Pediatric Care Online

Why is This Program Important?

The AAP already has the best pediatric content and wanted to be able to deliver it in a way that pediatric health professionals could instantly reference the guidance at the point of care. Hence, Pediatric Care Online was born to be accessible via desktops and mobile phones in an instant. Now more than 10 years old, PCO includes content from the AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care, distilled Point-of-Care Quick Reference topics, Bright Futures, Red Book^®, Pediatric Patient Education, AAP Toolkits, webinars, and more. The content is continually reviewed and updated to align with AAP policy and is managed by a distinguished physician editorial board.

Who Can Benefit?

PCO and affiliated AAP digital products are geared toward primary care health professionals who care for children (eg, pediatricians, family medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants). They are also ideally suited for pediatric medical students and residents to support training. The success and importance of the AAP PCO site led to a partnership with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to develop Paediatric Care Online UK (PCO UK) in 2016 as a decision-support tool in the United Kingdom. Other partners on that effort included the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal College of Nursing, and Institute of Health Visiting. With recent changes in funding in the United Kingdom, the site has transitioned to the Child Protection Portal, but it is considered an excellent collaboration to improve child health. Other countries have expressed interest in collaborations related to PCO to serve their health systems.

Specifically, we have worked with clinics and other health networks in international markets to implement the Bright Futures guidelines for health supervision visits into their practices. This includes various forms and tools that a clinical practice can use to manage health supervision visits. These materials have been translated into Chinese and Japanese.

Program Details

Innovative for its time, Pediatric Care Online has become the essential pediatric point-of-care resource in the United States. With continual updates and new content and resources added regularly, PCO is now a cornerstone of how AAP Publishing delivers content to pediatric health professionals.

How is the Program Implemented?

Pediatric Care Online delivers its content through an online website (https://pediatriccare.solutions.aap.org), which makes it ideally suited to be integrated with online training and learning modules. For example, the AAP Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP^®) includes reference links to essential PCO content. We are open to discussing new formats and ideas for how PCO can be integrated to support clinical care.

Delivering Value and Impact

In a little more than 10 years, Pediatric Care Online has made a large impact on pediatric health. A founding sponsor has provided access to all US pediatric residents for medical training, meaning a growing number of health professionals have “grown up” using PCO as their go-to resource. Although PCO is also accessed around the globe, including a unique partnership in the United Kingdom, there are a number of additional opportunities for new partnerships. We can help to streamline clinical care and support training based on AAP recommendations.

Program Partnerships

PCO works with a corporate sponsorship to provide complimentary subscriptions to all pediatric residents in the United States for use in medical training. AAP Publishing partners with a number of electronic health record companies both domestically and internationally to incorporate PCO content into their systems. Other partnerships include the collaborations with RCPCH and AAP PREP mentioned earlier.

We have also worked with New South Wales Health Department in Australia to provide access to PCO to all health professionals in the state through its electronic statewide library.

Demos

PCO can be viewed at https://pediatriccare.solutions.aap.org.

A PCO video tour can be viewed at https://pediatriccare.solutions.aap.org/ss/pco_video_tutorial_player_navigation_and_tour.aspx.