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VP/Other Executive

Synapse is in the cloud because early on, we told Fujifilm that we wanted to natively use Fujifilm's...

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Fujifilm has a great partnership. They've been accommodating. We had some unique contract needs. And...

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I'm very interested in where Fujifilm is going with AI and where their road map is. With technology...

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I have positive feelings about Fujifilm because Synapse is better than what we had before. I'm sure...

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Fujifilm is just really expensive and isn’t always transparent. Those are my two biggest issues with...

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I think Synapse would be a solid investment for anyone whose PACS is outdated by 5–10 years. Moving...

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I want a better understanding of Fujifilm’s AI capabilities. AI is taking over, so I'd like to...

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Things are going well with Fujifilm. Service with them is really good. They're responsive. Usually,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We are getting requests for AI to start coming in. Looking at Fujifilm’s road map, it looks like...

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Manager

The issues with Synapse really seem to be with its ability to pull from our storage. We have learned...

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Manager

When we have made our case and expressed that we really need to get somebody to the table in terms...

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Manager

We unfortunately have had a lot of challenges with Synapse and the Fujifilm environment. The...

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Manager

When my organization pulled together a bunch of facilities to act almost as one, they made sure we...

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Manager

When I used to call our previous PACS vendor's support people, I would call them, lay out what I...

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Manager

There are some things that could definitely be improved. For the PACS itself, one thing I can think...

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Director

We chose to consolidate our PACS because of our longstanding relationship with Fujifilm and the...

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Director

Fujifilm’s performance has been great. They have met our needs at every turn. Fujifilm was one of...

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Manager

Synapse works easily and integrates well with everything we have. I have hardly any complaints from...

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It sometimes takes a whole lot of explaining to get Fujifilm to understand the issues we’re having....

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VP/Other Executive

I have a great contract with Fujifilm in terms of what we pay.

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VP/Other Executive

We have a large radiology group, and there is a lot of functionality they are asking for that...

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Analyst/Coordinator

In the PACS world, radiologists are the primary users. They like to keep up with the times, but they...

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Director

Fujifilm provides personalized training with physicians, where they offer us hours with a trainer....

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Director

We are pretty optimistic about moving to the cloud with Fujifilm. We are hoping Synapse will help us...

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Manager

Working with Fujifilm, I'm very happy with the sales and technical support. They're very flexible. I...

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Manager

A few companies have baked-in AI dictation. That is really slick. I saw AGFA HealthCare and Sirona...

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Manager

I want to see image sharing be native to the platform. Fujifilm currently does not have that...

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Director

Fujifilm should continue to put pressure to ensure that they meet their overall timelines. They do...

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VP/Other Executive

I think our relationship with Fujifilm, their response, and their commitment to our institution are...

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VP/Other Executive

The vendor’s presence is good. There is no reason for training because the upgrades are pretty...

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VP/Other Executive

There are things that we would love to have enhanced in the solution. It's not perfect. I want to...

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VP/Other Executive

I would tell others that if they have a complex environment that has a need for customized...

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Manager

What I like most about the product is that it is an easy-to-use application. It also offers...

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Manager

The biggest opportunities for product improvement are more thorough testing with new product...

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Manager

Fujifilm's partnership and customer support are excellent.

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Manager

I would recommend better support and a clearer escalation path for issues discovered after system...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Fujifilm has a couple of advanced PACS administration courses, as well as a basic one, along with...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Synapse is a very window-heavy system; there is a window for everything. There are windows for our...

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I really enjoy how hands-on Synapse can be from an administration point. There is a lot of control,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Going on the cloud with Synapse is something we are open to thinking about, but we are not actively...

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Manager

Fujifilm has a strong training group that I have worked with a lot over the years.

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VP/Other Executive

Fujifilm has really worked with us to pull together our overall implementation plan. They have also...

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VP/Other Executive

Synapse is a fantastic product for typical radiology and cardiology workflows, and Fujifilm has a...

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VP/Other Executive

Fujifilm is still coming up with solutions like AI, and they do have a plan around that. There is...

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Fujifilm provides training videos, and we ended up taking the videos they created and integrating...

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Manager

Synapse is pretty good. If we need to create, say, a folder view for omits, it is relatively easy to...

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Manager

As we do more upgrades and expansions, we need to have Fujifilm there to help us and recommend the...

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CIO

The biggest opportunities for product improvement are hanging protocols.

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CIO

The biggest strengths of the vendor are their multi-institutional support and their speed.

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Manager

We have been a Fujifilm customer for about 20 years, and from my organization's perspective, the...

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VP/Other Executive

The first reason I wouldn't buy Synapse again is mammography. We have tried Fujifilm's latest and...

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VP/Other Executive

I would say that the vendor's training is just above the middle of the road, but that isn't the...

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Manager

Things are going fine with Fujifilm. I don't have any concerns about the vendor. Fujifilm is pretty...

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Director

Fujifilm definitely does a great job at keeping their promises. Fujifilm has a whole system set up...

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Director

We receive really good compliments on Synapse. However, Fujifilm isn’t quite moving as fast as other...

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Director

Fujifilm’s support is really great most of the time. We can get to who we need. However, their web...

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Manager

Moving Synapse to the cloud was a project in the works for a long time. Right now, our radiology...

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Manager

We have had a lot of Fuji leadership involvement. Fuji has bent over backwards to help us.

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Manager

With Fujifilm, it is all or nothing. Either they host everything, or we do.

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Manager

The main education that Fuji provides for each upgrade is an online training webinar. The content is...

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Manager

The current Synapse version is mature; it works well. It integrates with most endpoints we use,...

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Manager

Fuji’s support for cloud customers is lacking. My main dislike is the difficulty we have getting...

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Manager

I think we would buy Synapse again. We like the PACS itself, not including all the cloud issues, and...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Fujifilm has been monitoring all of our systems, and they routinely pick things up and fix them...

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Fujifilm strives really hard to keep their product current. We are pretty satisfied with the vendor....

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Fujifilm's radiology side has been a little challenging in terms of upgrades. We have had some bumps...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Synapse has some functionalities that aren't quite up to par with the functionalities in newer...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Synapse has been performing a lot better recently since we upgraded to the latest version on the...

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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

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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...

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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Director

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

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Director

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

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Director

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

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Manager

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

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Director

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

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Director

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

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

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

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CIO

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

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CIO

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

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CIO

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

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CIO

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

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CIO

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

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CIO

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

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CIO

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

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Manager

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

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Director

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

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Director

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

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Director

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

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Director

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

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Manager

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

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Director

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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

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Analyst/Coordinator

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

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Manager

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

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Manager

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

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