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We went live with multiple hospitals, and we had very few tickets overall. The system just works....

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Manager

I would say we are getting a return on our investment with Merge PACS. At this point, it would be...

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A recommendation from me is just not going to happen. Merge is somewhat outdated in terms of the...

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We're doing an upgrade. We have several hours of training for this upgrade. That training is okay,...

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Merge is trying to keep up with everything these days, and we just don't have it in the budget to do...

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I wouldn't buy the PACS or the VNA again. I deal mostly on the project side, and I deal with Merge's...

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Manager

With Merge PACS, we still have to cache studies on the computer, and that's an outdated thing. It's...

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Manager

We work with Merge's support team and their client relations team, and they do try. The people are...

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Manager

Support is one of my biggest pain points because I'm on the phone with Merge all the time. Their...

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Manager

Merge is easy to work with. Having a history and relationship with Merge does make things a little...

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Manager

Merge PACS still gets releases, but it's always months behind the universal viewer.

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Manager

The improvements that we often recommend are just smaller tools that would make our jobs easier....

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Manager

Merge’s platforms are the most functional. That's why we use their solutions. We have such a unique...

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Manager

We had a lot of issues recently with slowness with Merge PACS. There were enough reports from...

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Manager

With our new upgrade to Merge PACS, the monitor scaling is finally supposed to work correctly. Most...

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Manager

We just had an upgrade for Merge PACS that was supposed to sync our data. Just before the go-live,...

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Director

We could have looked at Merge PACS when consolidating our PACS solutions, but we wanted to limit the...

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Director

We have no intentions of replacing Merge by Merative from a radiology or VNA perspective. We want to...

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Manager

Merge has one of the lower price points in the market; they are still below a lot of comparable...

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Manager

We have had a good relationship and a pretty good deployment with Merge. The only thing Merge PACS...

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Manager

We do a lot of remote work. Merge PACS has made this possible. Our previous solution would not allow...

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Manager

Overall, it's been really good working with Merge. I get good responses from their support group, so...

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Manager

We are very happy with Merge PACS. Our success and partnership with Merge are extremely helpful....

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Manager

Merge PACS is a very user-friendly application that allows for a lot of flexibility while not...

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Physician

I’m not very happy with Merge PACS. But I know that our corporate IT team certainly has the solution...

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Physician

I sure as hell hope Merge PACS is not part of our long-term plans. But I don't know because there...

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Physician

Merge PACS is not straightforward with anything, literally. I can't describe how much the solution...

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Physician

I know Merge did an installation somewhere and had to undo it, at least temporarily. I know that...

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Physician

I am desperately trying to get us to switch PACS solutions because it has been miserable. Merge PACS...

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Manager

The support and service can be hit and miss. In some areas and transitions, it is good, and there...

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Manager

We have a really good account representative who is fair and very transparent. They will give us...

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Manager

The support is good when we get to the right person. Our biggest issue is getting to the right...

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Manager

When it comes to partnership, we feel differently about different areas. If I could rate my...

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Manager

I feel like Merge by Merative is very ahead of things in terms of their mammography capabilities. We...

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Manager

I would love to see more granular cache capabilities and more openness to that. I would also like to...

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Manager

When we've discussed things around adding providers on our side, which adds business to Merge by...

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Manager

We started off with Merge just in our mammo department years ago, and as they developed and had a...

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Manager

Merge by Merative has always had a dedicated training team, which is helpful. I think the team...

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Manager

We are currently fully on premises for our PACS and VNA solutions, but we've recently seen a lot of...

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Manager

We are early with AI and are using a third party for strokes now, but we do have plans to expand AI...

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Manager

There was a functionality that we used and thought was standard. One day, Merge by Merative told us...

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Manager

When it comes to Merge by Merative being fair and transparent with ongoing charges, that is a loaded...

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Manager

Merge by Merative has done a good job at expanding their PACS and other imaging solutions, so we...

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Manager

Merge by Merative has some stuff we can read for training; we had a new person start, and they could...

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Manager

Merge PACS has served its purpose. The technology has changed from what the vendor is doing, and...

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Manager

The PACS has gotten better. It does what it does. We have quite a bit of flexibility in it. I like...

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Manager

The vendor has a vision, but that won't fix our problem. They have remote reading, but we aren't...

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Manager

We are looking at other PACS products. Some of the competitive systems have been cloud based. That...

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Manager

Merge by Merative is the devil we know, and we have the system worked out, but we are having...

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Director

There is no cloud version of Merge PACS. The vendor knows that their customer base wants to go to...

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Manager

Merge's support has been better this year. I have also noticed that Merge isn't nickel-and-diming...

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Manager

Our user groups are back, and our team has enjoyed the participation and education. We also...

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Manager

The vendor's executives are involved, and they seem to have a handle on how things are operating....

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Manager

I think Merge has good technology. They seem to be a bit behind, but they are working to catch up...

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Manager

We have been working with Merge on our strategy and talking through cloud, AI, and overall...

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Director

Merge by Merative has been having a better presence in building back the user group community. We...

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Director

We are making a small shift to the cloud but are taking our time to do it. We are a large...

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VP/Other Executive

We have been talking with Merge leaders about their strategies and road maps for moving to the cloud...

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VP/Other Executive

While we see Merge putting thought into moving to the cloud and integrating AI, we don't see a lot...

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VP/Other Executive

Merge seems to be tightening their belt, and that often means an acquisition is coming. I don't know...

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VP/Other Executive

Merge PACS is stable, and we rarely have any issues or incidents of downtime. Merge has really...

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VP/Other Executive

Merge's support team is good. It feels like the team is more stable and better trained than in the...

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Manager

For us, the biggest issue with Merge is the cost involved in doing any project with them. Merge...

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Manager

Merge PACS doesn't operate like a dedicated mammography viewer. It cannot automatically distribute...

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Manager

Merge's off-hours support is offshore, and the offshore staff members aren't as knowledgeable about...

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Manager

Merge PACS has an excellent worklist configuration. It allows a large amount of flexibility for...

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Manager

Merge's training runs over a multiple-day period for PACS administrators. Then, organizations have...

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Manager

The main reason I wouldn't buy Merge PACS again is that it has two separate databases. One is for...

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Manager

I feel comfortable with the implementations that we do for Merge PACS. The system is very strong and...

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Manager

I would like to see Merge change their number of trainers for implementations. We do so much that we...

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Manager

The quality of Merge PACS' product is quite high. The vendor has a couple of opportunities with how...

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Manager

Merge usually tries to get ahead of things. Every once in a while, we will wish that they had done...

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Manager

We have strategically moved on to Merge's platform because it meets a series of needs. In...

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Manager

There is nothing that I specifically like about the PACS off the top of my head. It is an okay PACS....

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Manager

The implementation was very much less than perfect. I don't know whether that really reflects on the...

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Manager

Due to our type of organization, we are constantly asking for changes and requesting different...

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Manager

There are so many pieces to the PACS. Something is failing constantly. There is just always...

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Manager

To improve the system’s functionality, Merge by Merative could listen to the customer. There are...

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Manager

The vendor could be better prepared. When they plan downtime, they need to be more accurate on their...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Coming from another vendor's product, there are some extremely quirky things about Merge PACS that...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We don't have any training. Something that drives me crazy is that Merge just sends product release...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Merge absolutely doesn't keep all of their promises with Merge PACS. There were a lot of promises...

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Analyst/Coordinator

If I were asked whether I would buy Merge PACS again several years ago, I would have said absolutely...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Caching in the system is a huge issue that we deal with on a regular basis. Users have to have...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Right now, everything from Merge works fine. Their products do what they need to do.

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Manager

There are a lot of things that I like about Merge PACS, like how we can customize its worklists and...

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Manager

When we are bringing up priors in Merge PACS, we have to base them on a body-part rule. A previous...

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Manager

There are a couple of things that we had in a previous version of Merge PACS that we lost in this...

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CMIO

I think things are going very well. I believe my PACS team feels that the support is very good....

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Manager

Merge PACS is pretty stable, and it does its job well enough. It meets our needs.

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Manager

Our techs have issues with navigating Merge PACS.

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Manager

When we implemented Merge PACS, we went fast, and the vendor brought in a lot of people who gave us...

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Physician

Merge has done a good job with the implementation of Merge PACS. We have gone through a couple of...

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Physician

Merge has done a really nice job with the integration of Merge PACS. The solution works well with...

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Manager

We did a PACS upgrade in one of our environments awhile ago. And we just discovered something with...

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Manager

When we ask Merge by Merative for new technology, they open up a ticket or a request to go to their...

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Manager

Merge by Merative is not great with training. It is challenging to get PACS training for the PACS...

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Manager

We do have Merge by Merative monitoring things. I would give them a pretty good score for their...

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Manager

I can't recommend Merge PACS. I'm not a fan of the PACS. There are other products that are tied to...

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Manager

I don't think Merge by Merative's technology has kept up with the current state of technology. It is...

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Manager

For the PACS, Merge by Merative is a pain point. They don't reduce pain points. In one of our...

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Manager

The interoperability with Merge PACS works as expected. And the PACS is pretty intuitive.

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Director

The vendor's implementation team needs to know Merge PACS well enough to be able to highlight the...

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Director

We are still early on in the implementation of Merge PACS, and there was a lot of change introduced...

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Director

In the initial discussion we had with the vendor, there were things that we heard Merge PACS could...

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Manager

With Merge PACS, we like the fact that our IT department can make changes to worklist configurations...

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Manager

Merge PACS is a little easier to support than other Merge products. The vendor's monitoring system...

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Manager

There is an assignment engine in the system that looks at credentialing, location, and things like...

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Manager

Merge now claims to have a much larger test environment. We are excited about that upgrade. The...

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Manager

All across the board, Merge PACS has most of the tools we need, and the vendor is actively...

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Manager

Right now, we have to be reactive to the point that we have staff members refreshing multiple pages...

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Manager

When comparing the abilities of vendors in this space, I would say that Merge by Merative is up...

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