Physician's Computer Company

What Physician's Computer Company does

Physician's Computer Company (PCC), founded in 1983 and headquartered in Winooski, Vermont, is a privately held Benefit Corporation that develops pediatric-specific electronic health record (EHR) and practice management software exclusively for independent U.S. pediatricians. The company's core platform, PCC EHR (currently version V.10, ONC Health IT Certified via Drummond Group in May 2024), is augmented by tightly integrated modules including the PCC Practice Dashboard for analytics, embedded FDB MedsTracker ePrescribing for age-appropriate dosing, pocketPCC mobile access, MyKids Chart patient portal, the PCC Care Plan component, a PCC Interoperability layer, and the recently launched PCC Scribe ambient AI documentation add-on built on Google's enterprise AI infrastructure under a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement with zero data retention.

PCC's business model centers on an annual inclusive subscription that bundles software, implementation, training, and 24/7 IT support, with fee-enabled add-on modules (such as PCC Scribe) and professional services for data migration, training, and PCMH consulting delivered through a direct consultative sales motion. The company sells exclusively to independent pediatric practices (small, medium, and large, including multi-site supergroups) nationwide via a 1:1 consult funnel, with supporting community and content channels including the PCC Users' Conference, PCCTalk client forum, PCC Learn knowledgebase, the Charting the Future podcast, and an AAP-embedded Bright Futures 4th Edition clinical content library.

PCC serves approximately 140 practices and 1,200 physicians caring for more than 2 million pediatric patients (per 2017 public reporting, the most recent disclosed figure) and has held the #1 KLAS ranking in Ambulatory Pediatric EMR for eight consecutive years, with a Best in KLAS 2026 overall score of 94.8. The company is values-aligned with its mission — supporting independent pediatric ownership — through its Benefit Corporation structure and self-reported 97% client retention intention. Notable partners include First Databank (ePrescribing), the American Academy of Pediatrics (Bright Futures content and the BMI 2+ research collaboration), Google (enterprise AI), Drummond Group (ONC certification), and The Verden Group (PCMH consulting). Leadership includes President and Co-Founder John Canning, Co-Founder and Vice President Jay Schuster, Director of Pediatric Solutions Chip Hart, and Lead AI Developer Brian LaClair.

Name

Physician's Computer Company

Legal name

Physician's Computer Company

Website

https://pcc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Physician's Computer Company (PCC) develops pediatric-specific electronic health record and practice management software exclusively for independent U.S. pediatric practices. Founded in 1983, the privately held Benefit Corporation sells an annual inclusive subscription covering EHR, embedded ePrescribing, analytics, and AI scribing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Practice Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Platforms (HLACAOAA)

Keywords

• Pediatric EHR software
• Electronic health records
• Practice management software
• Medical record systems
• Healthcare IT solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Winooski

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. PCC EHR Subscription (Inclusive Pricing): Core recurring SaaS revenue from licensing the pediatric-specific PCC EHR to independent pediatric practices, packaged as a simple, comprehensive bundle of software, service, and support (24/7 IT support included).
2. PCC Scribe Add-On Module: Optional fee-based add-on to the EHR, enabling ambient AI scribing within the PCC EHR workflow. Activated per practice on demand for an additional fee.
3. Professional Services — Implementation, Training, Consulting: Includes new practice setup, data migration, free 1-on-1 training, web labs, PCMH prevalidation support via The Verden Group partnership, and consulting services. Personalized support and consulting engagements billed alongside the subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Physician's Computer Company (PCC) develops and supports a pediatric-specific electronic health record (EHR) and practice management platform for independent pediatric practices. Its flagship offering, PCC EHR V.10, bundles clinical workflow, billing, scheduling, ePrescribing, mobile access, patient portal, analytics, and 24/7 IT support into a single subscription, and is augmented by optional add-ons such as PCC Scribe ambient AI documentation.

Product overview

Physician's Computer Company (PCC) offers a single, pediatric-exclusive core EHR platform — PCC EHR (currently V.10) — augmented by a set of tightly integrated modules and companion products. The core EHR is augmented by the Practice Dashboard for analytics, the soon-to-launch PCC Scribe AI add-on, an embedded PCC ePrescribing solution built on First Databank's FDB MedsTracker, Financial Management Tools, Clinical Workflow Tools, Mobile Solutions (pocketPCC), and a PCC Interoperability layer for external connectivity. Companion offerings include the MyKids Chart patient portal, the PCC Learn knowledge base, the PCC Protocols Library for clinical content, and PCMH Resources supporting NCQA recognition. All modules are sold and supported under an inclusive pricing and support model, and PCC serves exclusively independent pediatric practices across the United States with over 40 years in market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PCC EHR: PCC's flagship pediatric-specific electronic health records (EHR) system, ONC-certified (PCC EHR V.10).
• PCC Scribe
• pocketPCC
• MyKids Chart
• PCC Dashboard
• PCC Learn
• PCCTalk
• The Independent Pediatrician

Products and services

• PCC EHR Pediatric-specific electronic health record and practice management platform for independent pediatric practices; ONC Health IT Certified (V.10); includes clinical charting, billing, scheduling, immunization tracking, care plan, ePrescribing, patient portal, and 24/7 support bundled into one subscription.
• PCC Scribe Optional, fee-enabled AI ambient scribing add-on for PCC EHR that captures short audio segments from visits, transcribes them, and generates draft clinical notes via a HIPAA-compliant third-party LLM (Google enterprise AI); notes are imported into the EHR for clinician review.
• PCC Dashboard (Practice Dashboard) Analytics dashboard providing at-a-glance visual data on pediatric practice financial and clinical health with constant peer benchmarking and pediatric-specific measures (immunization rates, well-visit rates, developmental screening rates, ADHD follow-up).
• PCC ePrescribing (PCC eRx powered by FDB MedsTracker) Pediatric-specific electronic prescribing embedded within PCC EHR, featuring age-appropriate medications and dosing, proactive alerts, one-click prescriptions, and configurable custom medications, units, and warnings.
• Financial Management Tools Suite of pediatric-practice financial management features within PCC EHR covering billing, revenue cycle, and practice financial workflows.
• Clinical Workflow Tools Pediatric-focused clinical workflow features within PCC EHR, including the PCC Care Plan component, problem list management, immunization tracking, and other chart-wide tools designed around pediatric care patterns.
• Mobile Solutions (pocketPCC) Mobile access to PCC EHR via the pocketPCC mobile application, enabling pediatricians to use the EHR on phones and tablets.
• PCC Interoperability Interoperability layer that connects PCC EHR to relevant external systems such as registries, hospitals, immunization registries, and health information exchanges for pediatric data exchange.
• MyKids Chart Patient portal where patients and families can electronically access medical records, care plans, and other chart information from the pediatric practice.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 consecutive years as KLAS #1 for Ambulatory Pediatric EMR
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 December 2017PCC collaborated with the AAP and 18 pediatric practices on the BMI 2+ Study (funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) under AAP's PROS (Pediatric Research in Office Settings) research network. PCC led recruitment, data extraction, and HIPAA-limited PHI data transmission. The collaboration leverages AAP's PROS network and integrates University of Michigan and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Also earlier referenced as the source of Bright Futures 4th Edition, which PCC was the first pediatric EHR vendor to embed at no additional cost to clients.
• First Databank (FDB)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2017PCC collaborated with FDB to embed FDB MedsTracker® eRx directly into PCC's pediatric EHR. FDB customized the originally inpatient-focused eRx solution specifically for pediatric workflows based on direct client input, delivering age-appropriate medications and dosing, proactive alerts, one-click prescriptions, and configurable custom medications, units, and warnings.
• Google (Enterprise AI Infrastructure)coreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle's enterprise AI infrastructure is used by PCC Scribe as the third-party large language model (LLM) provider to generate clinical draft notes from transcribed visit information. Use is governed by a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) covering HIPAA-compliant processing, zero data retention, and no use of client data for AI model training.
• The Verden Group (Patient Centered Solutions / PCS)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Verden Group's Patient Centered Solutions collaborated with PCC to provide a comprehensive program assisting PCC clients in achieving NCQA PCMH 2014 (and related) Recognition, leveraging PCC's prevalidated status to reduce documentation effort for client practices.
• Drummond Group, LLCcoreOthersDrummond Group, an ONC Authorized Certification Body, certified PCC EHR V.10 on 05/06/2024 against the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
• HubspotcoreTechnology or IntegrationHubspot is configured as a third-party tracking technology on the PCC website for measurement services, analytics, and targeted ads, as disclosed in the PCC Privacy Policy.
• University of MichiganminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUniversity of Michigan team of trained Registered Dieticians participates alongside PCC and AAP in the BMI 2+ Study, providing in-person and telephone motivational interviewing counseling sessions to enrolled patients.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCHOP is one of the research partners (alongside the University of Michigan) on the AAP BMI 2+ Study facilitated by PCC, focusing on childhood obesity outcomes in children ages 3–8.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NextGen Healthcare: NextGen is an established ambulatory EHR and practice management vendor serving multi-specialty practices, including pediatrics. It competes with PCC for mid-sized and larger pediatric practices seeking integrated EHR + revenue cycle management.
• athenahealth: athenahealth is a large cloud-based ambulatory EHR and practice management platform serving a broad range of specialties, including pediatrics. It competes on a broader portfolio play (revenue cycle, patient engagement) rather than pediatric specialization, but increasingly offers pediatric content and AI documentation tools.
• Greenway Health: Greenway Health provides ambulatory EHR and practice management solutions used by small to mid-sized physician practices, including pediatricians. It overlaps with PCC in serving independent ambulatory practices but lacks PCC's pediatric specialization.
• Oracle Health (Cerner): Oracle Health (formerly Cerner) is a major enterprise EHR vendor with broad ambulatory and pediatric deployments, particularly through large IDNs. It represents a scaled incumbent that competes for pediatric encounters in health systems and increasingly in ambulatory settings.
• eClinicalWorks: eClinicalWorks is one of the largest ambulatory EHR vendors in the US with extensive pediatric templates, practice management, and patient engagement tools. It competes on price and scale against specialty vendors like PCC for the same independent pediatrician segment.
• Epic Systems: Epic is the dominant enterprise EHR vendor widely deployed across academic and large health systems, including pediatric hospitals (e.g., Boston Children's, CHOP). It competes for the same pediatric patient encounters when independent practices are acquired by Epic-using health systems.

Emerging players

• Modernizing Medicine: Modernizing Medicine (modmed) is a specialty-focused EHR vendor with deep workflows in dermatology, orthopedics, and increasingly pediatrics. Its specialty-template approach parallels PCC's pediatric specialization strategy, making it an adjacent specialty-EHR peer to watch.

Direct peers

• Office Practicum: Office Practicum is a pediatric-specific EHR and practice management platform serving independent pediatric practices — directly competing with PCC on the same customer segment, pediatric-specialty content, and consultative sales motion. It is the closest 1:1 head-to-head rival in the ambulatory pediatric EHR market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pccvt
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PhysiciansComputerCo
• Facebookfacebook.com/pccfans
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1110411

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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