Cerner Message Center vs Diagnotes | Patients
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cerner Message Center
This app facilitates secure messaging workflows for physicians, allowing them to view, compose, reply, and forward messages. It also enables cosigning orders and endorsing results, providing essential EHR access outside of traditional clinic settings.
- View messages, reminders, consults, receipts, sent items, and trash
- Compose, reply, and forward phone messages
- Cosign orders
- Endorse results
- Secure EHR access
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PowerChart Touch Message Center for iPad and iPhone supports fast, easy and smart messaging workflows for the physician including: • Ability to view messages, reminders, consults, receipts, sent items and trash • Ability to compose, reply, and forward phone messages • Ability to cosign orders and endorse results PowerChart Touch Message Center also provides secure access for physicians needing access to the EHR outside of clinic walls. IMPORTANT: PowerChart Touch Message Center requires your organization to have a valid license and be on release 2012.01 or higher. If you are unsure about the availability of PowerChart Touch Message Center at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative.
Diagnotes | Patients
This app provides a secure channel for patients and caregivers to communicate directly with healthcare providers. It facilitates care coordination and management through features like video calls, image sharing, and text messaging, potentially reducing the need for in-person appointments.
- Secure patient-provider communication
- Video, image, and text messaging
- Care coordination for self or loved ones
- Manage chronic conditions
- Prescription refill requests
- Telehealth virtual check-ins
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Diagnotes® connects patients or caregivers with their healthcare providers, creating a secure and direct line of communication via any mobile device. With Diagnotes®, you can coordinate and manage care for yourself or a loved one in the most efficient way possible. With tools such as video, image uploading, and text, many medical questions or concerns can be answered via Diagnotes® instead of needing to schedule an appointment. Topics that can be addressed via Diagnotes® include but are not limited to: • Follow up after a hospital stay • Managing chronic conditions • Wound care • Pain management • Pre and post-natal care • Prescription refill requests • Behavioral health therapy • Telehealth or virtual check-ins Ask your provider for login details, and take control of your healthcare communication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Diagnotes | Patients at 5.0 against Cerner Message Center's 3.0. Diagnotes | Patients also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). Cerner Message Center's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1). 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.
Diagnotes | Patients holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cerner Message Center has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cerner Message Center ships an update every 2 months, Diagnotes | Patients every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cerner Message Center | Diagnotes | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cerner Corporation | Diagnotes Inc |
Customer experience
Cerner Message Center
Diagnotes | Patients
In-app purchases
Cerner Message Center
No in-app purchases
Diagnotes | Patients
No in-app purchases
Questions
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