MDLog vs Logical Ink 8.2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MDLog
This voice-controlled virtual assistant helps clinicians streamline patient care and manage records efficiently. It offers instant speech-to-text conversion and voice-activated access to patient data for real-time decision-making. Designed for various clinical settings, it supports note dictation, record maintenance, and charge capture.
- Voice-controlled virtual assistant
- Patient data access and analysis
- Instant clinical speech to text
- Dictate, file, and manage notes
- Structured patient record maintenance
- Clinical decision support
- ICD-10 support
- Charge capture
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MDLog app is a voice-controlled virtual assistant designed for clinicians to improve patient care outcomes without losing their efficiency as they prepare for the healthcare industry’s shift to outcomes-based payment models. The app is designed to simplify clinicians’ workflow by enabling them to access and analyze patient data with simple voice commands for more intelligent real-time decisions and record patient data with instant clinical speech-to-text conversion. MDLog is being used across various clinical settings ranging from Acute Hospitals to Post-Acute facilities to Practices. Some of its supported capabilities include • Dictate, file and manage clinical notes anytime anywhere. • Maintain structured patient records including medical History, medication, and allergies among others • Clinical decision support for better decisions • Clinical decision support for smarter decisions • ICD – 10 support • Charge capture Clinical speech recognition in this app is powered by Nuance Communications, Inc.
Logical Ink 8.2
This application allows healthcare organizations to digitize patient data and signatures, replacing paper forms. It enhances documentation accuracy, reduces medical errors, and streamlines workflows for improved patient and staff satisfaction. It is designed for licensed users of the Logical Ink system.
- Electronic signature and data capture
- Reduces errors and improves patient safety
- Streamlined registration workflow
- Enables bedside care and mobility
- Drag-and-drop form design tool
- Integrates with EMR/ECM systems
- Dynamic form text and border colors
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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 8.2 Highlights: • All clients support dynamically changing text color and border color in forms based on user input or data field values • Added support for PreCapture Quick Launch QR code that allow iPad users to quickly scan a QR code to launch directly into a patient’s form packet • PreCapture emails can be set to expire by either the patient’s Admit Date or the date the email was sent • PreBoard has better date validation rules for the Date of Birth data entry • Made the forms displayed in PreCapture and the HTML client friendlier to screen readers for enhanced accessibility support • Better keyboard navigation support in the iPad client when filling forms with many text fields • Enhanced navigation from the Items Remaining dialog to the required form control in the iPad client • Centralized the Environment settings in Admin and added the Proxy Address and Base URL settings to better support cloud and load-balanced environments • Added screens for managing HL7 schemas and field mappings in the database • Improved HL7 interfaces definitions now reference the schemas and field mappings in the database instead of requiring file uploads • All new field mapping edit screen that takes the place of the previous Interface Builder utility • Enhanced screens for adding and editing data fields and Logical Recall fields • Server is now tracking when expired emails are clicked by a patient • Updated the Downloads and About screens in the web client • Improved the Password Reset screen in the web client • Added support for the Topaz T-L(BK)462-HSX-RG electronic signature capture device • Replaced the App Button with the File menu in Designer • Server has an improved, more efficient algorithm for updating location matches for visit filtering • Added a background task for cleaning up unused form templates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Logical Ink 8.2 at 5.0 against MDLog's 3.9. MDLog's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1) and device support. 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 8.2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MDLog has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | MDLog | Logical Ink 8.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MDOps Corporation | Bottomline Technologies |
In-app purchases
MDLog
No in-app purchases
Logical Ink 8.2
No in-app purchases
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