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Director

Philips might be part of our long-term plans. We are going to run a tender, and I don't know the...

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Director

Philips certainly has a clear road map. With Image Management Vue PACS, there will be more seamless...

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Director

Things are going quite well with Philips. There are always things that can be improved, and together...

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CMIO

There is progress to be made with Philips’ support. There are rather minor operational bugs, a lack...

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Philips’ training has evolved since we purchased it. They offer more precise training modules, but...

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CMIO

Philips has proposals, but they are not as impactful or dynamic as one might hope.

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Philips is reliable, stable, and ergonomic. If an organization desires a high-performing system that...

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VP/Other Executive

I would tell another organization asking about the solution that we have been waiting a very long...

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VP/Other Executive

We are running Image Management Vue PACS. We’ve been using Philips for various PACS solutions for a...

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VP/Other Executive

Philips has too few resources for training. The partnership with Philips is certainly very good. The...

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VP/Other Executive

Philips's support is very good. Also, the uptime of Image Management Vue PACS is good now. In the...

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VP/Other Executive

We don't yet have an AI solution, but we are planning to have some. Obviously, there are many AI...

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VP/Other Executive

The strength of Philips's vision and road map is absolutely unknown. I have no idea. Philips is a...

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Manager

The top priority for us right now is a referring physician and patient portal. That is something we...

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Manager

With Philips, problems have always been resolved, and the system itself does what it's supposed to...

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Manager

The rollout of Image Management Vue PACS went very badly. That was during the vendor's acquisition...

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Manager

We had a few disruptions with Image Management Vue PACS in the last year. I had to speak directly...

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Manager

Philips ran this good American product into the ground. They bought the competition. They had been...

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Manager

I'm in close contact with the IT department that handles the nonradiological aspects of our...

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Manager

I would like Philips to give me a phone number so that I can speak to a manager when something is...

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Manager

Philips made an effort with training. They were able to connect us with application specialists so...

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Director

Philips just doesn't want to speak with us. Philips's solution is good. The problem is that I want...

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Director

The problem with Philips's charges is the extension of the maintenance contract. They wanted to have...

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Manager

Philips' level of support depends on the type of issue. More complex, underlying problems can be...

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Manager

Image Management Vue PACS generally works well and meets our needs. However, when it comes to...

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Manager

The challenge we see with the PACS is mainly because of the hospital landscape in our country....

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Manager

We do receive training from Philips, and it's generally quite well received.

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Manager

Philips is pretty good, but they should focus on their customer support. The better they are, the...

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Manager

Philips is doing a lot. We have loads of workshops in our area; we’ve got a lot going on, actually....

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Manager

Things are going pretty well with Philips's R&D, but not quite so well with their support. It’s a...

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CIO

The provider could improve the customer experience by seriously integrating cardiology into the platform....

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CIO

One of the provider’s greatest strengths is the flexibility of their vendor-neutral archive and its...

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CIO

The biggest opportunity for product improvement is faster evolution and adaptation of the enterprise...

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Physician

With Philips, we don’t really know who to approach. We have some in-house support systems in place....

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Physician

As far as training goes, I don’t see anything at all from Philips apart from the initial...

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Physician

We had a lot of difficulty when we started with Philips, so we didn't get a lot of training. The...

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Physician

We complained from the start about a certain piece being really poor. Philips kept saying that there...

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Physician

With Philips, we can't hotkey as many things, and there are a lot more clicks and steps to do basic...

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Physician

Image Management Vue PACS is quite a poor piece of software that is slow and crashes a lot. It just...

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VP/Other Executive

Things happened relatively quickly for us when we were implementing Image Management Vue PACS, but I...

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VP/Other Executive

Our collaboration with colleagues at Philips is always very good, but to improve support, Philips...

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VP/Other Executive

Philips still needs to demonstrate their development and innovation. They have some promising things...

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VP/Other Executive

There are some clear negative features with Image Management Vue PACS. Some functionalities,...

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VP/Other Executive

Philips simply won the tender. They were able to offer the system at a significantly lower price...

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VP/Other Executive

I'm quite satisfied with the application and have already recommended it. I would tell other...

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Manager

For the radiologists, when the solution is working, it works well, and I think they do like it for...

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Manager

I don't think we've had too many nasty surprises with charges from the vendor.

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Manager

The quality of the support depends on what the issue is. If it's a serious issue, like the PACS is...

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Manager

We're still having issues with vascular side. I'm not sure whether it is just that our vascular...

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Manager

One of our sites had an experience that was very bleak, with lots of crashes and lots of studies...

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Manager

I think Philips is very poor with their training. The PACS training with administrators was only a...

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Manager

I'm not entirely sure Philips knows what they're doing. For example, we've had a lot of issues with...

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Manager

We're having to put a lot of work into getting the solution up and working. The solution is...

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Manager

We used Philips previously with Carestream, and we had never had a problem. Generally, Carestream...

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Manager

Things have not been particularly brilliant with Philips. We're still having problems. We're not...

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Manager

Philips’s original training was very strong. We have not had any recent upgrades, so it is difficult...

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Manager

Although we are on a slightly older version, the product delivers on integrations with AI and other...

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Manager

We saw a general improvement with Philips from a service support perspective. That is partly down to...

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Manager

We are part of a regional procurement looking to implement a new solution. Philips or our other...

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Physician

What I like most about the product is the loads of advanced functions for PET, lesion tracking, MPR,...

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Physician

The main issue holding this PACS back is its stability. My colleagues and I experience frequent...

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Physician

Philips’ biggest strength is their willingness to implement custom solutions.

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Manager

The biggest opportunity for product improvement is the ability to use tools to work directly on the...

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Manager

Philips’s biggest strengths include flawless integration with our modalities and the ability to...

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Manager

Two changes would significantly improve my experience as a customer. First, it would be beneficial...

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Manager

What I like most about the product is how it optimizes the day-to-day care of the database,...

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Philips’ biggest strength is that they are a big company with a good reputation and relevant expertise....

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What I like most about the product is that it is easy to use and that it offers a rich range of tools....

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The biggest opportunity for product improvement is moving to zero-footprint software. That is...

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Manager

I like that the radiologists can work well with the product, except for operating the speech profile....

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Manager

One recommended change would be to improve the structure of the 24/7 service desk. Because the...

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Manager

The vendor’s biggest strength is their easy, personal approach.

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Manager

The biggest opportunity for product improvement is to have all management options available within...

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Manager

Philips's biggest strengths are their personal contacts and their ability to listen to the customer.

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Manager

Philips could improve things by creating a more open ticketing system. When tickets are escalated to...

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Manager

To improve, Philips should add more AI products and proposals. There could be algorithms for...

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Manager

Everything is going very well. We completed an update, and it was a positive thing. I have already...

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Director

The features are fine, although there is an issue with visualization. For example, when I need to...

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Director

We were not really happy about the implementation. We have been waiting for the latest PACS update...

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Director

The system works well. We have an RIS that interfaces with other applications for report exchanges,...

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VP/Other Executive

A lot of things are not working well. Overall, my opinion of Philips is not very positive at the...

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VP/Other Executive

Philips' training quality is not good. We have asked before for extra training and didn't get it. We...

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VP/Other Executive

Image Management Vue PACS' product design is a bit old-fashioned. There are a lot of hiccups with...

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VP/Other Executive

There are a lot of possibilities in the back end of Image Management Vue PACS, but it is not very...

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VP/Other Executive

The image loading speed is better than with other PACS because Image Management Vue PACS preloads...

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VP/Other Executive

Philips has changed their support system. Before, we had direct contacts. Now there is a party in...

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Manager

The design of Image Management Vue PACS could be better, but the solution has been stable for us....

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Manager

The chat doesn't work in Image Management Vue PACS. What we had in the past with Philips worked very...

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Manager

The support from Philips has been great. We used to have to call support that was in another...

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Manager

We would like the ability to make dashboards. We have to make a call for everything, and sometimes...

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Manager

When we bought Philips' software, they were the only vendor that could deliver a RIS, PACS, and...

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Manager

Now that Philips has bought Carestream, they still have a couple of processes that they need to work...

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Manager

Philips could do better on upgrades in terms of cooperation with us to plan the upgrades. They have...

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Manager

We got a new Philips support chain for our region, so we don’t have to call around the world...

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Manager

The new platform from Philips will make it easier to integrate with our national health services. We...

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We made the decision to stay with Philips. We went back and forth for a bit. But they have a new...

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Manager

Philips keeps all their promises, but they have a big problem when it comes to resources, especially...

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Philips has been a good partner for us to be creative and build workflows that will fit the whole...

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Manager

Philips' phone and web support are excellent. We have full support whenever we need it. Philips'...

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Manager

Overall, things have gone well with Philips. We haven't had any major problems. We experienced a few...

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Manager

The system is essential to our organization. Users can view the reports written through the RIS...

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Manager

I would choose Philips again, but I would go with a different setup. There are a few limitations...

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Manager

We would like to have a more automated process for upgrading the solution. We have to do things on...

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Manager

The training from Philips is very good. My training was a while ago, but we have sufficient support...

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Manager

Philips should fix some issues with their import tool. We have had difficulties with importing DVDs...

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Manager

I am not very satisfied with the vendor's training. I am not sure that Philips provides training...

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Director

We have Image Management Vue PACS integrated with EPR systems, a RIS, a lot of other gateways, and a...

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Director

Philips did well with the training side. They had good resources, and they were on-site for some...

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Director

Our end users have used the system for the last several years. Now that we have upgraded the...

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Director

I think generally it is the community of PACS managers who are raising issues as far as we can see....

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Director

We are a longstanding customer of Philips. Image Management Vue PACS has been okay. It has not been...

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Director

Philips needs to resource better. That is probably the biggest issue. I think it is very apparent...

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Manager

The application rollout went very well, thanks to Philips and their specialists. We have brought...

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Manager

Previously, images had to be moved manually from the PACS to post-processing servers. Now,...

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Manager

The PACS is not causing problems. We have never had outages. We don’t have many tickets in. We do...

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Manager

With Image Management Vue PACS, we now have an accurate picture of production. Knowing what is...

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Manager

We have good collaboration with Philips. We can truly speak with everyone from the project manager...

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Manager

A positive is that there is no interference between protected research studies and the studies...

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Director

Broadly speaking, our experience with Philips has been very good. We have had a very good...

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Director

We like the solution's robustness. Although the integration is not perfect, that is more due to the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

The PACS has a very user-friendly interface, even for admins. It is Java based but designed...

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Analyst/Coordinator

The Philips executives never respond, but the support people are good, and they have even detected...

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Director

Our last upgrade didn’t improve anything. We have serious issues all the time with the PACS. We were...

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Director

I have no idea whether we have gotten our money’s worth. I know the system is expensive. In terms of...

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Director

We had high expectations for the system, but we are disappointed. The system doesn’t look good. We...

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Director

I would not buy the system again because of its slowness. The post-treatment portal isn't...

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Director

Philips does not keep their promises at all. They don’t avoid charging us for every little thing....

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CMIO

For a general user, Image Management Vue PACS is easy to use without training. The system's...

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CMIO

We aren't actively seeing another supplier, but we haven't received the best customer service from...

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CMIO

We haven't had a major problem with integrating Philips' AI things. However, Philips hasn't given us...

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CIO

We find sometimes that dealing with Philips' support team is challenging, but I think that is...

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