Journal system for social care

Considering an alternative to Sensum One?

Switching journal systems should make sense for staff and operations. Validi is an option for social care and addiction treatment services looking to bring notes, care plans, medication, rotas, HR and rooms together. Use this guide to compare your current Sensum One agreement with a specific Validi proposal.

By Validi · Reviewed

Compare the tasks your team actually performs

  1. Map what you use

    List the modules, integrations, reports and professional methods you currently use in Sensum One. Include daily documentation as well as occasional requirements such as inspections, year-end reporting and leaving the system.

  2. Try the same case in both systems

    Use a fictional person and ask the same staff member to find a plan, write a note, inspect a correction and prepare a handover. Consider whether the task is understandable to someone who was not involved in choosing the software.

  3. Define the deliverable

    Agree which data will move, which integrations are essential and what must work on the first day. Distinguish demonstrated functionality, agreed adaptations and requests for the future.

  4. Approve before switching

    Check a sample export and the imported history. Plan training, the transition date, access to old records and how discrepancies will be handled. Keep the old access available until the agreed checks have been completed.

Two systems — your requirements decide

EG describes Sensum One as a professional system for social care. Validi brings documentation and daily operations together for services including supported housing, social psychiatry and addiction treatment. Assess both against your actual tasks; a general feature list does not establish that a particular integration or report is included.

This is Validi's own buying guide, not an independent product test. We do not attribute undocumented shortcomings to Sensum One or quote a price without a current proposal.

Compare the full cost

Start with your actual Sensum One agreement and invoices. Compare subscriptions, employees, locations, modules, usage, support, migration and training. Include any overlap between subscriptions during the transition.

Validi's shared-hosting price appears below and on the price list. A lower base price need not mean lower overall cost if other tasks or systems must be paid for separately. Equally, additional features have value only if your service needs them.

Which Sensum One data can be moved?

Start with an agreed export format. Map service users, notes and documents, and review dates, authorship, attachments and other historical information that needs to be preserved. The actual export determines the scope.

Agree both record counts and content spot checks. A file may transfer successfully without preserving every relationship. Read our guide to switching systems and exporting data, and have your own export assessed before agreeing the migration.

Agreements, responsibility and historical access

A switch requires clarity about lawful processing, data-processing agreements and access rights. Request exports through the agreed process and use secure transfer. An individual's right to data portability is not a general guarantee of free migration of an entire journal system.

Agree what must be retained, who may access it and how return or deletion is handled at the end of the service. The Danish Data Protection Agency explains controller and processor roles.

From observations to care-plan goals

A goal needs to work in daily practice. Validi can suggest intermediate goals for a professional to review, edit and approve. AI-assisted content is marked and included in the version history. AI makes no decisions about the service user.

Validi’s Danish interface showing suggested goals for sleep routines, breakfast and reflection
Screenshot from Validi: suggested intermediate care-plan goals. The text contains general examples; a professional must adapt and approve the actual goals. The interface shown is in Danish.

Pricing and what is included

Shared hosting has a base price per clinic plus a fee per employee. Include both the subscription and expected usage when preparing your budget.

Step 1 · Shared hosting

DKK 199/mo. per clinic

+ DKK 96 per employee/mo.

Excluding VAT. SMS, CPR lookups, speech-to-text and AI are charged by usage. A dedicated clinic mobile number has a separate monthly charge. See the full price list for rates.

  • Everything in Validi, unlimited clients
  • Rota planning incl. statutory time tracking
  • HR with staff reviews and workplace assessments
  • Rooms for residential facilities
  • Free, full export — always
  • No lock-in
  • Danish support
See all prices and usage rates

Need a dedicated server and a different agreement? See the enterprise solution for published setup and hosting prices.

A system change in four steps

  1. Define what needs to move

    List records, attachments, plans and history. Agree retention requirements, access rights and any need to consult the previous system.

  2. Check a sample export

    Agree an export format with your current supplier. Check that service users, notes, dates and attachments remain connected before confirming the scope.

  3. Test a working day

    Walk through a fictional case with the relevant professional groups. Check permissions, corrections, reports and exports; agree training and responsibilities.

  4. Approve the transition

    Agree the final export, cutover date and a fallback plan if there are delays. Check record counts and selected cases, then have the responsible person approve the result.

Migration scope and costs are agreed before work starts. Enterprise packages include migration as described in the price list; fixed pricing assumes data in the agreed export format. Deviations are priced in advance. Read about switching systems and exporting data.

Bring your workflow to the demo

Use a fictional example. We will walk through the tasks, access rights and migration requirements together.

Compare your workflow with Validi

Frequently asked questions

Is Validi cheaper than Sensum One?
That can only be established by comparing equivalent services. Validi publishes subscription and usage prices. Use a current Sensum One proposal or your existing agreement and include modules, setup, training, migration and integrations. We do not promise savings without that calculation.
Can all our integrations move with us?
Each needs to be assessed. List integrations and specialised reports, identifying those essential on day one. Functionality in one provider's system cannot be assumed to work in the same way in another.
Can you guarantee migration without data loss?
A responsible migration begins by assessing the export and agreeing what can be moved and how it will be checked. We do not give an unconditional guarantee without reviewing the format and scope. Discrepancies, historical records and approval should be covered in the agreement.
How long does switching take?
Timing depends on the export, volume of data, integrations, training and operational constraints. We agree a plan after reviewing these. A test migration provides a more useful basis than a generic timescale on a website.

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