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The article represents a simplified proof of a theorem in the field of operator inequalities and, in particular, about the characterization of chaotic order via Specht's ratio. The proof has been obtained on the basis of results and by the help of the corollary formulated by the authors in the previous works. The subject theorem is given below. Let \(A\), \(B\) be positive and invertible operators on a Hilbert space satisfying \(MI\geq B\geq mI\) (where \(I\) is the identity matrix). Then the following statements are equivalent: i) \(\log A\geq \log B\), ii) \(M_h(p) A^p\geq B^p\) holds for all \(p>0\) where \(h= M/m> 1\) and \[ M_h(p)= h^{p/(h^p-1)}/ e\log (h^{p/(h^p- 1)}). \]