed user of Logical Ink to use this app. Logical Ink customers enjoy the following benefits: • Intelligent and interactive forms for capturing electronic signature, discrete data and photos • Reduces errors and improves patient safety by eliminating paper forms and scanning • Increased staff and patient satisfaction • Reduces wait times in Registration with a more streamlined workflow • Enables mobility and bedside care • Easy-to-use, drag/drop design tool for enterprise forms management • Integrates with any EMR or ECM workflow for fewer clicks 8.5 Highlights: • Introduced the Lock control for Designer and all clients that allows only certain user groups to access signatures and other parts of forms • Windows components are certified on Windows 11 • Server is now certified on Windows Server 2022 and SQL Server 2022 • Updated the Patient Forms functionality in form selection logic to make searches easier for forms the patient completed previously • Token generation is prevented when the user reaches their max failed login attempts • Re-genrating a user's token now creates records in the Event Log • Barcodes render to the screen in the form fill window in the iPad client • Disabled controls appear in the Items Remaining list • Added a configuration setting for controlling whether the server executes a database check at startup • Updated the Active Directory search functionality to better handle multi-domain environments through the GroupLookupType server configuration setting • Updated the Proxy Service to better handle old and new Hyland libraries • Designer better responds to changes to the logging level in itsconfiguration file • Added support for the _SelectedIndex property on the Dropdown List controls • Added a confirmation dialog to the Clear button on Slider controls • JavaScript code editing experiences now have line numbers • Updated interface for Form Fill integrations with MedEx
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Logical Ink 8.5 at 5.0 against MEDITECH MConnect's 3.0. MEDITECH MConnect's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Logical Ink 8.5 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | MEDITECH MConnect | Logical Ink 8.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Meditech | Bottomline Technologies |
In-app purchases
MEDITECH MConnect
No in-app purchases
Logical Ink 8.5
No in-app purchases
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