Practitioner Engagement vs athenaText
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
athenaText
A secure, HIPAA-compliant text messaging service for healthcare providers to collaborate, consult, and share information instantly. Communicate clearly and confidently with colleagues and a network of HCPs nationwide.
- HIPAA-compliant messaging
- Instant collaboration
- Share texts and images
- Consult with peers nationwide
- Integrated drug information
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Collaborate. Consult. Connect. Introducing athenaText, the free, secure text messaging service designed especially for health care providers. Collaborate instantly Exchange information instantly and collaborate easily across care teams. Share texts, images, and medication information with your colleagues. Communicate with security and confidence Because athenaText enables HIPAA-compliant messaging, there's no need to be cryptic to avoid revealing PHI. Communicate clearly and share texts and images with the confidence that your communications are secure. Consult with your peers on the go Tap a network of HCPs across the country, courtesy of Epocrates, the #1 medical app trusted by 1 out of 2 US physicians. Invite HCPs to join you in secure conversations. Add the latest drug information athenaText is also built into athenaOne mobile app as well as athenahealth's desktop services athenaClinicals (EHR) and athenaCoordinator (order transmission & care collaboration). At your clinic or on the go, secure communication is just a tap away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: athenaText at 76% against Practitioner Engagement's 24%. athenaText also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
athenaText holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: athenaText has 377 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Practitioner Engagement's written reviews are positive against 76% of athenaText's.
Practitioner Engagement ships an update every 3 months, athenaText every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Practitioner Engagement | athenaText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (28 ratings) | 3.9 (377 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 75.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 377 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PointClickCare | athenahealth |
Customer experience
Practitioner Engagement
athenaText
Bugs and requests
Practitioner Engagement
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
athenaText
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on login or when switching between screens
- Notifications not working or delayed
- Sync issues causing loss of messages
- Inability to log in or access the app after updates
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Snooze or do-not-disturb functionality
- Ability to dictate notes and sign off on charts
- Mass delete/management of message threads
- Improved push notifications and alerts
- Android app support
In-app purchases
Practitioner Engagement
No in-app purchases
athenaText
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Practitioner Engagement free?
Is athenaText free?
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