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Manager

Relationship, Operations, Product

We would like to see changes with the vendor's website. Since the vendor became Solventum, their...

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Manager

Relationship

We typically have an adoption specialist and a technical contact who we can reach out to. Our...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

Solventum is trying to get into the AI area. They have some new products where a provider can select...

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Manager

Product

The system's architecture seems to be a little wonky in that the process of moving someone from one...

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Manager

Product

The system's dictation is pretty straightforward, even if a provider has an accent. The system picks...

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Manager

Operations

The process of setting up Fluency Direct with some other systems can be quirky. Typically, Solventum...

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Manager

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct meets most providers’ needs. We have the software in many facilities, and I'm just...

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Manager

Loyalty

Solventum tells us that there is a lot more stuff. We have a certain inpatient EHR vendor currently,...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

I feel like my score for Solventum’s development and innovation will change after I see what they...

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Manager

Operations

Solventum gives us everything we need for training. We were familiar with front-end dictation in...

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Manager

Relationship

Our adoption specialist is great about helping us get with the technical resources, and they can do...

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Manager

Relationship

The partnership is really good. We have cadenced meetings on different topics. I always forget which...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

We always get our needs met, but sometimes it can take a while, and sometimes that is not even...

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Manager

Value

I see reports. There are hundreds of users every month that are using the system, and we use the...

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CMIO

Relationship

If Fluency Direct goes down or we need to troubleshoot something in the middle of a massive go-live,...

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CMIO

Value

Fluency Direct is definitely worth the money, and I would recommend it to anyone. Compared to...

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CMIO

Loyalty

We have an AI ambient solution for documentation that is going to help us generate our notes so that...

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Manager

Product, Value

Fluency Direct has been a great product so far.

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Director

Product

Fluency Direct is a little slow sometimes. Our providers say that there is a delay with completing...

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Director

Value

Solventum hasn't been very innovative with Fluency Direct, so I don't know what more I would expect...

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CMIO

Relationship, Product

Fluency Direct doesn’t have the capability that another solution does. The AI component is not...

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CMIO

Culture, Value

Solventum is really good with pricing. They know that our road map is to replace the solution, but...

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CMIO

Relationship

When Fluency Direct was still part of MModal, the support from the vendor was really good. Since 3M...

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CMIO

Loyalty

Fluency Direct is maybe part of our long-term plans. Right now, we have an ambient speech solution...

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CMIO

Operations

Solventum's training program is one of the best out there. We have a great partnership with Solventum....

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CMIO

Loyalty, Product

With ambient speech solutions as they are now, it is getting harder to recommend Fluency Direct...

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CMIO

Product

One thing that we really like from Solventum is our very well-built admin portal, where we can...

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VP/Other Executive

Culture, Value

With Fluency Direct, we have a client person who participates in our regular calls to give us stats...

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VP/Other Executive

Value

We eliminated transcription due to Fluency Direct, so I give the solution high marks for receiving...

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Director

Product

We had many physicians who experienced issues with the Fluency Direct system. From a financial...

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Director

Loyalty

We recently transitioned to a new EMR across the entire health system. As a result, we will most...

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Manager

Loyalty

We are switching Fluency Direct out for another system. We may need to keep Fluency Direct on...

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Manager

Operations

Solventum really showed up in terms of training for our latest upgrade.

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Dec 2025

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Manager

Relationship

My direct contact person from Solventum is absolutely amazing. They are so quick to respond, and...

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VP/Other Executive

Operations

Our implementation of Fluency Direct had a long timeline. I was not happy with it. We had to push...

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VP/Other Executive

Culture, Product

I didn't hear any big complaints about Fluency Direct working as promoted. Our providers haven't had...

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

We are moving away from Fluency Direct. If I were to compare Fluency Direct to competing systems, I...

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CIO

Product

We have had significant challenges getting Fluency Direct to work in our environment. In our thin...

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Physician

Loyalty

Our organization is looking at ambient AI solutions from other vendors and not Solventum. That is...

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Physician

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct is pretty easy to use. We just pick up a microphone and start talking. The people who...

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Physician

Product

Our users have issues with dictation sometimes. Fluency Direct doesn't understand them correctly. We...

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Physician

Operations

I don't know that we are getting any ongoing training. We get information, and then we train our...

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Director

Operations, Product

I like the system's ease of use for our end users. The system performs the way Solventum says it...

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Director

Value

The cost for Fluency Direct is a lot less than what we would pay for a competing system. That is...

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Director

Relationship

We have regular meetings with Solventum, and Solventum's people are in all of our quality discussions....

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Director

Product

I would like Solventum to move the system to the cloud so that its upgrade process can be better....

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Dec 2025

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Director

Operations, Product

We have had some networking difficulties with Fluency Direct. We have a lot of EHRs, and we feel...

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Manager

Product

Fluency Direct is used much more now. It is our main means of dictation outside of radiology. We...

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Manager

Operations

Solventum actually came in recently and went through the training. Most users pick the system up...

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Manager

Relationship

I haven't really dealt with Solventum from a support standpoint, but when they have downtime and...

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Manager

Value

I don't know that we have ever been charged any extra with Fluency Direct.

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Director

Product, Value

Fluency Direct is really easy to use. It really does a really good job of recognizing dialects that...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

Solventum could have more advertising for Fluency Direct because I only found the solution by...

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Director

Operations

Our implementation of Fluency Direct did not take very long. We downloaded it and did training, but...

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Director

Relationship

I have been extremely happy with our Fluency Direct transcription. I have worked at several...

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Manager

Product

For Fluency Direct, we are on a great path to upgrade twice a year, and that worked in our cycle. I...

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Manager

Value

Solventum avoids charging for Fluency Direct. They are an amazing partner.

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Manager

Operations

We don’t really need training on Fluency Direct. We meet with our representative every week, and...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Things have been going much better with Solventum due to our having more success with adoption...

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CIO

Relationship, Product

Solventum doesn't make any promises, but the tool just keeps working. They have hit the end game of...

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CIO

Culture

I have no complaints about Solventum’s pricing. The only thing we ever really do with them is drop...

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CIO

Product

I have never upgraded Fluency Direct. It updates automatically in the background, and an update has...

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CIO

Product

The only thing we have integrated Fluency Direct with is our EHR, and even then, it isn't really an...

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CIO

Loyalty

One doctor said the system didn't work well for them because of their accent, but that was a rare...

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CMIO

Operations

The implementation for Fluency Direct was very smooth. In addition, Solventum comes on-site...

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CMIO

Product

Fluency Direct integrates just fine. I haven't seen too much new technology with Solventum, but...

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CMIO

Loyalty

We will be continuing with Fluency Direct for now. We have found a few technical bumps, but Fluency...

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COO

Loyalty, Product

We love Fluency Direct. We wish we could stay on it. We would prefer to stay on it. If we hadn't...

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Manager

Product

I would like to see Solventum work with our EHR vendor to get better integration options. A system...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

We are behind on the system's upgrades, but once we do those upgrades, the system will meet a lot of...

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Manager

Relationship

Solventum's support has been great. We have standing meetings with our account representatives every...

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Manager

Operations

Fluency Direct's training is very good. When we did our last upgrade for Fluency Direct, it was very...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

Fluency Direct meets all of our needs. Solventum provides a very simple way to implement the system....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Fluency Direct is the best dictation product I have seen in my years in healthcare IT.

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

The implementation team we were given went above and beyond my expectations for support and training...

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Manager

Relationship

Our customer service representative is wonderful. I appreciate all their help and assistance.

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Physician

Relationship

Our account representative is a very helpful associate in making sure the product works with our...

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Director

Operations

I don't know if Solventum's training could be any easier. Fluency Direct is pretty straightforward....

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Director

Culture

Fluency Direct is just an annual subscription, so things are pretty laid out as far as that goes. I...

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Director

Relationship

We just don't really have a whole lot of involvement from Solventum. We really don't hear from...

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Director

Value

The value in Solventum is that we buy Fluency Direct from them. We still have the transcription part...

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Director

Product

I don't think we have had any issues with Fluency Direct as far as functionality or anything like...

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Director

Product

I wouldn't flinch to recommend Fluency Direct as far as what we use. I know there are a lot of other...

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Director

Relationship

With Solventum’s support team, we either make a phone call or open up a website ticket and watch and...

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Director

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct is simple and easy to use. It only does one thing, but it does it pretty easily. For...

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Director

Loyalty

Fluency Direct is probably not part of our long-term plan because as soon as we have ambient...

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CIO

Loyalty, Product

We have been very happy with Fluency Direct, but I'm just expecting it to be replaced by something...

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Director

Loyalty, Relationship

We are going to replace Fluency Direct. Fluency Direct is overpriced. It takes too long for...

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Nurse

Loyalty

When we originally got Fluency Direct, we were expecting more. It isn't where we want to go, and it...

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Nurse

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct is pretty good, but I would like to see better language accent opportunities. I have...

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Nurse

Product

The vendor hasn't really upgraded Fluency Direct for us. I'm pretty sure they have things to offer...

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Director

Operations, Product

I like Fluency Direct's ease of use for our physicians. Our physicians obviously don't have a lot of...

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Director

Relationship

I have a wonderful person from Solventum who reaches out to me about Fluency Direct and is always on...

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Director

Product

Fluency Direct is a good system. We have a monthly planned downtime. At one point, the vendor was...

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CIO

Operations

Fluency Direct was an easy implementation, and the support we get from Solventum is great as well.

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CIO

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct hasn’t had a lot of change from the beginning to now, but I don't know what can...

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CIO

Culture, Loyalty

Our EHR has an AI option that we will be moving to instead of utilizing Fluency Direct. It really...

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Director

Relationship, Operations

A lot of our providers are set in their ways and don't want to try anything new, but once they start...

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Director

Loyalty

Fluency Direct is not part of our long-term plans. We haven’t made a choice to go with another...

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Director

Relationship

Solventum has been pretty responsive. Solventum’s tech support people and my contact are very...

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Director

Product

I would like to see Solventum offer an ambient feature and tighter integration with our EHR. Fluency...

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Director

Product

Fluency Direct is a quality product. The dictation transcription is very accurate.

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Director

Loyalty

Pretty much everything is going well with Fluency Direct. We have tried to get the physicians to use...

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Manager

Relationship

I like that Fluency Direct works. It is as simple as that. Also, the cost is great, the support team...

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Manager

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct’s interface is a little confusing for some of the new radiologists, and sometimes...

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Manager

Relationship

I have worked with Fluency Direct before with different licenses, and Solventum has always been...

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Manager

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct is intuitive. It is pretty easy to train the providers on, and there aren't a lot of...

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Director

Operations

With Fluency Direct, the biggest thing was doing voice training for the speech recognition. That was...

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Director

Product

Fluency Direct has an integration piece that has been added by our vendor. That makes it smooth for...

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Director

Relationship

With Fluency Direct, we control the upgrades, so it isn't like we get surprise upgrades. Whenever...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

We aren't using the full cabinet of things that Solventum offers, and there isn't much more that we...

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Director

Relationship

Solventum reaches out regularly to give us utilization reports. From a training standpoint, they...

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Director

Loyalty

We recently adopted AI into our workflows. Right now, our adoption is slow, but over time, I think...

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Director

Loyalty, Value

The main reason we ended up with Fluency Direct is that it is very reliable compared to some other...

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Manager

Product, Value

Fluency Direct is user-friendly, and it has the capability of understanding medical terms. The...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

Sometimes Fluency Direct just doesn't pick things up appropriately. However, that issue happens so...

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Manager

Relationship

I feel like we are fully supported with this equipment. Solventum does everything to help us resolve...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

I have had very few issues, and there have been upgrades made to Fluency Direct to fix things that...

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Manager

Operations, Product

From our point of view of upgrades, everything was uploaded by the IT people, and we didn't really...

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Manager

Operations, Product

Fluency Direct is super easy to use for people who are electronically inclined, but people who...

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Manager

Operations

Our IT people had training from Solventum, and I got to spend some time with them and with the...

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CIO

Loyalty, Product

Solventum’s technology platform is not really a cloud-based platform. They want to host, and they...

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CIO

Relationship

I was really impressed with the new CEO for Solventum, but Solventum has been a stodgy vendor, and...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

Having Solventum as a partner has gone really, really well. Solventum keeps all of their promises....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

The outcomes we have received that have been driven by Fluency Direct have plateaued a little. Part...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

Solventum's support is better than average, but it is not superior to anything. Additionally, we...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

I plan to update Fluency Direct in the future because we have had issues with it on and off....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Value

We are definitely getting our money's worth with Fluency Direct. That is why it is still our...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

If we call Solventum or if we put in a ticket, Solventum will support us. Sometimes they are a...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

Fluency Direct will continue to be part of our long-term plans. A large part of that is because of...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

A couple of times a year, Solventum updates their speech recognizers, but I would like the vendor to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

Even though our system has been up for a long time, we continue to meet regularly with Solventum to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product, Value

The success rate that we have had with Fluency Direct has been unbelievable. As part of our due...

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Physician

Operations, Product

The system has a learning curve for novice or new users. I would rate its ease of use higher for...

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Physician

Loyalty, Product

The world has changed. Nowadays, people want ambient systems that are built into the exam room, so...

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Physician

Product

Solventum needs to make the system more accessible. For example, right now, Solventum controls the...

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Physician

Product

The system is accurate and user friendly, and it makes documentation much easier. I used Fluency...

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Physician

Loyalty

Solventum has been very supportive so far, but we haven't gotten any integration at this point. We...

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Physician

Relationship

Solventum's support is very responsive, especially with email chains. We get weekly reports from Solventum....

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Physician

Product

Fluency Direct is a game changer. Without it, I would be miserable at work because I wouldn't be...

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Physician

Loyalty

I would say that Fluency Direct is part of our long-term plans, but there are some caveats there. If...

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Director

Relationship

Everybody on Solventum's customer support and troubleshooting support team is very responsive and...

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Director

Culture

We really like that Solventum offered a free trial so we were able to get our providers onboarded...

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