Practitioner Engagement vs DS smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Practitioner Engagement
Access patient medical history and information on the go with this tool for physicians and nurse practitioners. Securely view charts, review results, and provide e-signatures for orders to improve communication and decision-making in senior care.
- View patient medical history
- Provide e-Signatures for orders
- Access notification stream for patient changes
- Complete monthly order reviews
- Review lab and radiology results
- Mobile access to patient charts
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The PointClickCare Practitioner Engagement application provides physicians and nurse practitioners with anytime, anywhere access to information on long-term care patients in their care. Using your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can securely and conveniently view your patient's medical history, leveraging access to the PointClickCare EHR platform, to help you make better decisions and improve overall communications with senior care homes. Key benefits include: - Provide e-Signatures for telephone and verbal orders, sign once for multiple patients - Keep up to date on important patient changes with the notification stream - Complete monthly order reviews - Review laboratory, radiology, and vitals results - Sign or create controlled substance orders (requires token device for 2 factor authentication) - Mobile access to patient charts for faster responses - Create notes or add follow-ups
DS smart
This app facilitates the secure capture and transmission of resident health data from medical devices directly to electronic medical records (EMRs) within Long-Term Care facilities. It streamlines the process for nurses and CNAs to log readings and update patient charts efficiently.
- Capture health data instantly
- Protect patient information
- Connect data to EMRs
- Care automation
- Log readings from medical devices
- Seamlessly send data to charts
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Instantly capture, protect and connect health data to an EMR with care automation powered by the patented DS smart® app. This intuitive technology built for Long-Term Care lets nurses or CNAs securely log in, retrieve resident readings from medical devices and seamlessly send them to specific charts within EMRs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DS smart at 5.0 against Practitioner Engagement's 3.1. DS smart also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
DS smart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 10 respectively.
Practitioner Engagement ships an update every 3 months, DS smart every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Practitioner Engagement | DS smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PointClickCare | Direct Supply, Inc. |
Customer experience
Practitioner Engagement
DS smart
In-app purchases
Practitioner Engagement
No in-app purchases
DS smart
No in-app purchases
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