Patient Education

Be there when families have questions about their child’s health. Day or night.

A fever spikes. A rash appears. A medication question comes up long after the office is closed. Give families reliable pediatric health information they can turn to from your practice website, whether they’re looking for guidance after a visit or searching for answers in the middle of the night. They get a source they can trust, while your team can spend less time fielding questions that don’t require a call.

WHY IT MATTERS

Give families better answers. Give your team fewer interruptions.

A trusted source for families

Help parents find reliable pediatric health information without sorting through search results, social media, forums, and conflicting advice.

Reduce routine calls to your practice

Give families a resource for common health questions that might otherwise end up with your staff, freeing your team to focus on the patients and tasks that need their attention.

Stay connected beyond the office visit

Extend the value your practice provides between appointments, helping families feel supported through the everyday questions and concerns that come with raising a child.

what's in the box

Put trusted pediatric resources right on your own website.

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900+ pediatric health articles

Give families access to hundreds of articles on children’s health and development, including content from the American Academy of Pediatrics, covering questions and concerns from infancy through young adulthood.

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Is Your Child Sick?™ visual symptom checker

Dr. Barton Schmitt’s Visual Symptom Checker helps parents make sense of symptoms and better understand what to do next, including when to seek medical care.

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Reliable pediatric medication dosing

Give families quick access to age- and weight-appropriate OTC medication dosing information, helping them make safer decisions at home without needing to call the office for every dosing question.

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Guidance beyond symptoms and dosing

Round out your website with pediatric resources on breastfeeding, development, parenting, common health concerns, kid-friendly videos, and Spanish-language content so families can find useful information across a much wider range of needs.

PATIENT EDUCATION: A LATE-NIGHT INTERNET SEARCH VS OFFICE PRACTICUM

How the library compares to a late-night internet search.

A late-night internet search
Office Practicum
The source
Anyone can publish health information online, making medical expertise and misinformation difficult to distinguish
Pediatric health information from recognized sources, including the AAP and Dr. Barton Schmitt
Symptom guidance
One symptom can lead to dozens of explanations without clear guidance on when to seek care
Is Your Child Sick?™ helps families understand symptoms, what they can manage at home, and when to seek medical care
Medication dosing
Parents may have to sort through multiple dosing charts, weights, and instructions to find the right dose
Pediatric OTC medication dosing information is available directly on your own website
Spanish-language information
Reliable health information in Spanish can be harder to find and may require a separate search
Spanish-language patient education is available right on your own website
Breadth of information
Families may need to search multiple websites to find answers to different health questions
900+ pediatric health articles cover symptoms, development, parenting, medications, and more in one place
FAQS

What pediatric practices want to know about patient education.

What is a pediatric patient education library?
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A pediatric patient education library gives families access to reliable health information directly from your practice website. It can help answer common questions about symptoms, medications, development, parenting, and other health concerns that come up between visits, while helping your practice reduce routine calls and stay connected with families beyond the exam room.

What makes Office Practicum’s patient education different?
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What is the Is Your Child Sick?™ Visual Symptom Checker?
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Does the patient education library include pediatric medication dosing?
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Is patient education available in Spanish?
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Can patient education on my website really reduce calls to my practice?
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How is the patient education content kept up to date?
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See how your website can answer the questions that can’t wait until morning.