All Florence eTMF Reviews
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Sedalia
Verified reviewer
Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Fantastic eTMF!
Florence has incredibly user-friendly software.
CONSI would like slightly more control on timeline in the implementation phase.
Melissa
Medical Devices, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Early user's appreciative review
Florence has enables us to go from paper TMF, to electronic TMF- which has been fantastic. We have learned a lot about electronic systems.
PROSIt has been easy to use Florence, especially once the binders are set up and the roles are established. It has been great for getting signatures from sites, and easily maintaining our TMF and site eISFs. It is so nice to have all the documents in a softare that is easy to navigate, and is constantly improving/ adding new features to make it user friendly.
CONSThe set up does take time, but there is a learning curve for everything. Especially systems as customizeable as Florence. The delegation of authority log feature has not worked as smoothly as I anticipated, given how many changes to study staff and site PIs that there are.
Reason for choosing Florence eTMF
Florence was the most flexible and worked hard to support us through start up and all of our use.
Taylor
Research, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
2
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed February 2023
Great Potential
The email documents to the binder feature is a huge positive. Granting user access it also simple, and the ability to create digital template logs is beneficial. Also, the ability to change the title of a document if there is an error is a huge plus. I've worked in other eTMFs and to change a document name you have to make it "obsolete" and go through tons of other processes to correct it.
CONSThere is no search function. You cannot search for a specific document if you do not know which folder it is stored in. The binder structure for my studies is complicated, so I sometimes spend 10 minutes trying to decipher where a colleague or site might have saved a specific document. Also, when moving a document, you need to select all the folders to put it in which can be a bit time consuming.
Jen
Research, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Review
Easy to use, signing and redacting features are wonderful and easy to use. Rarely any questions from sites.
CONSWe use Florence to create a Delegation of Authorities (DOA) Log and it is so difficult to use. You cannot see all site stafrf's responsibilities (Column with A-Z) activities that gives you ellipses after certain amount of letters and our monitors and team constantly need to download the DOA Log to view staff responsibilities then sort through all site staff versions to come to the most recent one. Would be great for you to make a visually easy to see DOA. Would save our team so much time.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Florence review
paper TMF is a difficult endeavor - this cuts study start in half, and allows for consistent and ongoing visibility into the files so you can keep on top of things.
PROSThe fact that documents are electronic, easily located and retrievableeasy to share with study sites, easy to collect documents and to QC
CONSthe reporting features are only worthwhile if everyone including your ISF sites use tags and labels staff training and implementation at the sponsor has been uneven so it is of little value.the search function could use some real updating. lets make it folder specific!
Miranda
Research, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Good Software with Room to Improve
Central document management makes it easy for stakeholders to access and file regulatory documents.
CONSThe logs are pretty limiting at present and seem to be geared toward tracking information that will not change throughout the trial. It is not conducive for use as a Delegation of Authority log, for example. The Florence team is reportedly working on implementing some of the feedback provided and we look forward to those future changes.
Mihaela
Biotechnology, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Very good eTMF and document management software
The Florence team helped with software implementation and deployment, and ensured that the team had adequate training.
PROSI love the versatility, and easy of use.
CONSI don't really have anything I don't like about the software.
Danielle
Research, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Florence eTMF
Overall experience is great.
PROSEase of uploading and downloading documents filed. Audit trail is great.
CONSDon't like that some documents don't upload and can view within the software and then have to download them separately.
Teri
Medical Devices, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Review of the eTMF Florence
Very pleased with the system and the support.
PROSIt is easy to move around in this program.
CONSI would like for it to stay up longer and not time out.
Reason for choosing Florence eTMF
The training for the best I have had in over 18 years.
Diana
Research, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Perspective from a Super User
I am essentially still learning how to work Florence but learning every time I use it. The training modules are phenomenal. I am just starting with working with a clinical site which where we have run into some roadblocks with permissions and accessibility.
PROSThe features I most appreciate in this SW is that fact that we have a centralized location for study files which is critical for our company. The training modules are stellar!
CONSWhat I am having challenges currently is compliance and the allowed roles and responsibilities provided to a clinical site to 'manage' their own ISF. We are having to conduct our own Validation as this has been identified as a gap by our Compliance team.
Reason for choosing Florence eTMF
I was not involved with the selection process
Leah
Research, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Florence review
Positive
PROSI like the part 11 compliant signature feature the most.
CONSI have nothing that I do not like about this software
Reasons for switching to Florence eTMF
Florence is easier to use and part 11 compliant
Stephen
Research, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Florence eTMF Review_16FEB2023_SG
Very satisfied overall.
PROSSignature requests are very easy to assign and follow-up on.
CONSMoving documents could be easier. Having to drill down through every folder is cumbersome.
Sara Tisj
Medical Devices, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed February 2023
Ease of Use and Compliance
Overall, Florence onboarding and customer service is amazing. They go above and beyond and are always supportive. Although pricing is more than average and there is some downsides overall the experience is great.
PROSFlorence has the ability to implement a regulatory compliant trial management file system easily for both you and all your clinical sites. Implementing changes within your file structure is easy. Uploading documents and adding users are easy to complete with simple toggles of buttons and drag and drops.
CONSFlorence still has some challenges in terms of bulk file uploading for example when a new site is onboarded and was previously on paper or transferred. Also, there is no interface to upload images or Dicoms. This is part of our TMF but we have no ability to add these to Florence. Also a CTMS would be great.
Reason for choosing Florence eTMF
GDPR compliance and ease of use.
Maya
Research, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Great tool to use
Florence is user friendly and logical. I like that it is easy to edit and upload documents and work as a team.
CONSI don't like that there isn't always an easy way to access the website if you don't have the direct link bookmarked on the computer.
Tracy
Research, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Flexible and reporting excellence
The systems flexibility to follow our company processes.
CONSA few uploading issues, the system timed out and ended up loading multiple documents.
Shaminder
Medical Devices, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Florence Review
The ease of use and practicality of importing and exporting documents. Being able to easily locate documents within folders.
CONSFolder structure is not consistent within each study which makes it difficult to locate documents if in another folder.
Jing
Medical Devices, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Preliminary use and impression
Good!
PROSClean structure, flexibility and useful of functions.
CONSeLog can only populate one table. So, could not use for training record where trainer and trainee are two different tables.
Anke
Medical Devices, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Perscpectinve form a Clinical Trials Manager (Sponsor site) using site's Florence ebinder
It is great to have a shared platform with the site.
PROSI like that I have access to the site's reg binder and don't need to bother them about essential documents. I like that they can send me notifications
CONSI wished I could set up an alert for myself that emails me whenever a document is uploaded or changed.