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Jeffrey Allan
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Manager

I have no reason to change from symplr at this moment because the system is doing exactly what we...

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Manager

We just use the system with our remote clinicians and our staff, and I know there’s a lot more to...

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Manager

I don't know the last time I logged a ticket with symplr. They're usually the ones telling us when...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Clinical Communications is a fairly reliable system, and it's easy to use. It's pretty intuitive....

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr's support team is pretty good about answering our phone calls. When I call, usually somebody...

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Analyst/Coordinator

There are some adjustments I would make to Clinical Communications. For example, currently, we can...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr could have a better process of integrating their system with other platforms. Currently,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

It would be nice to know who we need to talk to at symplr. Some places have a representative that we...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I never got any training for the solution. I had to go online and just learn the solution myself,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

What I like most about the product is that Clinical Communications really helped us get rid of our...

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Analyst/Coordinator

When it comes to symplr partnering with us to optimize our communication strategy, they're not...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Training is really nonexistent from the vendor. They provide some knowledge bases. symplr has a help...

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Director

When the vendor was acquired by symplr, their partnering with us to optimize our communication...

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Director

We will be moving away from symplr and to our EHR vendor since our EHR vendor has a secure chat. We...

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Analyst/Coordinator

The biggest benefit of using Clinical Communications is the ease of communicating with the providers...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr could maybe improve the reporting in the platform, like the ability to get what somebody had...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr has been very easy to work with. We set Clinical Communications up several years ago, and...

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Manager

When we are just using Clinical Communications, we have the functionality that we need, but when we...

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Manager

We recommend the platform to hospitals that we work with, and when they set up their own instance,...

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Manager

We do our training internally for the most part, but there are a lot of webinars that symplr puts...

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Manager

It would be useful for our group to customize some patient forms within the application without...

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Manager

symplr’s support people are very timely and quick to respond. We can usually get in touch with...

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Manager

I have not seen road maps from symplr, but I do get periodic emails about features that they are...

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Manager

symplr does a pretty good job of having a reliable product, and that is good to see. They acquired...

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Manager

No one from symplr has actually reached out to me to have a conversation to see what our basic needs...

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Manager

I know certain things that Clinical Communications is capable of. We don’t need to use any of that...

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Manager

We only use a small portion of Clinical Communications, but I know that the vendor has other things...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr is inconsistent and lacks a defined plan or clear communication with us. While my experience...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We receive little to no communication from symplr. Rate increases are difficult to get responses on,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We receive little to no training from symplr. When I ask questions, they tend to skirt around the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

The doctors like Clinical Communications. It is very straightforward, and they are used to it. It...

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Director

It is hard to get information out of the system. We built the critical-notification process and...

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Director

There was a recent AWS outage, which affected symplr, and they sent us no communication that they...

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Director

The solution is working. People have adopted it. It is meeting our current needs. There are still...

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Director

We have tried to work with symplr because our security and compliance team would like users to have...

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Director

At its core, symplr's product is a text-messaging system that is easy to adopt. People know how to...

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Director

I wouldn't buy the system again. It does what we need it to do. There were some politics in our...

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CTO

We are happy with Clinical Communications, but our communication is segmented due to internal...

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Director

The symplr tool is well-liked locally, and one of the biggest things for us is that it integrates...

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Director

I think whether we would buy the product again depends on the circumstances. If I were at another...

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Director

symplr is decent on the promises side, and I have no complaints except that their support is not...

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Director

symplr’s implementation and upgrade services are pretty strong. They do a good job.

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Director

Usually when we have new physicians, we have clinical informaticists who sit with symplr and make...

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Director

The product does a lot more than what we use; we use the simple version of it, but what we use is...

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Director

In five years, things might be different. We are going to see what the strategy is and where the...

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Director

I have been fairly impressed with symplr as a vendor in terms of their approach to meeting with us...

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Director

symplr really tries to be proactive. They do outreach and have had good communication, especially...

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Director

We are using the basic messaging functionality. symplr has some other functions that we have not yet...

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Manager

symplr's solution is integrated with our EHR. And if a patient presents to the ER, for example, with...

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Manager

We are doing fine with symplr. We use the solution, which is primarily for secure HIPAA text...

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Director

Overall, the technology works; it is easy to use. There are opportunities to make it better; for...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr is trying to partner with us, but it is a little bit too late. In terms of our organization's...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I wouldn't buy Clinical Communications again. It wasn't our first choice when we chose it. It was...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr's integration package is pretty weak. symplr has done some things that have assisted with our...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr does a pretty good job in terms of avoiding charging. Their licenses are pretty all...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr does a good job with what they provide, and we have a high rate of adoption. The system is...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Some of the vendor's updates and patches have taken us down for quite a long time. Also, since the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We have a pretty good support team from symplr. I know that our people are happy with the support...

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CMIO

We wish we could change the way that the system organizes groups, individuals, and hospital systems....

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CMIO

We had the opportunity to speak to symplr at a conference, and I realized that they do a lot more...

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CMIO

We acquired a hospital system, and they use another similar solution. We can’t have two vendors, and...

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CMIO

There is a lot of missing functionality, such as headshots of providers or the ability to filter by...

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CMIO

There are a lot of things that I'm not able to pull into the system, but from communicating with...

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CMIO

I have other platforms that I have enjoyed more than Clinical Communications. I haven’t noticed any...

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Manager

symplr is pretty easy to get along with.

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Manager

We did a recent upgrade to the solution, and there were some kinks with that. There have been...

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VP/Other Executive

If somebody calls me from symplr, they are usually looking for a survey. Otherwise, we never hear...

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VP/Other Executive

In terms of support, the person who communicates with me is not the kindest. I try to keep in mind...

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VP/Other Executive

The system allows us to communicate from a HIPAA standpoint, and that is about it.

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VP/Other Executive

The product works as promoted. It meets the needs of communication between people. Perhaps if the...

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VP/Other Executive

The ease of the app is great. That was one thing that I liked from the beginning. The longer I have...

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VP/Other Executive

The biggest thing is the reporting in terms of being able to search through. If we could title...

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VP/Other Executive

We haven't had any issues with upgrades. There has been no support for those, but we have been fine....

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VP/Other Executive

It is very hard to get customer service, and I don't talk to anybody at symplr’s organization. With...

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VP/Other Executive

When I'm trying to run reports to go back and look at communication between my staff members, it is...

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VP/Other Executive

The system works great in terms of what we need in communicating with people; we don't have any...

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CMIO

I like the ability to find providers in our community if they are on symplr's system. Unfortunately,...

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CMIO

There are little things in symplr's solution that do not work in our community. Most of the setups I...

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CMIO

I'm not a big fan of the fact that I cannot read the messages on my smartwatch. That has been a...

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CMIO

Our relationship with symplr has been very quiet. It is crickets right now. We would like them to be...

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CMIO

The search functionality in symplr's system is not ideal, especially with multiorganization setups....

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CMIO

I probably would not buy the system again. I haven't seen too many enhancements that meet our needs....

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Manager

There was something that was a little off with Clinical Communications, but symplr reconciled the...

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Manager

There is really nothing that symplr can do about it, but between iPhones and Androids there are...

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Manager

Using Clinical Communications has been easy for us since other sites around us were already using...

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Director

symplr is giving us a good deal on our contract. We chose the solution partly because it was more...

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Director

symplr is pretty responsive. They upgrade the product constantly and keep me informed. Since the...

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COO

What we use in Clinical Communications works as it is promoted. We haven't had any upgrade issues.

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COO

We never hear from symplr unless they want to sell us something or want more money. Our other...

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COO

I have been trying to get away from symplr for a long time, so I would be not buy symplr again. My...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Some of symplr's admin training wasn't the best. It wasn't the most efficient or effective way to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

There are some individuals at our organization who want to go with Epic's Secure Chat and move away...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr designed and built some new platforms, and they presented the platforms to us as if there...

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Analyst/Coordinator

At times, the system has had delays in messaging functionalities and features in symplr. We don't...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr is a business, and they have to make money somehow. However, they are very willing to work...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We had an issue with one of symplr's upgrades where we couldn't push one of the numbers, and that...

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Analyst/Coordinator

One thing that would be a huge win would be for Clinical Communications to connect to our EHR. For...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr recently made some changes to their tier-one support. It used to be that the number that we...

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Analyst/Coordinator

One issue that we have in symplr is with their reporting structure. For example, if we have a case...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We are working with symplr SSO abilities on our devices. That is a great thing that allows our staff...

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Analyst/Coordinator

The single sign-on functionality in symplr should ask someone whether they want to be signed into...

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Analyst/Coordinator

symplr does a wonderful job with their basic platform and communication strategy. It is extremely...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I understand the system from a business perspective, but sometimes, symplr places more focus on...

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CMIO

symplr acknowledges issues with Clinical Communications with disaster recovery and integration, and...

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CMIO

symplr has skinnied down their support. The world has gotten bigger, but symplr has not. It is...

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CMIO

With Clinical Communications, we need to have a slightly better interface with other platforms....

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CMIO

One challenge with Clinical Communication is the delivery time of the message. Occasionally, there...

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CMIO

We use Clinical Communications for secure messaging, and it does great. What we really want with...

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CMIO

symplr has been very responsive to the use cases and requests we have made. They are anxious to do...

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Manager

We just use the solution for communication, and we have no problem with it. It works great for our...

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Manager

The symplr team I worked with was hit-and-miss. I have issues communicating with symplr's people...

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Manager

I believe overall Clinical Communications is a product that can be extremely useful.

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