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Relationship

It was extremely painful for us to go through the acquisitions and company changes with ICU Medical....

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Director

Future Outlook

We have been with ICU Medical for many years, and there is a lot of continuity. Our nurses are...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

The Plum 360 doesn’t currently meet all of our needs due to issues with interoperability. In a year,...

Dec 2020
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Director

Service and Support

ICU Medical tends to change consultants every time we meet with them. They used to come on-site, but...

Dec 2020
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Manager

Other Observations & Comments

Going live with the Plum 360 was definitely a challenge. Early on, we had issues with getting...

Dec 2020
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Manager

Interfacing and Integration

The Plum 360’s interoperability is really good. The fact that we get the added level of medication...

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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

The nurses seem to understand the Plum 360 pretty well. It is a new workflow for our nurses, so...

Dec 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

We haven't been live for very long, but I know that we are going to be utilizing the Plum 360 for...

Dec 2020
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Nurse

Interfacing and Integration

We had a portion for infusion management, and that was total-volume infusion. We had some capability...

Dec 2020
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Manager

Other Observations & Comments

I would like to see an RFID add-on for tracking pumps. When we load the drug library to the pump,...

Dec 2020
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Director

Service and Support

If it were up to me dealing specifically with ICU Medical, I would work with them again. However, I...

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Director

Service and Support

From a technical standup perspective, ICU Medical keeps their promises. They have very good support,...

Dec 2020
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Director

Implementation and Training

ICU Medical waited a little too long to provide hand-off training about support and accessing the...

Dec 2020
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Director

Interfacing and Integration

The Plum 360 has interfaced with our EMR, and it interfaces relatively quickly since that...

Dec 2020
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Director

Implementation and Training

When we installed the Plum 360, we had someone schedule with our on-site support. We did screen...

Dec 2020
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Director

Service and Support

We have had a couple of support items, and ICU Medical responded quickly and opened a ticket. I do...

Dec 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The drug library is a lot more complex than it was with our previous pumps; it has a lot more space...

Dec 2020
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Director

Implementation and Training

I was definitely not a happy camper with the methodology for the education. A good majority of...

Dec 2020
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Director

Other Observations & Comments

The Plum 360 isn’t that different from what we were using. It is just moving to a slightly different...

Dec 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Technology

The pumps are okay. Our challenge is that the bedside nurses aren't as happy with the Plum 360 pumps...

Dec 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Functionality and Upgrades

We haven't had any new technology from ICU Medical. We got what we purchased. The nurses are using...

Dec 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Service and Support

In terms of COVID-19, ICU Medical helped us get pumps around our system so that we could be a hot...

Dec 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

ICU Medical has been responsive to us. I speak to the ICU Medical staff on a frequent basis. I know...

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VP/Other Executive

Implementation and Training

ICU Medical does a good job of driving tangible outcomes. They helped a lot with our implementation....

Dec 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Technology

ICU Medical's pumps hold up. I have done the drop test with a pump, and it didn't break. We aren't...

Dec 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

Things are going well with the vendor. Our representative is very nice. This individual can usually...

Nov 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

I would purchase this product again. Like any large volume infusion pumps, there are some nuances...

Nov 2020
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Director

Technology

The only feedback I have received from my nurses and nursing managers has been about the product's...

Nov 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

Overall, things are great with the Plum 360 pumps. Everybody loves these pumps. We are very happy...

Nov 2020
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Director

Service and Support

If we need to check in with ICU Medical, we can. We stay in touch with the vendor. If we need...

Nov 2020
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Director

Implementation and Training

The vendor's implementation services were very good. We had people on-site who were available to...

Nov 2020
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Director

Other Observations & Comments

Our EMR is not completely integrated into the current pump. We probably need to do an upgrade for that....

Nov 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

Our staff can easily access these pumps because we have plenty of them. They are available. We can...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Implementation and Training

The start-up for the Plum 360 was basically flawless. It was the easiest start-up I have ever been...

Nov 2020
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Manager

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

The vendor didn't charge us for anything extra. We had people come in to help us program our pumps,...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

The Plum 360 is a bit different than the product we had before. I have to check the pumps out...

Nov 2020
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Manager

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

We were able to rework our contract with the vendor on some of the rates for this system. I didn't...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Other Observations & Comments

ICU Medical was very detailed in the upgrade process, but some of the preparation meetings were...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Interfacing and Integration

This product supports our interoperability goals. We needed to make a change because we had an issue...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Technology

The vendor definitely delivers new technology to meet our needs. There is some tubing that we would...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

ICU Medical's support is great. They get back to me on the same day that I contact them. We are...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Other Observations & Comments

We have a vendor representative who we would rate highly. That person has been extremely available...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Relationship

I am highly likely to recommend this product to others. I have done my research on this solution,...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Technology

One thing that we really like about this product is its dependability. An individual at my...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Implementation and Training

Before the Plum 360 pumps, we were using the Plum A+ pumps. That was not a big transition for us....

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Relationship

The only negative feedback I have received from our nursing staff members about this solution is...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Other Observations & Comments

I have no idea what our plans are for the future with the Plum 360 pumps. I know that there was talk...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Technology

There have been some issues with the alarm sounding. The pump is sensitive to blockages and other...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Other Observations & Comments

Right now, there is a problem with the pumps talking to our EMR. I think that is more an issue with...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Technology

In the beginning, one challenge with the pumps was about getting used to the way we primed them....

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

When we transitioned to the Plum 360, there are questions and issues that we worked through, but...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Service and Support

When we first went live, ICU Medical was helpful. When we had an issue, we could call them. The...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Other Observations & Comments

The Plum 360 has a good drug library. I think our satisfaction with the Plum 360 will improve over...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

If we were looking to buy pumps again, I would see what other products are out there, but we haven't...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Future Outlook

The pumps don’t have bidirectional interoperability with the EMR, but we are going to be integrating...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Implementation and Training

The team that is part of the implementation has been extremely helpful for us so far. My experience...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Sales and Contracting

We are very much in the early stages, but all of the pumps have seemed to be doing well over the...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

I have no direct experience being an end user of the pumps. But in our meetings, the nurses and the...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

Thankfully, we haven’t really needed to consistently go to the vendor executives for support. The...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Implementation and Training

We pretty much had a smooth implementation. We worked closely with the vendor. The training was...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

Switching to a new pump vendor was a pretty urgent need for us because we were having a lot of...

Nov 2020
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CNO

Functionality and Upgrades

We need better reporting capabilities. We have been looking at pump usage during COVID-19, and more...

Nov 2020
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CNO

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

We need a way to put a GPS tracker on the pumps to know their real-time locations. We have a report...

Nov 2020
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CNO

Implementation and Training

We need more education on the biomedical aspects of the pumps. We have gotten education on the...

Nov 2020
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CNO

Relationship

We haven't had to call the support line a whole lot. We have a project manager, and that person has...

Nov 2020
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CNO

Lessons Learned

I would tell other customers to be careful about the standards they create for the pumps across the...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Technology

ICU Medical is a fantastic company. I have worked with other vendors, and working with ICU Medical...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Service and Support

We have been working with ICU Medical for years. We are in the midst of an upgrade. The vendor...

Nov 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

On the bright side, there are some things about the pumps that are really wonderful that our last...

Nov 2020
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Director

Service and Support

ICU Medical's support has been great. It would be great if they could be here in person. Simply...

Nov 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

There are a lot of really wonderful things about the solution, but every time we fix one problem,...

Nov 2020
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Director

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Our clinical users are really struggling. We have a pump for every medic. That is a lot of pumps....

Nov 2020
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Director

Technology

We are having connectivity issues. There isn't a cloud-based server. The server is still physical,...

Nov 2020
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Nurse

Service and Support

The ICU Medical support is good because when we can't get to the person that we need on our own, the...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

Things are going well with the Plum 360 pumps. I hear about some pain points every now and then, but...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

We had a positive experience working with ICU Medical through the interoperability between the pumps...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

The follow-up from ICU Medical has been good since we went live with the interoperability between...

Nov 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The system works okay. I like that it corrects itself. The product beeps when the patient moves, and...

Nov 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The pumps beep a lot. The beeping is a constant, continual thing, and that leads to a lot of alarm fatigue....

Nov 2020
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Director

Sales and Contracting

When we initially bought the system, the vendor didn’t tell us that they had a new product and that...

Nov 2020
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Director

Service and Support

We bought the pumps in response to the pandemic. The vendor had people helping to support the pumps...

Nov 2020
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Director

Relationship

ICU Medical’s executive involvement is very high. They really want our business. ICU Medical hasn’t...

Nov 2020
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Director

Sales and Contracting

We were reluctant to work with ICU Medical because of some things they were doing and how they were...

Nov 2020
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Director

Relationship

ICU Medical was offering the pumps at such a good price, but we didn’t want to work with them. I...

Nov 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

One of the problems I have with ICU Medical is that they don't communicate with us about new...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Lessons Learned

I really want bolus technology to be added to the pumps. That would help us so much and add to...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Other Observations & Comments

We are hoping that ICU Medical will offer a way to move libraries and reporting data from Windows 7...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Service and Support

ICU Medical’s turnaround time for repairs is entirely too long. I sent ICU Medical a pump to repair,...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

Our implementation was extremely fast. It was big for us to get that done. We previously had an...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Lessons Learned

The ICU Medical pumps work well. There are certain things that they don't have the flexibility to...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

All the upgrades that ICU Medical has pushed haven't worked. The upgrades are pushed through the...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

I would give the pumps the highest rating in terms of the product functionality meeting our needs....

Oct 2020
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Manager

Lessons Learned

In terms of being proactive, ICU Medical has to go through the resource purchasing group, so there...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Other Observations & Comments

We will be extremely satisfied with the pumps in 12 months as long as they meet our ROI and safety...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

We are working toward interoperability between the Plum 360 pumps and our EMR. The project came to a...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

Moving from a gravity-based, head-height-dependent pump to the Plum 360, which is a volumetric pump,...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Implementation and Training

Our ICU Medical implementation went very well. We had some hiccups, but those were unavoidable.

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

The Plum 360 performs as expected, and we push it to the limit.

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

ICU Medical constantly sends folks for me to collaborate with. I share my projects and my tools with...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

From a support perspective, we have a dedicated ICU Medical resource. I appreciate a lot of the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Lessons Learned

Overall, things with ICU Medical have gone well. They have learned from working with a health system...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

The pandemic presented tons of challenges. Hospitals are shutting down and not allowing nonessential...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

When we saw the Plum 360 at another health system in an interoperable world, we knew where we would...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

The reporting for the Plum 360 pumps is outstanding compared to the reporting for our historical...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

There are some nuances with the Plum 360 pumps. When we program ICU Medical MedNet for our drug...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

When we get air bubbles in a cassette, there is a function we can use on line B to lure in a syringe...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

Our contracting experience with ICU Medical was very collaborative. We asked for the moon and for...

Oct 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

ICU Medical was planning to provide training, but then COVID-19 hit. The vendor couldn't fly out,...

Oct 2020
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Director

Relationship

ICU Medical communicates very well. When we were planning for our implementation, they followed up...

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Analyst/Coordinator

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

ICU Medical avoids nickel-and-diming. If we have issues, we speak to the vendor. They are usually...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

ICU Medical has been very supportive. They provided training. When we have any issues, they are...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Lessons Learned

The pumps are so easy to use. I figured out how to use them by myself without reading anything....

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Other Observations & Comments

When there are any issues, ICU Medical is very responsive. Nothing is perfect. We did have some...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

ICU Medical has been proactive. They have reached out a number of times since the initial gap when...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Other Observations & Comments

We have achieved part of our goals with the pumps, but it is still too early to tell whether we will...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

We haven't been involved with the cost of the product, but the cost is probably fine. If it weren't,...

Oct 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Lessons Learned

ICU Medical really strives to make sure that we are happy and that things work for us. During...

Oct 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

I don't think that there is anything that ICU Medical could do to improve the Plum 360. It is a...

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Manager

Service and Support

I am not satisfied with the support from ICU Medical. The people who answer the phone and send in...

Oct 2020
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Director

Interfacing and Integration

I like that the Plum 360 pumps are fully integrated. The pumps are a little complicated and have...

Sep 2020
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Director

Relationship

ICU Medical has been a really good partner. They weren't necessarily a good partner in the...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

We don’t have to worry about head heights for primary and secondary infusions. We can really...

Sep 2020
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Director

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Parts of our organization are very frustrated with the vendor because of the increase in the price...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

The pump is fine, and the pump library is fine. The journey toward interoperability has been...

Jul 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

We have discussed a request to not have the pump alarm. For interoperability to be successful, the...

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Manager

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

We had to have all of the pumps updated at one point. A few months later, we purchased new pumps and...

Jul 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

The last update changed some things in the pumps. When the pump is alarming, we can click on the...

Jul 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

The biggest challenge with the pumps is that we can only run one medication at a time. With COVID-19...

Jul 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

We can't set up the pumps before the patients arrive. We can't set up the pumps until we have the...

Jul 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

If we are giving a secondary medicine through the secondary channel, we will be alerted if the...

Jul 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

There is one specific screen on the pump that is difficult to change. If we choose channel A, the...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

ICU Medical was very successful in terms of helping us on our journey toward interoperability. The...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

If ICU Medical were to release a syringe pump that ran on the MedNet architecture, that pump would...

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Director

Service and Support

ICU Medical's responsiveness really stands out. The responsiveness could be due to the working...

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Director

Implementation and Training

An area of improvement for ICU Medical would be around the nursing workflow. When a site is going...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

When we were building the integration between the pumps and our EMR, there was a full record testing...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The pump upgrades are interesting because ICU Medical always provides us with the information we...

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CNO

Relationship

ICU Medical is a good partner. They listen to us and communicate well with us. They come on-site,...

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Director

Service and Support

With ICU Medical, the time frames slide. The time frame would be set at a certain time of the year,...

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Director

Service and Support

We want the support people from ICU Medical to have more expertise. When it comes to...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

For what ICU Medical's pump does, it actually works fine and reliably, but it takes a long time to...

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CIO

Relationship

We didn't need to have anything special for COVID-19. ICU Medical contacted us several times to get...

May 2020
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CIO

Other Observations & Comments

We were looking for a safeguard for an issue that we were having. The issue wasn't ICU Medical's...

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CIO

Relationship

We still have a good relationship with ICU Medical. One of their strengths is how responsive and...

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CIO

Functionality and Upgrades

One of the issues the vendor has is keeping pace with physical technologies. We have been updating...

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CIO

Service and Support

ICU Medical's training and support are excellent. I haven't had to get an executive involved in a...

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CIO

Functionality and Upgrades

The product isn't perfect in terms of working the way the vendor said it would, but the product is...

May 2020
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CIO

Future Outlook

My satisfaction will go up over the next 12 months if ICU Medical fixes some of the issues we have...

May 2020
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Director

Other Observations & Comments

We are questioning our service contract for the Plum 360, but I don't know whether that is...

May 2020
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Director

Implementation and Training

When it comes to the implementation of the pumps, the vendor has done a really good job with it. The...

May 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The pump is working well. The libraries are easy to follow, and the software is easy to use. The...

May 2020
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Director

Other Observations & Comments

The Plum 360 pumps are a premier choice because they have been integrated with both Epic's and...

May 2020
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Director

Technology

The only negative with the Plum 360 is its size. The pumps are bulky, but they are tanks and are...

May 2020
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Director

Service and Support

We had an issue with the Plum 360 pumps and their certifications. The vendor's support people didn't...

May 2020
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Director

Other Observations & Comments

I am very likely to recommend ICU Medical's product over other vendors' products. ICU Medical seems...

May 2020
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CNIO

Functionality and Upgrades

There is always room for improvement, but the Plum 360 is pretty good at being easy to use.

Mar 2020
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CNIO

Technology

ICU Medical has been able to provide us with new technology, and they have given us what we needed....

Mar 2020
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CNIO

Relationship

We had ICU Medical's executives involved when we went on-site, and they were engaged.

Mar 2020
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CNIO

Implementation and Training

I rate the training a little lower with ICU Medical because we had to create our own training...

Mar 2020
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CNIO

Functionality and Upgrades

The product’s integration works pretty great, though I would like to see it work better with the RFI...

Mar 2020
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CNIO

Functionality and Upgrades

I think our score will be consistent a year from now. Nothing is perfect, but we are pretty happy....

Mar 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

If someone asked me whether I would choose the Plum 360 again a year and a half ago, I would have...

Mar 2020
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Director

Relationship

I haven’t seen everything that I have asked for, so I would say that the vendor doesn’t keep all of...

Mar 2020
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Director

Implementation and Training

The quality and effectiveness of initial and ongoing training are low. If I ever got a new manager,...

Mar 2020
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Director

Service and Support

I had issues when we went live because ICU Medical was in a different time zone, so if I had issues...

Mar 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

If I went to the newer product, I would actually like it. I am on an older model right now. I didn’t...

Mar 2020
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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The vendor did a great job of updating their new pumps. There were some other things that I had...

Mar 2020
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Director

Relationship

The vendor is okay in terms of proactive service. The vendor executive involvement is okay. I know...

Mar 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

ICU Medical is good at reaching out when something needs to be updated.

Mar 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Our purchasers would say that ICU Medical has not kept all of their promises. I do feel...

Mar 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

When it comes to interoperability, we have to go through the very technically complicated back end...

Mar 2020
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Director

Other Observations & Comments

I guess ICU Medical has kept their promises with the product, but there were some things that we...

Mar 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Interfacing and Integration

I really like that the Plum 360 pumps integrate with another product that we use. When we do library...

Mar 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Functionality and Upgrades

We have an integrated report for the pumps and a tracking solution that we use. Some of the problems...

Mar 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Functionality and Upgrades

ICU Medical does updates to the pumps. The latest update was for a potential security issue, and ICU...

Mar 2020
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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

Our contact frequently emails me. I am in constant contact with that person.

Mar 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

I don't have any issues with the pumps, and our end users find them to be very easy to use. Our...

Feb 2020
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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

I can't give the overall quality of the pump a perfect score because ICU Medical doesn't have a...

Feb 2020
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Manager

Relationship

I was introduced to somebody at a meeting, but otherwise, I don't know any of the vendor executives....

Feb 2020
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Manager

Implementation and Training

The web-based training for the product could go a little faster. We have to wait for people to stop...

Feb 2020
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Manager

Relationship

The system works exactly as promoted. ICU Medical has improved the functionality compared to the...

Feb 2020
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Manager

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

I don't really get charged for the pump because I have to buy all the extra things, like tubing. The...

Feb 2020
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Manager

Interfacing and Integration

The organization has to opt in to integrate the pumps. There is an extra fee for that because if the...

Feb 2020
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Manager

Relationship

My biggest tip is to make sure to have a contact after the go-live and to know the process for...

Feb 2020
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Manager

Relationship

The vendor is very responsive when we ask questions. We recently transferred over to the new...

Feb 2020
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