SHEA

What SHEA does

SHEA (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) is a 501(c)-style nonprofit professional society founded in 1980 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that serves as the professional home for healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, antimicrobial stewardship professionals, infectious disease physicians, and healthcare epidemiology researchers. Its core 'products' are knowledge and convening assets rather than software: two peer-reviewed journals (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology published with Cambridge University Press, and the Gold Open Access Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology), an online continuing-education platform (LearningCE), two annual conferences (the standalone SHEA Spring and the jointly hosted IDWeek with IDSA, HIVMA, and PIDS), and 45+ expert guidance documents including the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections co-developed with 15+ national medical organizations.

The underlying 'platform' is a volunteer-driven content and standards engine sustained by a small paid staff (1-10), a network of academic medical center affiliates who serve as Board members and committee chairs, and an interlocking partner ecosystem that includes CDC, The Joint Commission, AHA, APIC, and Cambridge University Press. The SHEA Research Network, established in 2012, has produced 80+ multicenter peer-reviewed studies, while the MySHEA online community, special interest groups, and podcasts extend member engagement beyond formal events.

SHEA's revenue model is a diversified nonprofit mix: tiered membership dues (Full $355, Associate $255, Member-in-Training $70, Corporate $385 annually, with reduced rates for middle-income and developing economies), conference and event registration, journal royalties and article processing charges via Cambridge, LearningCE continuing-education revenue, government and foundation grants, and industry partnerships with pharmaceutical firms. Member pricing is tiered by professional category and economic classification to support global accessibility. The society publishes the SHEA Spotlight weekly newsletter to 3,200+ epidemiologists and infectious disease practitioners and maintains active channels across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky.

Name

SHEA

Legal name

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Website

https://shea-online.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) is a nonprofit professional society founded in 1980 that serves healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, and antimicrobial stewardship professionals through peer-reviewed journals, annual conferences, expert guidance documents, and continuing education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Society - Healthcare Epidemiology

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGABAG

Medicine & Allied Health (Clinical)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Higher Education Textbooks & Courseware

SECONDARYHLAJABAD

Field Epidemiology & Contact Tracing

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Disease Surveillance, Epidemiology & Outbreak Response

Keywords

• Infection prevention
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Healthcare epidemiology
• Professional medical society
• Continuing medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from Full Members, Associate Members, Members-in-Training, Corporate Members, and Organizational Members. Fees range from $15-$385 depending on membership category and economic classification (domestic, international, middle income, developing economy).
2. Conference and Event Fees: Revenue from SHEA Spring Conference and IDWeek (joint annual meeting with IDSA, HIVMA, and PIDS). Members receive discounted rates compared to non-members.
3. Journal Royalties and Publishing: Income from Cambridge University Press for Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) and Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE) journals. ASHE operates on Gold Open Access model with article processing charges.
4. Educational Programs and LearningCE: Revenue from online education programs, training courses, webinars, and continuing education credits through the LearningCE platform. Members receive free or discounted access.
5. Government and Foundation Grants: Funding from government agencies and private foundations supporting research and public health initiatives.
6. Industry Grants and Partnerships: SHEA accepts outside support and engages in collaborative efforts with industry, most notably pharmaceutical firms, to enhance educational benefits and improve healthcare.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

SHEA is a professional society that delivers membership-based education, evidence-based clinical guidelines, peer-reviewed journals, annual conferences, and multicenter research infrastructure to advance healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship. Its core offerings include two scientific journals (ICHE and ASHE), the LearningCE online education platform, the SHEA Spring Conference and IDWeek, the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, and a network of 45+ expert guidance documents used by healthcare regulatory and accrediting agencies.

Product overview

SHEA (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) is a professional society offering a portfolio of membership-based services including two peer-reviewed journals (ICHE and ASHE), the LearningCE online education platform, annual conferences (SHEA Spring and IDWeek), guidelines/compendiums, podcasts, training courses, and member networking tools. The core offerings center on advancing healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship through evidence-based education, guidelines, research networks, and professional development resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE): SHEA's flagship journal published monthly by Cambridge University Press, publishing original peer-reviewed scientific articles for professionals in epidemiology or infection prevention and control programs.
• Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE)
• SHEA Spring Conference
• SHEA Research Network (SRN)
• SHEA Foundation

Products and services

• Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE)

Quantifiable outcome

• SHEA Research Network has completed over 80 peer-reviewed studies advancing evidence-based practices
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2025SHEA and APIC announced the joint Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG) in December 2025, with official launch in June 2026. The groups also collaborate on multisociety guidelines including nursing home IPC guidance, sterilization and high-level disinfection guidance, and raising the bar position paper for effective IPC programs. They are co-endorsers of multiple guidance documents.
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSHEA is a founding partner in IDWeek, the joint annual meeting of IDSA, SHEA, HIVMA, and PIDS. SHEA also collaborates with IDSA on guidelines including the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections and the Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program guidelines. The societies jointly advocate on policy issues affecting infectious diseases and infection prevention.
• HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIVMA is a founding partner in IDWeek, the joint annual meeting with IDSA, SHEA, and PIDS.
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPIDS is a founding partner in IDWeek and collaborates with SHEA on pediatric infection prevention guidance including the Compendium and various guidelines documents. PIDS also endorses SHEA guidelines and resources.
• American Hospital Association (AHA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAHA is a collaborative partner in the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, developed with SHEA, IDSA, APIC, The Joint Commission, and CDC. AHA represents and advocates for hospitals and health systems.
• The Joint CommissionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Joint Commission is a collaborative partner in the Compendium and contributes to guidelines development with SHEA, IDSA, APIC, and AHA. The Joint Commission uses SHEA guidelines in accreditation standards.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDC is represented in the Compendium development and SHEA collaborates with CDC on outbreak response training programs, HICPAC advocacy, NHSN funding, and various public health initiatives. CDC liaison serves on SHEA Board (ex officio, non-voting).
• Cambridge University PresscoreTechnology or IntegrationCambridge University Press is the journal publisher for Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) and Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE). ASHE operates under Gold Open Access model through Cambridge.
• SHEA FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe SHEA Foundation supports the society's research mission and manages the SHEA Research Network, which enables multicenter research collaboration across healthcare facilities worldwide.
• Guideline CentralminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSHEA pocket guidelines, compendium materials, and patient education guides are distributed through Guideline Central for print and digital purchase, including institutional licensing options for EHR integration.
• ASPR Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSHEA references ASPR TRACIE resources in outbreak preparedness and response guidance, providing healthcare planning tools and resources for members.
• National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSHEA references NETEC as an external resource for special pathogens preparedness, providing materials, consultation, support, research, and policies for members.
• Association for periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAORN contributed to the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections and is referenced in sterilization and high-level disinfection guidance.
• Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCCM contributed content expertise to the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections.
• Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSHM contributed to the Compendium development as one of the organizations with content expertise.
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASM co-endorsed the SHEA consensus statement on pediatric Candida auris recommendations.
• Pediatric Complex Care Association (PCCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCCA co-endorsed the SHEA consensus statement on pediatric Candida auris recommendations.
• Ronald McDonald House GlobalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRonald McDonald House Global co-endorsed the SHEA consensus statement on pediatric Candida auris recommendations.
• Surgical Infection Society (SIS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIS contributed to the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): IDSA is the largest U.S. professional society for infectious diseases physicians and a founding IDWeek co-host with SHEA. The two societies jointly develop the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections and the Antibiotic Stewardship Program guidelines, making IDSA the closest comparable in scope, membership model, and guideline authority.
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC): APIC is the primary U.S. society for infection preventionists and SHEA's closest peer in mission. The two societies jointly launched the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG) in 2026, co-author multiple Compendium and nursing home guidance documents, and operate parallel training, certification, and conference portfolios for the same IPC audience.
• HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA): HIVMA is a founding IDWeek partner alongside SHEA, IDSA, and PIDS. It operates as a smaller specialty-society counterpart within the same professional society ecosystem, sharing the joint conference model, advocacy structure, and continuing education infrastructure that defines SHEA's operating model.
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS): PIDS is a founding IDWeek partner and frequent SHEA collaborator on pediatric infection prevention guidance, including the Candida auris consensus statement and Compendium contributions. It operates a parallel specialty society model with a member liaison on SHEA's Board (Matthew Linam), making it a directly comparable peer in structure and audience overlap.

Broad incumbents

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM): ASM is a much larger and broader scientific society covering microbiology, clinical microbiology, and antimicrobial resistance research. ASM co-endorses SHEA consensus statements (e.g., pediatric Candida auris) and overlaps significantly with SHEA's antimicrobial stewardship and clinical microbiology audiences but operates at a wider scientific scope.

Emerging players

• Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM): SHM contributed content expertise to SHEA's Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections and serves hospitalist physicians who are key implementers of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship programs. While SHM is broader than SHEA in clinical scope, it shares a hospital-based audience and overlapping educational interests.
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): SCCM contributed to the SHEA Compendium and addresses intensivists who manage the highest-acuity HAIs (VAP, CLABSI, CAUTI). SCCM operates a parallel professional society model with its own journals, guidelines, and conferences, intersecting with SHEA at the ICU-infection-prevention interface.
• Surgical Infection Society (SIS): SIS contributed to SHEA's Compendium development and represents surgeons focused on surgical site infections and perioperative infection prevention. SIS operates a smaller specialty society model with overlapping guideline authority in the surgical infection subset of SHEA's domain.

Others

• Association for periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN): AORN contributed to the SHEA Compendium and is a referenced partner in sterilization and high-level disinfection guidance. While primarily a nursing organization rather than an epidemiology peer, AORN's guidelines intersect with SHEA's content at the perioperative IPC interface.
• American College of Physicians (ACP): ACP is a much larger general internal medicine society whose members include many hospital epidemiologists and antimicrobial stewardship program leaders. While ACP does not directly compete with SHEA on specialty focus, it is an adjacent professional society that influences the same physician audience through MOC, journals, and guidelines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles10 records

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