Comparison

Cerner Message Center vs PQ

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

PQ

Features
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The Pediatric Quality of Life and Evaluation of Symptoms Technology is designed for you to easily access your patients reports. We hope this will be a helpful tool in tracking patient reported symptoms and facilitating symptoms management. This app is specially designed for providers to view the reports generated for a patient, when patient answers any survey using patient app/web application. • How it works 1. Log in with proper credentials (provider's username and password) 2. User will see the dashboard with assigned patient list. 3. Click on patient card,generated patient reports will be shown in the report dashboard 4. To review the report, just click on it. • Benefits: 1. This is fastest way for provider to review the patient report. 2. Pediquest will support to improve Quality Of Life of patient in physical, psychological, social, school section.

Screenshots

Cerner Message Center2 screens
PQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PQ at 10.0 against Cerner Message Center's 17.4. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cerner Message Center ships an update every 2 months, PQ every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cerner Message Center versus PQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCerner Message CenterPQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.410.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB18 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCerner CorporationDana-Farber Cancer Institute

In-app purchases

None

Cerner Message Center

No in-app purchases

None

PQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cerner Message Center free?
Cerner Message Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PQ free?
PQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cerner Message Center or PQ have ads?
Neither Cerner Message Center nor PQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cerner Message Center or PQ?
Cerner Message Center ships an update every 2 months, and PQ every 4 months. Most recently, Cerner Message Center was updated on November 1, 2026 and PQ on November 2, 2026.

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