Education Management Solutions

What Education Management Solutions does

Education Management Solutions (EMS) is a privately held Pennsylvania-based software company, founded in 1994, that sells a healthcare simulation management platform to hospitals, medical centers, universities, and government agencies. The company operates primarily in the United States and employs 101-250 people, with its corporate headquarters in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

EMS's core technology is SIMULATIONiQ®, a Simulation Platform-as-a-Service delivered as either on-premise software or cloud deployment, with a hardware- and software-agnostic architecture designed to integrate with customers' existing simulation infrastructure. The platform combines audio/video capture, simulation management, reporting, and learner progression tracking, and is offered in five tiers — Enterprise, Pro, Pro Plus, One Room, and Migration — to serve organizations ranging from single-room programs to multi-site enterprise deployments. The company has expanded its portfolio to include Competency.AI™, a competency tracking and curriculum assessment solution with modules for disciplines, clerkship management, curriculum mapping, and student progression; and Training in Motion®, a portable iOS/Android AV capture and debrief application for mobile simulation. Registered trademarks cover all three sub-brands.

EMS generates revenue through tiered software subscription licensing under a consultative direct-sales model. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the company uses 'Schedule a Discussion' calls-to-action across its website, indicating quote-based enterprise contracts. Its go-to-market is event-driven, anchored by six consecutive years as Presidential Sponsor of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), supported by webinars, content marketing, and customer testimonials from named institutional customers including Rocky Vista University, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Samuel Merritt University. Three primary customer segments are served: Healthcare Solutions, Higher Education Solutions (primary), and Government Solutions (secondary). The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no public listing.

Name

Education Management Solutions

Legal name

Education Management Solutions, LLC

Website

https://simulationiq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Education Management Solutions is a Pennsylvania-based software company that sells the SIMULATIONiQ® healthcare simulation management platform, along with Competency.AI™ and Training in Motion®, to hospitals, medical universities, and government agencies via tiered subscription licensing and direct enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Exton

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, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription Licenses: EMS generates revenue through tiered software subscription licensing of their SIMULATIONiQ® platform. The platform is offered in multiple tiers (Enterprise, Pro, Pro Plus, One Room, Migration) suggesting tiered pricing based on feature access and organizational scale. Both cloud and on-premise deployment options are available, indicating flexibility in delivery and potentially pricing structures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Education Management Solutions (EMS) provides a healthcare simulation management Platform-as-a-Service built around its SIMULATIONiQ® suite. The platform integrates audio/video capture, simulation management, reporting, and learner progression tracking, with tiered offerings (Enterprise, Pro, Pro Plus, One Room, Migration) available via cloud or on-premise deployment. Complementary products include Competency.AI™ for assessment tracking and Training in Motion® for portable AV debrief on iOS and Android devices.

Product overview

Education Management Solutions offers an integrated suite of healthcare simulation training solutions centered around the SIMULATIONiQ® platform. The portfolio includes three core product lines: SIMULATIONiQ® (a simulation management Platform-as-a-Service available in Enterprise, Pro, Pro Plus, One Room, and Migration tiers, supporting both cloud and on-premises deployment with AV capture and management); Competency.AI™ (a competency tracking solution with modules for Disciplines, Clerkship Management, Curriculum Mapping, and Student Progression Tracking); and Training in Motion® (a portable AV capture and debrief solution for iOS and Android). Companion Apps round out the mobile offerings. The platform emphasizes hardware and software agnosticism, allowing integration with existing infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SIMULATIONiQ®: Simulation PaaS for healthcare simulation training with flexi-deployment, AV capture, reporting & management.
• Competency.AI™
• Training in Motion®

Products and services

• SIMULATIONiQ® Healthcare simulation management Platform-as-a-Service providing integrated audio/video capture, simulation management, reporting, and learner progression tracking. Available in tiered configurations (Enterprise, Pro, Pro Plus, One Room, Migration) and deployed on-premise or in the cloud for hospitals, medical centers, universities, and government agencies running simulation programs.
• Competency.AI™
• Training in Motion®
• Companion Apps

Named customers5 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

One partnership is on record.

• International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 December 2025EMS continues as Presidential Sponsor of IMSH 2026 for the sixth consecutive year. IMSH is the premier healthcare simulation industry event that gathers global simulation professionals to exchange best practices and explore new technologies. As Presidential Sponsor, EMS receives flagship visibility and positioning as a leading industry supporter.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• VirtaMed: VirtaMed provides highly realistic medical simulation training for surgery, OB/GYN, urology, and arthroscopy. It targets the same healthcare simulation training buyers as EMS, particularly academic medical centers, but specializes in procedural VR.
• Mentice: Mentice specializes in endovascular and interventional procedure simulation for healthcare professionals. It targets hospital and academic customers similar to EMS but focuses on vascular and interventional procedural simulation rather than broad center management.
• FundamentalVR: FundamentalVR delivers immersive VR surgical simulation with haptic feedback and performance analytics for medical training. It represents an emerging, technology-forward competitor in healthcare simulation targeting similar medical education buyers.

Direct peers

• Surgical Science: Surgical Science develops virtual reality simulation solutions for medical training, including surgical and interventional procedures. It overlaps with EMS's mission of competency-based healthcare simulation, though focused more on procedural VR than center management.
• Gaumard Scientific: Gaumard Scientific manufactures patient simulators and offers UNI simulation learning management software for healthcare education. It is a direct competitor in the simulation center software and patient simulator market alongside EMS.
• Simulab: Simulab manufactures task trainers and ultrasound simulation models for healthcare education and surgical training. It is a smaller, niche peer in healthcare simulation equipment that shares EMS's higher education and clinical training customer base.
• Laerdal (SimCapture competitor context): Laerdal's SimCapture platform is a direct competitor to SIMULATIONiQ's AV capture and debrief functionality. Both serve nursing schools, medical schools, and hospital simulation centers seeking integrated capture, management, and reporting workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier (Clinical Solutions): Elsevier's Clinical Solutions division provides clinical decision support, education, and competency management tools for healthcare institutions. It overlaps with EMS's Competency.AI offering and competes in the broader healthcare learning and assessment market.
• Laerdal Medical: Laerdal Medical is a global leader in healthcare simulation, offering patient simulators, scenario-based training, and resuscitation education. It competes with EMS in simulation centers but at a much broader scale across prehospital, hospital, and education markets.
• CAE Healthcare: CAE Healthcare delivers simulation-based training solutions including high-fidelity patient simulators and learning management tools. It is a direct competitor in the healthcare simulation ecosystem with a portfolio overlap with SIMULATIONiQ.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/simulationiq
• Facebookfacebook.com/simulationiq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/education-management-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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