e vs IMS ePCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
This app enables secure sharing of voice, text, photos, data, and live video for healthcare professionals. It supports HIPAA-compliant communication, improving patient care and decision-making in various medical scenarios.
- HIPAA-secure voice, text, photo, data sharing
- Live video streaming
- Record and log for quality assessment
- Patient privacy protection
- Real-world use cases for stroke, trauma, and more
- Enhanced situational awareness
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GD e-Bridge(TM) Mobile Telemedicine App for EMS, Public Safety and Healthcare. GD e-Bridge is listed in the FirstNet App Catalog™. With GD e-Bridge Mobile Telemedicine, share HIPAA-secure voice, text, photos, data, video clips and stream live with confidence and ease using your smartphone, tablet, Toughbook or PC. Plus record, and log for quality assessment, training and medical-legal documentation. The results? Speedy and reliable multi-media communication with EMS, physicians, specialists and hospitals anywhere. Improved decision-making. Enhanced situational awareness. Features to help provide better quality, and more cost-effective patient care. The Future of Connected Care is Already in Your Hands. Protect patient privacy: - HIPAA-compliant - Password protected - Fully encrypted - Photos, videos can only be sent to an approved network - Photos, videos not stored in device gallery Get the Full Picture: Real-World Uses for GD e-Bridge - Stroke – Send recorded or live streaming video of the prehospital stroke assessment to the hospital or stroke center. - Trauma – Share pictures from the scene of the mechanism of injury with trauma teams to help with decisions and team preparation. - Mobile integrated healthcare/community paramedicine – Enable telemedicine consults between the patient and their physician with live streaming video. - Burns or wounds – Share pictures to enable physicians to better advise EMS on wound care prior to arrival and make optimal transport decisions. - Transport refusals – Video against medical advice patient refusals for liability protection. - Mass casualty – Send pictures, video clips or live streaming video from the scene to physicians, emergency communications or command centers to improve triage, situational awareness and resource allocation. - Bio/chemical/hazmat event – Photos, video clips or live streaming from the scene can help minimize the number of responders, healthcare providers and members of the public exposed, improve triage and ensure patients are taken to facilities equipped to handle such emergencies. GD e-Bridge tracking feature: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
IMS ePCR
This application facilitates pre-hospital patient care reporting by collecting detailed incident and patient data. It includes modules for vital signs, medications, procedures, and narrative documentation. Additionally, it offers NFIRS modules for fire service reporting, covering various incident types and casualties.
- Incident data collection
- Patient data collection
- Vital signs recording
- Medications and procedures tracking
- Narrative documentation
- NFIRS reporting modules
- Fire service incident reporting
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Pre-Hospital patient care reporting: ePCR Module Including: Incident Data Collection: Times, Crew Members, Apparatus & Mutual Aid Patient Data Collection: Residency, History, Meds, Allergies, SS# & Phone# Patient Disposition: EMS Impressions, Cardiac Arrest Indicators & Trauma Triage Vitals: Pressures, Glasgow Coma, Stroke Scale, Lung Sounds & EKG Interpretation Medications And Procedures: Times, Crew, Dosage & Complications Narrative And Validation: Additional Documentation & Report QA NFIRS Module Including: EMS Module Arson Module HazMat Module Fire Module Structure Fire Module Mobile Fire Module Equipment Module Both Fire Service And Civilian Casualty Module
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: e at 4.3 against IMS ePCR's 3.7. e also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). IMS ePCR's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
e holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: e has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of e's written reviews are positive against 50% of IMS ePCR's.
e ships an update every 5 weeks, IMS ePCR monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | IMS ePCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | General Devices | Jason Haines |
Customer experience
e
IMS ePCR
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
IMS ePCR
No in-app purchases
