Comparison

MyChart Bedside vs PillCam

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

Head to head
About

MyChart Bedside

This app provides hospitalized patients and their families access to care team information, clinical data, and health education. It allows for communication with the care team, viewing schedules, and accessing important health documents.

Highlights
  • View treatment team bios
  • Access patient education materials
  • See inpatient medications and lab results
  • Track patient schedule and tasks
  • Communicate with care team via chat
  • Access discharge planning information
  • Share clinical notes
Features
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MyChart Bedside is your portal for engaging with your care while admitted to the hospital. Empower yourself and your family with access to your care team, clinical data, and health education. MyChart Bedside uses your hospital’s medical record system to securely show you information, so check with your care team to see if the system supports it. Access MyChart Bedside in two ways: • Bedside in MyChart Mobile: use the MyChart app to access many Bedside features from your personal iPhone or iPad. • Bedside for tablet: give yourself the complete Bedside experience on an iPad, including features for contributing documentation and communicating with the care team. This application requires a hospital-provided or personal iPad. In both Bedside for tablet and Bedside in MyChart Mobile, you can see: • The treatment team with bios and role descriptions for each person. • Patient education. • Inpatient medications and lab results. • Hospital health issues. • Your patient schedule, including medication times, nursing tasks, surgeries, and more. • Inpatient questionnaires. • Dining menus and ordering options. • Inpatient video visits using Epic video visits. • Your hospital’s apps, websites, and other integrated content. • E-signature forms. (No signature pad needed.) • Bedside chat, for non-urgent messages to the care team. • Shared clinical notes. • Non-urgent requests. • Your options for continuing care post-discharge. • Friends and family access. • Discharge milestones. • Your after visit summary. In addition, in Bedside for tablet, you can use these communication and documentation features: • Personal audio, video, or text notes. Note that what you can see and do within the MyChart Bedside app depends on which features your healthcare organization has enabled and whether they’re using the latest version of Epic software. If you have questions about what’s available, contact your healthcare organization. To learn more about MyChart Bedside, check out this introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQu_mnFt7s Have feedback about the app? Email us at mychartsupport@epic.com.

About

PillCam

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The PillCam™ Genius Real-Time View (RTV) application allows a healthcare provider to connect to the PillCam™ Genius Link device and view real-time images captured by the PillCam™ Genius SB capsule for a short period of time during the procedure to estimate the location of the PillCam(TM) Genius SB capsule in the gastrointestinal tract. The RTV application can be used in iPads only.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PillCam at 16.0 against MyChart Bedside's 18.0. On price 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MyChart Bedside versus PillCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyChart BedsidePillCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPad — better—
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB52 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEpicMedtronic, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

MyChart Bedside

No in-app purchases

None

PillCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyChart Bedside free?
MyChart Bedside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PillCam free?
PillCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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