PEDSpace
Welcome to PEDSpace, a public data bank repository powered by PEDSnet. PEDSpace serves as a centralized hub where digital assets generated during PEDSnet studies are made readily accessible to researchers, clinicians, and stakeholders worldwide.
In PEDSpace, users can explore a wealth of resources to facilitate impactful research endeavors. Among these assets are meticulously defined variables, curated code sets, and modules for assessing data quality. Each component is designed to empower researchers with the tools necessary to navigate complex pediatric healthcare data effectively.
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Explore PEDSpace Collections
Browse a comprehensive set of functions to aid in data quality assessment of clinical datasets.
Browse a comprehensive index of PEDSnet projects, their associated publications, and related research materials.
Browse documentation, ETL specifications, and resources for participating PEDSnet sites.
Resources for use in defining cohorts and other analytic tasks for investigating EHR data.
Recent Submissions
- PEDSnet Common Data Model - ETL ConventionsCreated:2026-04This document provides the ETL processing assumptions and conventions developed by the PEDSnet data partners that a data partner should use to ensure common ETL business rules. This record documents the changes for v6.2 or PEDSnet Database 2026-07.
- Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle Children’s mission is to provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Together, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Research Institute and Foundation deliver superior patient care, identify new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and raise funds to create better futures for patients. Ranked as one of the top children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Seattle Children’s serves as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country. As one of the nation’s top five pediatric research centers, Seattle Children’s Research Institute is internationally recognized for its work in neurosciences, immunology, cancer, infectious disease, injury prevention and much more. Seattle Children’s Foundation, along with Seattle Children’s Guild Association – the largest all-volunteer fundraising network for any hospital in the country – works with our generous community to raise funds for lifesaving care and research. Learn more about Seattle Children's Hospital metrics from their annual [Facts and Stats](https://www.seattlechildrens.org/globalassets/documents/about/facts-and-stats/facts-and-stats-2025.pdf) resource.
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFounded in 1855, CHOP is the nation’s oldest hospital dedicated solely to the care of children. The Main Hospital has 500 beds, 40 percent of which are allocated to intensive care with over 24,000 inpatient admissions per year. CHOP is the community hospital and primary care center for children in West and South Philadelphia, and a major tertiary referral center for the greater Delaware Valley area with an estimated population of 10 million. CHOP serves a diverse population of children that includes large numbers of racial and ethnic minorities, healthy newborns, infants, children and adolescents. CHOP provides primary care through its extensive network of 31 Primary Care Centers, which care for ~250,000 patients per year, located in Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and northern Delaware. The CHOP primary care network is organized as a practice-based research network called PeRC, which receives institutional infrastructure support for recruitment into projects. Ten large Specialty Care Centers provide a comprehensive range of outpatient subspecialty services in locations throughout the metropolitan area. Overall, there are nearly 2 million patient visits made to CHOP by 400,000 unique patients. The CHOP Emergency Room manages >90,000 patient visits per year.
- Children's Hospital ColoradoChildren’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) has defined and delivered pediatric health care excellence for more than 100 years. Founded in 1908, Children’s Colorado is a leading pediatric network entirely devoted to the health and well-being of children. Continually acknowledged as one of the nation’s outstanding pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and ranked 5th on its Best Children’s Hospitals 2015-16 Honor Roll, Children’s Colorado is known for both its nationally and internationally recognized medical, research, education and advocacy programs, as well as comprehensive everyday care for kids throughout Colorado and surrounding states. Children’s Colorado is the winner of the 2015 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize, and is a 2015 Most Wired hospital according to Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. Children’s Colorado also is recognized for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Centers and has been designated a Magnet® hospital since 2005. The hospital’s family-centered, collaborative approach combines the nation’s top pediatric doctors, nurses and researchers to pioneer new approaches to pediatric medicine. With urgent, emergency and specialty care locations throughout Metro Denver and Southern Colorado, including its campus on the Anschutz Medical Campus, Children’s Colorado provides a full spectrum of pediatric specialties.
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoLurie Children's works to provide the best possible care for patients and their families. More than 239,000 children receive the highest-quality medical care at Lurie Children’s each year. Lurie Children’s treats more children insured by Medicaid than any other hospital in Illinois.