The Outpatient Pediatrics Atlas is a map of the conditions a general pediatric clinic sees. Zoom from the whole field to one visit, then open that visit to see the template a clinician would use, the guideline points behind it, and links to the sources.

It reads directly from the Atlas library, so a template change appears on the map with the next update. There is nothing to install or sign in to, and the Atlas does not ask for or store patient information.

Use the Atlas to explore and teach, and follow the linked sources for the full detail. It does not tell you what to do for a patient.

Find a condition

There are two ways in.

  • Zoom the map. Each large circle is a broad area, such as Skin or Breathing and allergy, and its number is how many conditions it holds. Select a circle to zoom to its regions, then select a region to see its conditions. Select a condition to open its page. The trail above the map takes you back out.
  • Search. Type in Find a condition beside the map. The search matches condition names and the other names a clinician would use, so strep finds Pharyngitis.

The list beside the map always shows the conditions in your current view. A zoomed view has its own address, so you can bookmark or share one area of the map.

Read a condition page

The top of the page shows the condition with its neighbors, grouped by why they are linked: conditions worth reading together, conditions this template hands off to, conditions that come up in the visit, and conditions built from the same sources. They are useful for moving through a topic: from a febrile infant to a urinary tract infection, for example. A neighbor is a suggestion to look, not a clinical relationship the guidelines assert.

Below that, each template has these parts:

  • The template and its note. Each choice is a button, and the note beside it updates as you select. Default marks what the template inserts on its own, so the first note you see is the most common version of the visit. Reset restores the defaults, Copy copies the note, and Use in Workspace carries it into your note.
  • Try a Repertoire Line. Type shorthand in the box, or select an example, and watch the choices change. Words the template understands underline their choices, and anything it did not recognize is listed. Use practice wording only: leave out patient details. Nothing typed there is saved or sent.
  • What the sources cover. Short notes on the points gathered from the sources when the template was built. They are working summaries, so follow the source for the full wording.
  • Used to decide, kept out of the note. Points that shape the decision but do not belong in a signed note. A template documents a decision; it does not make one, so these appear here instead.
  • Return precautions in the template. The condition-specific warning signs its counseling paragraph names.
  • Sources. Links to the guidelines and other references behind the template. A note appears when few formal guidelines cover the topic and the template also leans on expert opinion.

Some conditions have more than one template, such as an initial visit and a follow-up. They appear one after another on the same page.

Ways to use it

  • Teach. Walk a learner through a condition by changing one choice at a time and watching what the note says. Try the choice that sends the child to the emergency department and see which lines change.
  • Practice a case. Choose Practice a case instead on a condition page, or Practice a random case beside the map for a surprise from your current view. Make your choices, then select Compare to see your note beside an example note, with the differences outlined. The example is one reasonable note, not the only right answer.
  • Learn the shorthand. Read the example Repertoire Lines for a visit you see often, then type your own.
  • Review a topic before clinic. Read the source notes and return precautions, then follow a source you want to read in full.
  • Preview before you adopt. See exactly what a template writes before deciding whether to use the Atlas library.

Use the Atlas library in your Workspace

The Atlas shows the Atlas starting library, one of the choices when you first open the Workspace, alongside Pediatrics and Minimal. Atlas has fewer Templates than Pediatrics but goes deeper on each visit, with more specific choices and defaults for the common version of the visit. New Templates are added automatically as the library grows.

To change a workspace you already use, open Menu → Note Settings → Starting library and choose Atlas. Export first, because resetting removes your local changes. As with any starting library, review the wording and defaults in Menu → Library Review before you use them. This guide walks through that review.

Use in Workspace opens your Workspace with the template and the choices you made. If your workspace uses the Atlas library, the Template stays live, so you can keep changing its choices or use the Repertoire Line. If it uses another library, that library has its own wording, so the note arrives as plain text. Choices you make on a condition page are not saved there, and the Atlas does not read your own edited Templates.

From the Workspace, Menu → Outpatient Atlas opens the map and Menu → Atlas Guide returns to this guide.