An AI medical scribe for pediatrics
In a paediatric consultation the history usually comes from a parent, the child adds details, and a sibling may be in the room too. You are examining, reassuring and counting doses by weight at the same time. ClearPass separates the speakers, writes the English note, and leaves you to check the figures that matter most in children.
What belongs in a paediatric note
Paediatric notes have a shape of their own. The history is attributed, the age is exact, and development and growth sit alongside the presenting problem.
- Who gave the history: mother, father, carer, or the child in their own words.
- Age in years and months, weight in kg, height, head circumference in infants, and centiles.
- Feeding, sleep, wet nappies or urine output, fever pattern with the highest measured temperature.
- Birth history, immunisation status and developmental milestones where relevant.
- Examination in a child-friendly order: general appearance, hydration, work of breathing, ears and throat, rash, fontanelle in infants.
- Safety-netting given to the parent: which signs should bring them back, and when.
Example: acute visit, 3-year-old with fever
A SOAP note, Concise. Invented child; history from the mother.
S: 3 y 4 m old. History from mother. Fever 2 days, max 38.9 C at home. Pulling at right ear, reduced appetite, drinking well, 4 wet nappies today. No rash, no vomiting. Immunisations up to date. O: Weight 15 kg. Temp 38.2 C, HR 118, RR 24, SpO2 99% air. Alert, playful between episodes. Right tympanic membrane red and bulging; left normal. Throat mildly red. Chest clear. No neck stiffness. A: Acute right otitis media. P: Amoxicillin 80 mg/kg/day in 2 divided doses (600 mg twice daily) for 5 days. Paracetamol for comfort. Safety-net advice given: return if drowsy, not drinking, fewer wet nappies, or no better in 48 hours.
The weight-based dose and its calculated total are both shown so the arithmetic can be checked in one glance.
Guided templates for paediatrics
For typed cases the Paediatrics group covers growth and short stature, diabetes and CGM requests, head imaging, developmental delay and therapy, asthma and recurrent wheeze, recurrent infections, failure to thrive and feeding, rickets and vitamin D, seizures, ADHD and behaviour, allergy and eczema, constipation, UTI and renal problems, heart murmurs, obesity, neonatal and infant jaundice, enuresis, and immunisation.
Neonatal and adolescent visits use the same note structures. For newborn care see the neonatology page.
Letters parents ask for
Parents often leave with paperwork: a school absence note, a nursery fitness letter, a care plan for asthma or allergy, or a referral to a paediatric subspecialist. From the visit, ClearPass drafts a sick note, patient instructions written for the parent, a referral letter, or a fitness letter under Something else (see the fitness letter template).
Growth hormone, therapy programmes and some imaging need approval. The prior authorization letter mode builds the case from growth data and prior workup that you documented.
Reviewing a paediatric draft
- Weight and every weight-based dose. Check mg/kg, the total, the frequency and the duration.
- Age in months for infants. A 14-month-old is not a 4-month-old.
- Attribution. 'Mother reports' and 'child says' should not be swapped.
- Laterality for ears, hips and testes.
- Safety-netting. If you gave it, the note should say what you told the parent.
Children's names are often said repeatedly by parents. Common identifiers are removed before the text reaches the AI, but check that none remain in the finished note.
What ClearPass does not do
- It does not replace your judgement. Every note is an AI draft that you review and correct before it is used.
- It is not a medical device and does not make clinical decisions. It is a documentation aid.
- It does not connect to your EMR. The note is copy-ready text that pastes into any system.
Privacy
Clinical note content is not stored on ClearPass servers: it is processed to write the note, then discarded. Consultation audio is transcribed and discarded, never stored. Your note history stays in your browser, on your device, and you choose how long it is kept. Common identifiers are removed from typed and transcribed text before it reaches the AI; that is a best-effort safeguard, so leave names, ID numbers and file numbers out where you can. Processing goes through the AI providers named in our Privacy Policy, which sets out exactly what each one receives and how long it keeps it. ClearPass does not sign HIPAA business associate agreements today.
Questions
Can it tell the parent's voice from the child's?
It separates speakers, so the transcript shows who said what. With a crying toddler or several people talking at once the separation is less clean; review attribution in the note.
Will it calculate weight-based doses?
No. It documents the dose you chose. If you say the mg/kg and the total, both appear in the note and you can check them.
Can I use it when the family speaks another language?
Yes. Language is detected automatically, and a visit can switch languages mid-sentence. The note is always written in English. Quality varies by language and accent, so try it in the trial.
Does it plot growth charts?
No. It writes the measurements and any centiles you state. Plotting stays in your EMR or growth chart tool.
What does ClearPass cost?
The 7-day trial is free, needs no card and simply ends after 7 days, with no automatic charge. After that there is one plan: $78 a month or $858 a year, with every visit transcribed.
Try it on your next clinic day
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