OPENPediatrics

What OPENPediatrics does

OPENPediatrics is a free, open-access, peer-reviewed online education platform serving pediatric healthcare professionals globally, operated as a charitable initiative by the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. Founded in 2008 by Dr. Jeffrey Burns, the platform delivers multimedia educational content including peer-reviewed videos, screen-based interactive simulators (covering mechanical ventilation, hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis), podcasts, a clinical image library, and accredited continuing education courses. It also publishes OPENPediatrics Scholar, a peer-reviewed venue for external health professional educators to publish digital learning resources. The technical stack is a web-based LMS hosted on AWS, with content formally reviewed on a three-year cycle to ensure accuracy.

The platform serves three core segments: pediatric clinicians in all resource settings (its primary audience), patients and caregivers receiving education materials such as Learn Peritoneal Dialysis and Keeping Babies Safe, and health professional educators publishing through Scholar. Distribution is global and multi-channel, with content available through the core web platform (registration with 24-48 hour verification), YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, and major social platforms. Reported reach includes 152,000+ registered users, 28 million+ video views, and usage in every country and territory worldwide, with named user testimonials from Pakistan, the UK, Zambia, and the National Pediatric Disaster Coalition.

OPENPediatrics is not a commercial revenue enterprise; it is a private, nonprofit program of Boston Children's Hospital, with the OPENPediatrics mark registered to the hospital and no disclosed outside investors or venture funding. Monetization is limited to modest per-course fees for accredited continuing education credits intended only to offset certification costs. The organization funds itself through hospital support, foundation grants (e.g., Dassault Systèmes Foundation, The Rehma Fund), and volunteer expert contributions, while operating with an 11-50 person core team that spans program leadership, content production, video production, medical illustration, curriculum development, instructional design, intellectual property, and communications functions.

Name

OPENPediatrics

Legal name

Boston Children's Hospital

Website

https://openpediatrics.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OPENPediatrics is a free, open-access, peer-reviewed online education platform operated by Boston Children's Hospital that delivers videos, interactive simulators, podcasts, and accredited continuing education courses to more than 152,000 pediatric clinicians across every country worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Multimedia OER (video, audio, podcasts, animations) (EDAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open Homework Systems & OER-Integrated Courseware (EDAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Pediatric medical education
• Clinical training simulators
• Continuing medical education
• Open access health content
• Peer reviewed learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Free Educational Content: All core educational content including videos, simulators, podcasts, and non-accredited courses are provided free of charge. This is a charitable initiative by Boston Children's Hospital's Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, not a commercial revenue-generating enterprise.
2. Accredited Continuing Education (CE) Courses: Modest fees are charged for Accredited Continuing Education (CE) courses to offset the cost of providing certification. These fees cover the certification process while providing CME credits for physicians, nursing credits, pharmacy credits, and other professional credentials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

OPENPediatrics is a free, global, open-access, peer-reviewed online education platform that provides pediatric healthcare professionals with videos, interactive screen-based simulators (mechanical ventilation, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis), podcasts, clinical image libraries, and accredited continuing education courses. It also operates OPENPediatrics Scholar, an open-access peer-reviewed publication platform for digital learning resources, and offers patient/caregiver education tools such as the Learn Peritoneal Dialysis interactive tool and the Keeping Babies Safe video curriculum.

Product overview

OPENPediatrics is a comprehensive digital education platform operated by Boston Children's Hospital that offers free, open-access educational content for healthcare professionals caring for children. The platform features a unified architecture consisting of the core OPENPediatrics Platform (videos, simulators, podcasts, clinical image library, heart disease library, and continuing education courses), supplemented by specialized sub-brands including OPENPediatrics Scholar (a peer-reviewed publication platform for digital learning resources) and dedicated patient/caregiver resources like the Learn Peritoneal Dialysis interactive tool and Keeping Babies Safe video curriculum. The platform serves over 152,000 registered users in every country worldwide with content viewed over 28 million times.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OPENPediatrics Scholar: An open-access online publication platform that publishes high-quality digital learning resources for pediatric healthcare professionals using a rigorous peer-review process.

Products and services

• OPENPediatrics Platform A free, global, open-access, peer-reviewed online education platform for clinicians caring for critically ill children, providing videos, interactive simulators, podcasts, a clinical image library, a heart disease library, and continuing education courses under a single registered-user login.
• Accredited Continuing Education Courses

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 152,000 registered healthcare professionals use the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

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

• Boston Children's HospitalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPENPediatrics is a charitable initiative developed by the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. The hospital provides institutional support, staff, infrastructure, and acts as the legal entity owning the OPENPediatrics trademark and content.
• Harvard Medical SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPENPediatrics leadership including Co-Directors hold academic appointments at Harvard Medical School. The institution provides academic credibility and connects OPENPediatrics with the broader medical education community.
• MIT Jameel World Education LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStephen Carson served as Associate Director, bringing experience from MIT OpenCourseWare to help improve content publication processes and build program sustainability.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Medscape Education: Free medical-education platform providing CME/CE activities across specialties for physicians and healthcare professionals. Comparable in free, certified medical education delivery to clinicians.
• Lecturio: Medical-education platform providing video lectures, question banks, and learning pathways across specialties including pediatrics. Comparable video-first clinical education model targeting health-professions learners.
• Khan Academy Medicine: Free OER platform with a dedicated health and medicine section featuring videos, quizzes, and clinical content. Comparable as a free, open-access multimedia educational resource in healthcare.
• Osmosis (by Elsevier): Commercial medical-education platform offering videos, questions, and study tools to health-professions students globally. Comparable to OPENPediatrics in delivering video-based medical learning content to clinicians, though paid and broader in scope.
• Pediatrics in Review (American Academy of Pediatrics): Peer-reviewed continuing education journal and learning resource for pediatric clinicians. Comparable in providing authoritative, peer-reviewed pediatric education to clinicians, with overlapping content in pediatric critical care.
• OpenWHO (WHO): Free, open-access WHO learning platform offering peer-reviewed courses for health professionals globally, especially in emergencies and outbreaks. Closely comparable as a free, global, open-access health-professions education platform.

Broad incumbents

• Coursera (medical specializations): Large-scale MOOC platform offering medical specializations from universities including pediatric and global health content. Comparable in hosting structured health-professions courses, but operates as a broad commercial platform.
• WHO Academy: WHO's permanent learning institution delivering adult learning and digital courses for the global health workforce. Comparable as a global, open-access health-professions education initiative backed by an international institution.
• edX (medical courses): University-affiliated MOOC platform offering medical and public-health courses with continuing education credit. Comparable as a higher-ed platform delivering accredited health content globally.

Emerging players

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Pioneer of open-access publication of educational content. Relevant as the OER model OPENPediatrics draws on; Stephen Carson from MIT OCW previously served on the OPENPediatrics team.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/OPENPediatrics
• Facebookfacebook.com/OPENPediatrics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/openpediatrics
• Instagraminstagram.com/openpediatrics
• Xx.com/OPENPediatrics

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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