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Steve VanWagenen
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Director

Loyalty

Things with Upfront seem to be on a good track. I think the relationship is strong. The product...

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Apr 2026

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Director

Product

The texting was not intuitive or robust in the interface. Upfront made some improvements recently,...

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Director

Relationship

The vendor needs to be able to pull the data together for what they've done for us and tell the...

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Apr 2026

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Director

Culture, Product

It feels like Upfront needs more horsepower in their product development, specifically as it relates...

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Apr 2026

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Director

Loyalty, Product

We've talked to the vendor about integration. They're working on it, but being able to integrate...

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Apr 2026

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Director

Relationship

Since the acquisition by Health Catalyst, the vendor has been very invested in their leadership....

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Apr 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Relationship

Due to the system's cost and lack of integration, the system may not be part of our long-term plans...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Product

The vendor's future road map hasn't been clear. For years, the system's integration capabilities...

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

The vendor's staff members are quite good. The vendor has a couple of newer, younger team members...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

The vendor has gone through significant staff changes. We have worked with them for years and stayed...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Product

The vendor's biggest opportunity is to integrate the system with healthcare-focused CRM platforms....

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

Upfront is working on updating the product. But we want automated email marketing, and right now it...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Operations

We kept meeting with Upfront, and they kept answering questions in addition to the initial training....

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

Upfront is very good with support. They are very responsive. They escalate very well when they can't...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

Upfront has invited us to let them know how we would like to see the product enhanced. They have a...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

I am very highly likely to recommend Upfront as long as somebody is willing to sign up for a...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Culture, Relationship

Upfront was very transparent about being acquired; they even called us to talk about it. As far I...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

My perception of Health Catalyst is that they are big. They are used by a lot of healthcare...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Operations, Product

We have added a bunch of templates to the tool and made recommendations on how those could be...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

We are using Upfront to communicate with our patients and remind them about their health. Part of...

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Jan 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Product

We are starting to use Upfront for patient billing communication so that we can alter the language....

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Jan 2026

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Director

Product

We partner with Upfront on patient-facing emails. A lot of healthcare brands settle for...

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Nov 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Value

I’m not sure whether Upfront is part of our long-term plans. We have cost questions. I'm not sure...

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Nov 2025

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Director

Operations

Prior to Health Catalyst's acquisition of Upfront, the solution had better timeliness for things...

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Nov 2025

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Director

Relationship

Upfront by Health Catalyst is always willing to train and always willing to help. They are really...

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Director

Culture

Upfront by Health Catalyst has worked really hard to ensure that their branding aligns. We are still...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

Our outcomes in Upfront's solution are good, but we don’t have the ability to integrate the data...

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Nov 2025

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Director

Operations

When we originally went Upfront we didn't get a list of services. We eventually got that, but that...

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Nov 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

Upfront could have an improved quality assurance processes. The vendor could make sure that with our...

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Nov 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Product

Upfront is a little costly. While cancellations and appointment confirmations can occur within our...

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Nov 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

Upfront has certainly gotten better at support. They have evolved their system compared to where...

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Nov 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship, Product

The vendor is a great partner. They try to serve our needs and solve our problems. They struggle a...

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Nov 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

We don’t have dedicated web support per se. Whenever we need something, we just reach out to our...

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Jul 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Value

We have actually seen tangible outcomes from using Upfront's system. We have observed changes in the...

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Jul 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

There are definitely a few things that would be nice to have, like better ways to organize the...

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture

Upfront has got a lot of different plans and ideas, but there are always kinks. I have a higher...

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

The vendor’s training is pretty good, but I don't think that there has been a lot of training...

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

The customer service side of the communication and alerting is bad from Upfront. I know that that is...

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Relationship

I work with a lot of different vendors, and what I love about Upfront is that they customize things....

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

I would still probably say that Upfront doesn’t keep all their promises, but the things that they...

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

If there is a ticket or something, Upfront always follows through. So they have very good customer...

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Jul 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Relationship, Value

The Upfront team is very supportive. Nothing is too much for them to help us with. They are very...

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Jun 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Operations

The implementation of the product has forced us to change our operations to be more patient...

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Jun 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Operations

Upfront can do an awful lot, and when we started, we had grand plans of using them for an awful lot....

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Jun 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Value

Using Upfront, we have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars of contribution margin because of...

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Jun 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Culture, Relationship

There was a period of time when the product wasn't working, but nobody knew. We started to question...

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May 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Value

We do things with different vendors, and we are getting charged by Upfront for text messaging...

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May 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Relationship

Upfront really does have the client's best interest at heart, and they are responsive in that sense....

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May 2025

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