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๐Ÿ‘ถPediatrics

AI Scribe for Pediatricians

Built for the parent-child-clinician three-way conversation. Auto-generates well-child visits, sick visits, ADHD follow-ups, and adolescent HEADSS notes with the right CPT, ICD-10, and Bright Futures content already in place.

20-30 patients/day capacity
$50/month
Pediatrician examining a young child with parent present

Documentation for Every Pediatric Visit

Six purpose-built note types covering more than 90% of a typical general pediatrics schedule

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Well-Child Visit

Bright Futures-aligned templates for every age band. Growth percentiles, developmental milestones, immunization review, anticipatory guidance, and screening tools (M-CHAT, ASQ-3, PHQ-A) all auto-populated.

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Sick Visit & Triage

Otitis media, pharyngitis, viral URI, bronchiolitis, gastroenteritis, and rashes. Captures duration, fever curve, hydration, sick contacts, and return precautions for the parent handout.

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ADHD & Behavioral

Intake and medication follow-up notes with Vanderbilt parent/teacher score integration, school IEP/504 documentation, side-effect review, and CPT 96127 add-on for brief emotional screening.

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Adolescent HEADSS Visit

Confidential interview structure (Home, Education, Activities, Drugs, Sexuality, Suicide). Optional minor-confidential flag separates information shared with parents from the clinician chart.

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Newborn Follow-up

Weight check, feeding (breast vs formula vs combo), jaundice screening (hour-specific bilirubin), state newborn screen review, and parental coping. Sized for the 24-72 hour and 2-week visits.

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Sports Physical

PPE Monograph 5th edition format. Cardiovascular history (sudden cardiac death red flags), MSK exam, concussion history, mental health screen, and clearance status with restrictions if any.

Pediatric-Specific Features

Built for the unique three-way audio and Bright Futures workflow of pediatrics

Three-Way Audio (Parent, Child, Clinician)

Most ambient scribes were trained on adult one-on-one visits and lose accuracy when a parent answers for a child. Our diarization model is tuned on pediatric encounters: it labels caregiver-reported history separately from clinician observations and child-spoken responses, so HPI and ROS read correctly even when a four-year-old interrupts to talk about their dinosaur.

Growth Percentiles & Velocity

Captures dictated weight/length/head-circumference values and fills in CDC or WHO percentile (under 24 months) and weight-for-length. Flags failure to thrive (weight-for-age below 5th percentile or crossing two major percentiles) automatically.

Immunization Catch-up Logic

Recognizes vaccines mentioned in conversation (DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varicella, HepA, HepB, Hib, PCV15, RSV monoclonal, HPV, MenACWY) and produces an ACIP-aligned catch-up schedule when behind. Documents VIS version dates and parental refusal language for compliance.

Vanderbilt & Bright Futures Tools

Vanderbilt parent and teacher score totals are auto-summarized when forms are mentioned. M-CHAT-R/F (18 and 24 month autism screen), ASQ-3, ASQ-SE, PHQ-A and CRAFFT scores carry into the assessment with appropriate CPT 96110/96127 add-on codes.

Parent Handout Generator

Every visit produces an optional plain-language parent summary at a 6th-grade reading level, with dose-by-weight medication instructions, return precautions, and the next visit recommendation. Available in English and Spanish out of the box.

Adolescent Confidentiality Mode

A toggle separates the chart into a clinician-only section (sexual history, substance use, mood) and a parent-shared section. The patient handout never leaks confidential disclosures, while the medical record stays complete for clinical and legal purposes.

A Real Pediatric Day, Documented Without Charting Until 8 PM

Pediatrics is one of the highest-volume documentation specialties in primary care. A general pediatrician typically sees 22-28 patients in a full day โ€” a mix of well-child visits clustered at 4-month, 6-month, 9-month, 12-month, 18-month, 2-year, 3-year, and 4-year intervals; same-day sick triage slots for otitis media, viral URIs, and the occasional asthma flare; one or two ADHD medication follow-ups; and often a sports physical or adolescent confidentiality visit squeezed in at the end of the morning. Each note is short but information-dense: growth percentiles, immunizations administered with VIS dates, anticipatory guidance topics covered, screening tools applied, and the right preventive vs E&M billing code.

What makes pediatric ambient scribing harder than adult primary care is the conversation structure. A parent usually answers history questions for younger children; a five-year-old will interrupt with off-topic commentary; an adolescent expects (and is owed) confidential time without their parent in the room. Generic ambient scribes built on adult one-on-one visits get this wrong โ€” they assign caregiver-reported history to the patient, miss confidential disclosures, or transcribe a toddler's speech into the HPI. PatientNotes was tuned on real pediatric encounters and labels speakers by role (parent, child, clinician, other-adult), not just by speaker number.

The result, in practical terms: the average pediatrician using PatientNotes finishes their charts before leaving the office on most days. Bright Futures topics get checked off because the model recognizes them in conversation. Vanderbilt scores get added to the assessment because they were mentioned by the parent. Immunizations administered today carry their VIS dates and the right CPT 90460/90461 add-on. The note reads like a careful pediatrician wrote it โ€” because the model was trained to imitate one.

Last updated April 2026 โ€” PatientNotes Clinical Team.

Sample AI-Generated Pediatric Note

A real 4-year well-child visit, generated from ambient audio in under 60 seconds

well_child_4yr.txt
PATIENT: 4-year-old female | DOB redacted | MRN redacted
VISIT TYPE: Well-Child Visit (4 year) โ€” CPT 99392
DATE: April 24, 2026

SUBJECTIVE:
Established patient presenting with mother for routine 4-year well-child visit.
Mother reports child is doing well overall. Eats a varied diet, drinks roughly
16 oz whole milk daily, has 1-2 formed BMs daily, sleeps 10-11 hours nightly
with no parasomnias. Started preschool 4 days/week in September; teacher
reports age-appropriate participation, no behavioral concerns. No injuries
or ER visits since last well visit. No medications. No allergies.

Family History: Maternal grandmother T2DM. Paternal aunt with childhood asthma.
Social: Lives with both parents and 18-month-old sibling. Rear-facing car seat
transitioned to forward-facing 5-point harness at 30 months. Smoke-free home.
No firearms. Helmet use confirmed for tricycle.

Developmental Surveillance (parent report + observed):
- Gross motor: Hops on one foot 3 times, throws overhand, pedals tricycle.
- Fine motor: Copies a cross, draws person with 3 body parts, uses fork.
- Language: 4-5 word sentences, intelligible to strangers ~95%, names 4 colors.
- Social-emotional: Plays cooperatively, separates from parent without distress.
- ASQ-3 administered today: all domains above cutoff. (CPT 96110)

OBJECTIVE:
Vitals:
- Weight: 16.8 kg (50th percentile, CDC)
- Height: 103 cm (50th percentile, CDC)
- BMI: 15.8 (52nd percentile)
- BP: 96/58 mmHg (within normal limits for age/sex/height)
- Temp: 36.8 C, HR 98, RR 22, SpO2 99% RA

General: Well-appearing, well-nourished, interactive, in no distress.
HEENT: AF closed. PERRL. TMs gray, mobile, normal landmarks bilaterally.
Oropharynx clear, dentition without obvious caries, no fluorosis.
Vision screen (HOTV): 20/30 OD, 20/30 OS, 20/30 OU. Pass.
Hearing screen (pure tone, 1/2/4 kHz at 25 dB): Pass bilaterally.
Neck: Supple, no LAD, no thyromegaly.
CV: RRR, no murmur, femoral pulses 2+ symmetric.
Lungs: CTA bilaterally, no wheeze.
Abdomen: Soft, non-tender, no HSM, no masses.
GU: Normal external female genitalia, Tanner 1.
MSK: Full ROM, no scoliosis on Adams forward bend, normal gait.
Neuro: CN II-XII intact, age-appropriate balance and coordination.
Skin: No concerning lesions, no bruising in non-bony areas.

ASSESSMENT:
1. Well 4-year-old female, growth and development appropriate (Z00.129)
2. Up to date on immunizations through 24 month โ€” DTaP #5, IPV #4, MMR #2,
   Varicella #2, and influenza (annual) due today per ACIP 2025-26 schedule.

PLAN:
1. Immunizations administered today (with VIS dates documented and parental
   consent obtained):
   - DTaP-IPV (Kinrix), 0.5 mL IM, R deltoid
   - MMR, 0.5 mL SC, L deltoid
   - Varicella, 0.5 mL SC, L deltoid
   - Influenza inactivated quadrivalent, 0.5 mL IM, R deltoid
   CPT 90460 x 4 (first component, age-appropriate counseling) + 90461 x 4
   (additional components). Vaccine product CPTs reported separately.
2. Anticipatory guidance discussed (Bright Futures): nutrition (5 fruits/veg
   daily, limit juice <4 oz/day), screen time <1 hour/day of high-quality
   programming, sleep hygiene, kindergarten readiness, sun protection, water
   safety / swim lessons, dental visit every 6 months, booster seat use.
3. Vision and hearing screen passed today (CPT 99173 + 92551).
4. ASQ-3 developmental screen normal (CPT 96110).
5. Lead and hemoglobin screening not indicated per current AAP risk-based
   guidance (negative risk factors).
6. Return to clinic in 12 months for 5-year well visit, sooner PRN.
7. After-visit summary in English provided to mother.

Visit Codes: 99392 (preventive, established, age 4), 90460 x4, 90461 x4,
96110, 99173, 92551, Z23, Z00.129.

Time: 25 minutes face-to-face. >50% spent in counseling and anticipatory
guidance.

All names, dates, and identifiers are fictional. Doses and CPT/ICD-10 codes reflect April 2026 ACIP and CMS guidance.

Eight Pediatric ICD-10 Codes You Use Every Week

PatientNotes suggests these (and the right CPT) inline as you document

Z00.121Routine child health exam, abnormal findings
Z00.129Routine child health exam, no abnormal findings
H66.90Otitis media, unspecified ear
J06.9Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
J45.901Unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation
F90.0ADHD, predominantly inattentive type
Z23Encounter for immunization
R62.51Failure to thrive (child)

Beyond ICD, the engine flags add-on CPT codes commonly missed in pediatrics: 96110, 96127, 99173, 92551, 90460/90461.

How Pediatricians Actually Use PatientNotes

Three representative practices โ€” solo, group, and hospital-employed

Dr. Maya Patel

Solo pediatric practice โ€” Tucson, AZ

Maya runs a single-provider practice seeing 22-26 patients a day, mostly Spanish-bilingual. Her pain point was the parent-child crosstalk: every other ambient scribe she demoed wrote "patient denies fever" when the four-year-old said it, not the mother. PatientNotes' three-way diarization fixed that. She estimates she now finishes charting at 5:45 pm instead of 8 pm, and the bilingual parent handout has cut her after-hours portal messages roughly in half.

Dr. Daniel Okonkwo

Six-provider community pediatric group โ€” Charlotte, NC

Daniel's group adopted PatientNotes after a six-week side-by-side pilot against Heidi and Freed. The deciding factor was Vanderbilt and ASQ-3 score auto-capture during ADHD and developmental visits, plus the CPT 96110/96127 add-on suggestion that their billing manager said was being missed roughly 30% of the time pre-rollout. Group-level reporting helped them standardize template use across providers without forcing anyone onto a single style.

Dr. Jennifer Liao

Hospital-employed pediatrician, academic system โ€” Boston, MA

Jennifer is a faculty pediatrician seeing 14-18 patients per half-day in a residency clinic. Her hospital uses Epic and offers Nuance DAX system-wide, but DAX did not handle her resident teaching encounters well. She uses PatientNotes on a personal subscription for her own panel, copy-pasting the structured note into Epic. The adolescent confidentiality flag was the feature that closed the deal โ€” DAX could not separate the parent-shared from the clinician-only sections cleanly.

Composite stories based on real PatientNotes pediatric customers. Names anonymized.

Coming From Microsoft Dragon Medical One?

An honest comparison and a three-step migration plan

Microsoft Dragon Medical One (now part of Microsoft Dragon Copilot) is the legacy standard. It is mature, deeply integrated with major EHRs, and many pediatricians have years of muscle memory with its dictation commands. The case for staying on Dragon is real: voice macros, custom vocabulary, and same-screen Hyperspace integration in Epic.

The core difference is dictation vs ambient. Dragon listens to you talk *to it*: you narrate the note out loud, often after the visit. PatientNotes listens to the conversation you have *with the patient and parent* and writes the note for you. For pediatrics specifically โ€” where parents and children both speak, the visit is short, and the note is highly templated โ€” ambient saves more time than dictation.

Dragon Medical One

$99-200

$99-200 per provider per month (Dragon Medical One / Dragon Copilot, varies by reseller and bundle)

PatientNotes

$50

$50 per provider per month, all features included

How to switch in three steps

  1. Keep your Dragon subscription active for two weeks while you onboard. Do not cancel on day one.
  2. Export your Dragon templates and auto-text macros (.docx works). Upload them to PatientNotes as custom templates so your style transfers.
  3. Run side-by-side for a week โ€” record on PatientNotes, dictate on Dragon, then compare. Most pediatricians cancel Dragon by the end of week three.

See the full migration guide: PatientNotes vs Nuance DAX.

PatientNotes vs Heidi.com for Pediatrics

Heidi is a strong general-purpose ambient scribe that markets to a broad audience โ€” primary care, mental health, allied health. It is one of the most polished editors in the space and has good UK/AU adoption. For a US pediatrician, the comparison comes down to four practical questions.

What matters for pediatricsPatientNotesHeidi.com
Three-way (parent-child-clinician) audio handlingBuilt in. Roles labeled in the diarization layer, not just speaker numbers.Generic speaker diarization. Works, but mislabels caregiver vs child roles when the mother answers for a verbal child.
Vanderbilt / ASQ / M-CHAT score auto-captureNative. Mentioned scores carry into assessment with CPT 96110/96127 add-on suggestion.Possible via custom template, not out-of-the-box.
CPT 99391-99394 selection by ageAutomatic from documented age.Manual selection in the editor.
Adolescent confidentiality flagToggle separates clinician-only from parent-shared sections.Not present as a standard feature.
Price (USD, single clinician)$50/monthHeidi Free $0 (limited), Pro $99/month
Editor polishGood. Functional, fast, no animations to wait through.Excellent. Heidi's editor is one of the best in the category.

Read the full breakdown: PatientNotes vs Heidi Health ยท vs Freed

Frequently Asked Questions

Direct answers from pediatricians using PatientNotes today

Does PatientNotes work for pediatrics?

Yes. Pediatrics is one of our top three specialties by active users. The model is tuned to handle the parent-child-clinician three-way conversation, distinguish caregiver-reported history from observed exam findings, and produce Bright Futures-aligned well-child notes with growth percentiles, developmental milestones, and immunization status (DTaP, MMR, Varicella, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV15, Hib, RSV).

How much does an AI scribe cost for pediatrics?

PatientNotes is $50 per clinician per month on the standard plan, billed monthly with no per-encounter fee. Comparable pediatric-friendly scribes range from $99 (Heidi Pro) to $199 (Freed) and up to $400+ for legacy human-hybrid services. We do not charge separately for adolescent confidential notes, parent-handout generation, or after-visit summaries.

Is Heidi better than PatientNotes for pediatrics?

Heidi.com is a strong general-purpose ambient scribe and a fair comparison. Where PatientNotes wins for pediatrics: explicit three-way audio handling (parent + child + clinician with role labels), built-in Vanderbilt scoring for ADHD follow-ups, automatic CPT 99391-99394 selection by age band, and lower price ($50 vs Heidi Pro $99). Heidi has stronger UK/AU presence and a slightly more polished editor. For US-based general pediatrics, PatientNotes is the more billing-aware choice.

Can pediatric-specific notes be auto-generated?

Yes. The system ships with templates for well-child visits (newborn, 2/4/6/9/12/15/18/24/30 month, 3-5y, 6-11y, 12-17y), sick visits (otitis media, pharyngitis, bronchiolitis, viral URI, gastroenteritis), ADHD intake and follow-up with Vanderbilt parent/teacher form integration, sports pre-participation physicals (PPE Monograph 5th ed format), HEADSS adolescent confidential interview, and newborn weight-check follow-ups.

Does it integrate with Office Practicum, eClinicalWorks, or Athenahealth?

PatientNotes is EHR-agnostic. The note is generated as structured text and rich-text HTML you copy-paste or paste via clipboard automation into any EHR, including Office Practicum, eClinicalWorks, Athena, Epic (MyChart and Hyperspace), Cerner/Oracle Health, NextGen, and DrChrono. Direct HL7/FHIR integration with Athenahealth and eClinicalWorks is available on the Practice plan.

Will it help me bill pediatric CPT codes correctly?

Yes. The billing engine selects the correct preventive medicine code (99381-99385 new, 99391-99395 established) by patient age automatically, and recommends 99213 vs 99214 for sick visits based on documented MDM elements. It flags add-on codes commonly missed in pediatrics: 96110 (developmental screening, e.g., M-CHAT, ASQ), 96127 (brief emotional screen, e.g., PHQ-9, Vanderbilt), 99173 (vision screen), 90460/90461 (immunization administration with counseling), and 99401 for tobacco/vaping counseling in adolescents.

How do I switch from Dragon Medical One to PatientNotes?

Switching takes about an hour. Step 1: keep your Dragon subscription active for two weeks while you onboard. Step 2: import your existing Dragon Templates as PatientNotes custom templates (we accept .docx and plain-text macros). Step 3: run side-by-side for a week โ€” record on PatientNotes, dictate on Dragon, compare. Most pediatricians cancel Dragon by week three. We have a dedicated migration guide at /compare/dragon-medical-one.

Is it HIPAA compliant for pediatrics?

Yes. PatientNotes is HIPAA compliant with a signed BAA included on all paid plans. Audio is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256), processed in US data centers, and audio retention is configurable from 0 days (delete after note generation) to 30 days. For adolescent confidential visits we support a "minor confidential" flag that excludes designated history elements from the parent-facing patient summary while preserving the full chart for the clinician.

Finish Charting Before You Go Home

Pediatricians using PatientNotes save roughly two hours of after-hours documentation per day. Try it on your next half-day clinic โ€” set-up takes ten minutes and the first seven days are free.

No credit card required. $50/month per clinician after trial. BAA included.