NEI Learn vs HCS eMR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NEI Learn
Access a wide range of online continuing medical education activities, including presentations, clinical cases, and articles. Enhance your knowledge in mental health care and conveniently fulfill CME requirements from your smartphone.
- Unlimited CME credits
- New activities added regularly
- Multiple learning formats
- CME credits saved to NEI transcript
- Mobile-friendly content presentation
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Our most popular online CME activities, now available in our newest app! Access animations, encore presentations, clinical cases, self-assessments, treatment guidelines and articles. Enhance your mental health care knowledge with cutting-edge education at your own pace, and conveniently meet all your CME requirements from your smartphone. • Earn unlimited CME credits • New activities added regularly • Multiple learning formats • CME credits saved to your NEI transcript • Mobile-friendly presentation of content • Data connection required for use of the app
HCS eMR
This HIPAA-compliant mobile application provides access to patient charts, medication records, and safety checks for healthcare professionals. It allows for charting, medication history queries, and image capture, extending the functionality of the desktop version.
- Access patient charts
- Perform safety checks and rounding
- Chart via eMAR
- Medication history queries
- Capture patient images
- Documented responses
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HCS eMR is the mobile version of HCS Clinicals. HCS eMR is a HIPAA Compliant, Meaningful User Certified eMR that serves the Behavioral, Acute, LTAC and Correctional markets. HCS eMR enables HCS Clinicals modules for the iPhone and iPad. With HCS eMR, the user will be able to access the patients chart, perform safety checks and rounding, access and chart via the eMAR, perform medication history queries, capture patient images and provide documented responses. HCS eMR can be used in any hospital that is licensed and operating the full version of HCS Clinicals version 8 or above.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HCS eMR at 3.0 against NEI Learn's 2.0. HCS eMR also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). NEI Learn's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
HCS eMR holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NEI Learn has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
NEI Learn ships an update every 5 months, HCS eMR every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NEI Learn | HCS eMR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (26 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neuroscience Education Institute, LLC | Health Care Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
NEI Learn
HCS eMR
In-app purchases
NEI Learn
No in-app purchases
HCS eMR
No in-app purchases
