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From the radiologist’s perspective, Synapse doesn't work as promoted. There are features that...

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I would say our opinion on receiving our money’s worth for Synapse is probably low because we are...

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We had an upgrade scheduled a while ago that we actually had to roll back because it completely...

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Most users never have to do anything with Synapse. The radiologists have problems when they come in...

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I would say that Synapse has helped with a lot of our integrations. Fujifilm's road map for new...

Dec 2025
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We have had some issues with Fujifilm's monitoring. They get alerts, but they wait for us to reach...

Dec 2025
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When Synapse works, it works well. It is quick. The techs love Synapse. Synapse works how they want...

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I have mixed feelings about Fujifilm keeping their promises. We have had some issues, to say the...

Dec 2025
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The hanging protocols could be a little better in Synapse. I know that Fujifilm has worked on them,...

Dec 2025
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Product

Our end users are so good, but it is an uphill battle with Synapse because there is a learning...

Nov 2025
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Product

Synapse is heavily integrated with so many other systems. Every time we have problems, it is because...

Nov 2025
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Fujifilm is very transparent and up front about what necessitates professional services. We pay for...

Nov 2025
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I know Fujifilm’s road map, and we are looking forward to some of the stuff that is coming, but we...

Nov 2025
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Relationship

I’m pretty happy with Fujifilm. Their support people are so helpful. They spend hours on phone calls...

Nov 2025
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I have spent much of my career owning and administering applications, and every application and bit...

Nov 2025
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Operations, Product

Considering how bad one of the upgrades with Fujifilm was, the most recent upgrade was fantastic. We...

Nov 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Relationship

We are deploying Synapse across our organization. We went to do an RFI, and we didn't throw a wide...

Nov 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Operations

We had a miscommunication when we first migrated to Fujifilm's system. However, Fujifilm worked to...

Nov 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

I have been pretty happy with Fujifilm's training. I have been using Synapse for years, so it is...

Nov 2025
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Overall, the PACS gets the job done. It lays things out in a way that is easy to understand and...

Nov 2025
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Relationship

We use the Fujifilm help desk for support. There is some proactivity but not as much as I would like...

Nov 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

We have a lot of specialty readers that are more advanced tools and that use a lot of third-party...

Nov 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

We are not moving forward with moving Fujifilm's solution to the cloud. We are in the middle of an...

Nov 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Value

There are a couple of things that the vendor has charged us for on the PACS and cardiovascular side....

Nov 2025
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Director

Loyalty

If we didn't have Synapse in place today and I had to make a decision, I don't think I would go with...

Nov 2025
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Director

Relationship, Operations

We have a hard time when Fujifilm puts something on their road map about when something is going to...

Nov 2025
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Director

Relationship

A pain point with Fujifilm’s upgrades is responsiveness to high-priority asks and engagement in...

Nov 2025
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Manager

Culture, Value

All our upgrades and service things with Synapse are covered under one cost, and that is fine. The...

Nov 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Operations

We are considering leaving Synapse. The biggest problems we have are with the vendor's upgrades and...

Oct 2025
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Director

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In recent years, Fujifilm has really tried to support us. However, they have software engineering...

Oct 2025
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Director

Operations, Product

Fujifilm has a problem with rolling upgrades out smoothly. It always takes days or weeks to work out...

Oct 2025
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Director

Relationship

I am not really a fan of Fujifilm anymore. I have been frustrated with them. It isn't that they are...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Loyalty, Product

It has been interesting to see Fujifilm’s product mature and change over the years in some good and...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Product

As our radiologists spread out and are reading further and further away, we are seeing some issues...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Relationship, Product

Fujifilm’s Viewer Extension (VX) client has helped a lot with the issues we see from radiologists...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Loyalty, Product

One of the bigger challenges that we have in supporting Synapse is that it takes a lot of people...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Product

Fujifilm's definition of downtime is that the PACS is completely unavailable. They don't consider...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Loyalty

Our radiologists are very productive with Synapse, but the overarching reality is a bit more complex...

Oct 2025
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CIO

Relationship

One real concern I have with Fujifilm is cybersecurity. Openness and transparency about the product...

Oct 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

With Synapse, we have a lot of different end users. We have radiologists and other clinicians who...

Oct 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Relationship

I would say that Fujifilm doesn't keep their promises. There have been a couple of things in the...

Oct 2025
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Director

Product

Overall, Synapse's base functionality is pretty good. Fujifilm has been a little slow with their AI...

Oct 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Product

Synapse's core functionalities are fairly stable. Fujifilm is looking to enhance the overall...

Oct 2025
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Director

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In general, Fujifilm's support does all right. We have been on the cutting edge of upgrades, so when...

Oct 2025
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Manager

Relationship

It seems like we have a lot more issues with Synapse than other organizations have with their PACS....

Oct 2025
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Director

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Our overall experience with Fujifilm is pretty good. They used to have some performance issues, but...

Sep 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Relationship, Value

As a longtime customer, I think Fuji does work with us on not charging for every little thing. Also,...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

Fuji moved away from some benefits we had in the past with Synapse. That is an issue. Fuji has...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

We struggle a lot with Synapse. There is a major flaw with the version we are on. When a user logs...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

I have been working with Fuji for a long time, and I don’t call unless I really need them. I have...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

Fuji’s implementation services and on-site support have been pretty great. Fuji actually has regular...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Relationship

Fuji does not keep their promises with the development and the new features and their promises that...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

We will have to do another big upgrade of Synapse in the future. I wonder whether Fuji is going to...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations, Product

We have had some really bad experiences over the last few years with upgrades and support, and...

Aug 2025
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Manager

Relationship

Fujifilm's support tools for the system are outstanding. Anyone on my team can get into Synapse and...

Aug 2025
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Manager

Relationship

Fujifilm has never told me that they were going to do something and then not done it. Fujifilm is...

Aug 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

Our radiologists love Synapse. They have had it for so long, so they are comfortable with what it...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

My only complaint with Fujifilm and Synapse is that our upgrades sometimes take a long time.

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

There are some things in mammography with AI-type reconstructions that I'm not sure that we can...

Apr 2025
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Manager

Culture, Value

Fujifilm doesn't nickel-and-dime us, but there are always some components that aren't part of our...

Apr 2025
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Manager

Operations

I have worked a lot with Fujifilm's trainers before, and their trainers are pretty much on point.

Apr 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

The function of any PACS solution is to view images and get a report out, and Synapse does that....

Apr 2025
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Manager

Relationship

We have some alerts set up with Fujifilm, so sometimes they may catch something before we do. We...

Apr 2025
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Manager

Product

I have been using Synapse for many years, so I know all the ins and outs and everything. I feel like...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations, Product

Synapse is easy to use, train people on, and customize. The system is versatile and intuitive. End...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

Fujifilm's support documentation is good. Their help guides with the latest releases have had a ton...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

One thing in Synapse that could be improved is the ability to easily pull any type of report out of...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

As an implementation team and in Fujifilm's project management, they are not all on the same page...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

I love how granular we can get with our support of the Synapse system. It is a very standard...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

The Synapse user interface could use an overhaul. There are multiple windows needed to access things...

Apr 2025
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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Value

Fujifilm does not avoid charging for every little thing. There are a lot of dependencies for any new...

Apr 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Relationship

Fujifilm has been good to work with, but there are some areas where they are lacking at times....

Apr 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Relationship, Operations

Unfortunately, our PACS move is ingrained in my head. I remember it very well because it was...

Apr 2025
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Physician

Loyalty

We are pretty happy with the PACS application. I don't see us moving away from Fujifilm anytime soon....

Mar 2025
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Manager

Relationship, Operations, Product

We just had an upgrade with Synapse that took a really long time to complete because the version we...

Feb 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Relationship

I hope Fujifilm can mend the relationship with us in the coming year. We want them to continue...

Feb 2025
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VP/Other Executive

Relationship, Product

Synapse’s strength is reliability. Synapse rarely goes down. I like the appearance and how the...

Feb 2025
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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

We are looking at a whole enterprise-wide solution, so whether Synapse is part of our long-term...

Feb 2025
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Director

Relationship, Operations

Synapse is a good product with excellent support and account managers. We are happy with the...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Relationship

I have been very happy with Fujifilm and how they manage their projects and customer service. A lot...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

Things have been good with Synapse. We have been happy with Fujifilm. We have done several upgrades...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Culture, Value

There isn't any proactive work that Fujifilm does. We are in Fujifilm's data center, so everything...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Relationship

One of the executives from Fujifilm is great. They do everything they can to solve our problems.

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

The hanging protocols in Synapse are very cumbersome to build and not very intuitive for end users....

Jan 2025
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Manager

Relationship, Product

Everything has to be updated in Synapse at the same time even though we can’t keep our environment...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty

I have seen some challenges with interoperability between third-party applications and Synapse. An...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Relationship

I have nothing but positive things to say about our relationship with Fujifilm. We support a lot of...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

We have been impressed with Synapse, especially as Fujifilm has released product updates. Fujifilm...

Jan 2025
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CTO

Relationship

I like the executive support that I get from Fujifilm. The vendor is reasonable to work with. They...

Jan 2025
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CTO

Relationship, Operations

Fujifilm is not taking as much of a leadership role with implementations as I would like. We are...

Jan 2025
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CTO

Product

Synapse is a bit of a commodity, so the clinicians are having to get used to some different...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty

We are consolidating things and moving our PACS to Fujifilm's product because it is a better product...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Value

The pricing is pretty much the same across the industry, but it is obscene. We generally don't spend...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

What we need is some kind of a DICOM router. We are really leaning on Fujifilm to come up with some...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

The vendor developed a product up to version four, and then they released version five, which left a...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Relationship

The support is outstanding. What makes it so good is the responsiveness and knowledge. We also meet...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Product

An improvement I would like is the ability for the radiologists to sit down and make configuration...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Product

I like the ease of use. The product is intuitive. Once we have used any PACS system, we could sit...

Jan 2025
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Manager

Operations, Product

I like the ease of use and the ease of administration in Synapse. The user side is pretty intuitive....

Jan 2025
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Manager

Operations

Fujifilm doesn't really give ongoing training unless we are doing an upgrade.

Jan 2025
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Manager

Relationship, Value

Fujifilm's support is good, and they don't charge for every little thing. I like Fujifilm's...

Jan 2025
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Director

Product

We have had Synapse for so long. Our end users know it, so it is easy for them to use.

Jan 2025
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Director

Operations

With Fujifilm, we have to proactively ask for training when we need it. We are generally the ones...

Jan 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

Fujifilm’s upgrades lately have taken valuable functionality away from us, so we are back in the...

Jan 2025
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Director

Relationship

If we escalate to Fujifilm’s executives, they are helping us try to figure something out and get...

Jan 2025
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Director

Loyalty

Today, we plan on keeping Synapse. We will potentially be looking in a few years to see if we want...

Jan 2025
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Director

Relationship, Operations

We had an issue with an install and getting engagement from Fujifilm. From a project management...

Jan 2025
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Director

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

The reliability and stability of Synapse are hard because Fujifilm is always behind in terms of...

Jan 2025
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