Wake Area Health Education Center

What Wake Area Health Education Center does

Wake Area Health Education Center (Wake AHEC) is a nonprofit healthcare education organization affiliated with WakeMed Health and Hospitals, operating as one of nine regional centers in the North Carolina AHEC Program. It serves a nine-county region in central North Carolina — Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Lee, Person, Vance, Wake, and Warren — delivering continuing education, workforce pipeline programs, and practice support services to healthcare professionals, health professions students, and K-12 students exploring healthcare careers. Core offerings include Continuing Education Programs spanning eight disciplines (medicine, nursing, allied health, mental health, pharmacy, public health, dentistry), the AHEC Scholars Program, Health Careers programs including the Virtual Mini-Medical School, the AHEC Digital Library, Practice Support Services for quality improvement and practice transformation, the RN Refresher Program, the Consortium for Clinical Education and Practice, the Addiction Medicine Learning Series, and Micro-Credentials in specialty mental health domains.

The organization's technology infrastructure is conventional rather than proprietary: a MyAHEC portal handles registration and CE record management; the AHEC Digital Library provides statewide licensed access to Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, full-text journals, and textbooks; the CASCE system catalogs courses; and delivery occurs through in-person events, live Zoom webinars, and recorded self-study. Multiple discipline-specific accreditations — ACCME, ADA CERP, NBCC, ANCC, ACPE, and NCBPTE pre-approval — enable Wake AHEC to issue continuing education credit across virtually every licensed healthcare profession, a regulatory capability that is difficult for new entrants to replicate.

Revenue derives from four primary streams: (1) course registration fees from healthcare professionals, (2) AHEC Digital Library individual memberships priced at $220/year, (3) grant funding from the NC AHEC Program, HRSA, and state allocations including clinical site development grants up to $20,000 per fiscal year, and (4) CE planning partnership services with healthcare organizations. The customer base is structurally diversified across thousands of individual healthcare professionals, with institutional relationships concentrated among WakeMed, UNC System schools, NC DHHS, and NCMS.

Name

Wake Area Health Education Center

Legal name

Wake Area Health Education Center

Website

https://wakeahec.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wake AHEC is a nonprofit healthcare education organization affiliated with WakeMed Health and Hospitals, serving a nine-county region in central North Carolina through continuing education, workforce pipeline programs, and practice support services for licensed healthcare professionals and health professions students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Continuing Education and Workforce Development

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD), Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Continuing healthcare education
• Healthcare workforce development
• Medical professional training
• Healthcare library services
• Practice transformation support

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Course Registration Fees: Healthcare professionals pay registration fees to attend continuing education courses, conferences, and webinars. Fees vary by program and are collected through the MyAHEC registration system.
2. AHEC Digital Library Memberships: Individual yearly memberships for ADL access priced at $220 per single individual. Multiple membership pricing available. Free limited version available to all individuals.
3. Grant Funding: Funded by NC AHEC Program, HRSA, and state allocations for workforce development initiatives including Clinical Site Development grants up to $20,000 per AHEC fiscal year.
4. CE Planning Partnership Services: Partners with healthcare organizations to plan continuing education events offering various CE credit types. Fees vary depending on services provided and types of credit offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wake AHEC delivers multi-disciplinary continuing education, professional development, and workforce training for healthcare professionals and students across nine counties in central North Carolina. Offerings span accredited CE for physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, mental health professionals, allied health workers, and public health staff, complemented by an AHEC Digital Library, the AHEC Scholars pipeline program, an RN Refresher, Practice Support services for primary care practices, and the Consortium for Clinical Education and Practice (CCEP).

Product overview

Wake Area Health Education Center operates as a healthcare workforce development organization offering a portfolio of interconnected continuing education and training programs. The core offerings include Continuing Education Programs spanning medicine, nursing, allied health, mental health, pharmacy, public health, and dentistry disciplines, delivered through in-person events, live webinars, and recorded self-study courses. These are complemented by specialized programs including the AHEC Scholars Program (a two-year interdisciplinary training program with experiential components), Health Careers Programs (pipeline enrichment for middle/high school students including Virtual Mini-Medical School), the AHEC Digital Library (statewide electronic resource network), Practice Support Services (quality improvement and practice facilitation for healthcare practices), the RN Refresher Program, and the Consortium for Clinical Education and Practice (clinical education coordination). The organization also offers specific training series such as the Addiction Medicine Learning Series (DEA MATE Act compliant) and various Micro-Credentials in specialty areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Continuing Education Programs Multi-discipline accredited continuing education and professional development for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, mental health professionals, pharmacists, public health professionals, and dentists, delivered through in-person events, live webinars, and recorded self-study courses.
• AHEC Digital Library
• AHEC Scholars Program
• Health Careers Program
• Practice Support Services
• RN Refresher Program
• Consortium for Clinical Education and Practice (CCEP)
• Addiction Medicine Learning Series
• Virtual Mini-Medical School
• Micro-Credentials

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of nurses with BSN or higher degree by 2025 (RIBN project goal)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

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

• WakeMed Health and HospitalscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWake AHEC is affiliated with WakeMed Health and Hospitals. WakeMed provides the parent organizational mission and infrastructure support. Wake AHEC coordinates CME activities and uses Wake Med Simulation Center for hands-on training programs.
• UNC-CH School of Social WorkmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNC-CH School of Social Work partners with NCAHEC Program to support addiction medicine and behavioral health programming. Multiple programs are supported through this partnership including leadership workshops and substance use disorder training.
• UNC-CH School of DentistrymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWake AHEC is affiliated with UNC Chapel Hill School of Dentistry and provides continuing education for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants including the UNC-CH Intraoral Radiography Course.
• UNC Eshelman School of PharmacymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNC Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy partners with Wake AHEC to provide continuing education for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians through ACPE-accredited programming.
• UNC-CH Department of Allied Health SciencesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWake AHEC is affiliated with the Department of Allied Health Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine to provide continuing education for allied health professionals.
• Wake Med Simulation CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVascular Access program and other hands-on training sessions are held at the Wake Med Simulation Center in Raleigh, NC.
• Foundation for Nursing ExcellencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Foundation for Nursing Excellence to support the RIBN (Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses) project aimed at increasing nurses with baccalaureate degrees to 80% by 2025.
• NC DHHS and NCMSmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWake AHEC maintains active involvement with NC Department of Health and Human Services, NC Division of Public Health, and North Carolina Medical Society for continuing education coordination and public health workforce development.
• Triangle Consortium for Clinical Education and Practice (CCEP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCEP is a consortium providing clinical education and practice resources for students and faculty, including core orientation, clinical placement processes, and preceptor credentialing across the region.
• NC State Laboratory of Public HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNC State Laboratory of Public Health sponsors the 18th Annual Clinical Lab Day conference organized by Wake AHEC for healthcare professionals involved in diagnosis and patient care.
• UNC TEACCHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNC TEACCH partners with NCAHEC Program to support training programs for mental health professionals working with autistic adults.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wakeahecnc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wake-area-health-education-ctr

Compliance6 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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