ARMS

What ARMS does

Affiliates Risk Management Services, Inc. (ARMS) is a U.S. not-for-profit corporation founded in 2001 and headquartered at 215 Lexington Avenue, New York. ARMS supports primary and reproductive healthcare organizations across the United States by delivering specialized training, education, and risk management services designed to enhance patient safety, improve quality of care, and reduce operational risk.

The organization's product portfolio is anchored by three core offerings: (1) The Center for Affiliated Learning ("The CAL"), a web-based learning management system delivering coursework in eLearning, mLearning, and microlearning modalities; (2) a Mobile Simulation Program, described as a first-of-its-kind high-fidelity, low-risk virtual-reality simulator that enables repeatable procedural practice with immediate feedback; and (3) the TeamSTEPPS program, an evidence-based teamwork improvement system adapted for ambulatory care settings in collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School. A broader course catalog covers anti-sexual harassment, HIPAA, diversity and cultural inclusiveness, health literacy, human trafficking identification, cyber security, and other compliance and clinical topics. ARMS holds ACCME accreditation with commendation (CME credits for physicians) and ANCC accreditation with distinction (NCPD credits for nurses and nurse practitioners), and runs a Joint Providership program that enables client organizations to issue ARMS-accredited continuing education credit for their own internal classroom, webinar, and online training.

ARMS's commercial model is enterprise-focused but not transparently priced: revenue is generated through course licensing into client LMS instances, seat or subscription access to The CAL, and live/virtual training engagements. Go-to-market is concentrated in primary and reproductive healthcare verticals, distributed primarily via LinkedIn, email/newsletter outreach, and direct enterprise engagement rather than paid acquisition. As a non-profit entity, ARMS has no shareholders and no disclosed funding rounds; ownership, board, and governance details are not publicly available in the source material.

Name

ARMS

Legal name

Affiliates Risk Management Services, Inc.

Website

https://armsnyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ARMS is a U.S. not-for-profit founded in 2001 that delivers accredited continuing education, VR-based simulation, and TeamSTEPPS ambulatory-care training to U.S. primary and reproductive healthcare organizations via its web-based learning platform, The CAL.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Training and Education Technology

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGAKAC

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Design & Content Development Services

SECONDARYBPAEANAD

Digital Learning Content Development (eLearning, Labs, Simulations)

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/IT Training & Technical Enablement Services

Keywords

• Healthcare training services
• Continuing medical education
• Patient safety training
• Medical eLearning platform
• Healthcare risk management

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ARMS operates an award-winning, internet-based education and training platform serving primary and reproductive healthcare organizations across the United States. Its core offerings include the Mobile Simulation Program (high-fidelity, virtual reality-based procedure training), the TeamSTEPPS evidence-based teamwork improvement program adapted for ambulatory care, and The Center for Affiliated Learning (The CAL) web-based LMS that delivers eLearning, mLearning, and microlearning content. Courses can be consumed on ARMS's own platform or licensed to clients for import into their own learning management systems, with continuing education credits (CME and NCPD) issued through ACCME and ANCC accreditations.

Product overview

ARMS (Affiliates Risk Management Services, Inc.) is a not-for-profit organization offering an award-winning, internet-based education platform focused on patient safety and quality of care. The core product portfolio consists of the Mobile Simulation Program (high-fidelity VR-based procedure training), the TeamSTEPPS Program (evidence-based teamwork improvement), and The Center for Affiliated Learning (The CAL) — a web-based LMS providing eLearning, mLearning, and microlearning. These are supported by an extensive Course Catalog covering compliance, clinical, and professional development topics, and a Continuing Education Program accredited by ACCME and ANCC for CME and NCPD credits. The products deliver learning across multiple modalities and can be hosted on ARMS's own LMS or licensed to clients for import into their own systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobile Simulation Program A first-of-its-kind mobile simulator offering high-fidelity, low-risk, and comprehensive training for repeatable, measured procedure practice in a risk-free virtual reality environment with immediate feedback. Targeted at healthcare professionals in primary and reproductive care settings.
• TeamSTEPPS Program An evidence-based teamwork improvement system adapted for ambulatory care settings, provided as a Train-the-Trainer program with tools, consultative services, and elearning courses for healthcare teams.
• The Center for Affiliated Learning (The CAL) A cutting-edge, web-based education and training destination offering continuing education credit for physicians, nurses, healthcare professionals, and HR professionals, featuring eLearning, mLearning, and microlearning with reactive designs for various technologies.
• Continuing Education Program Accredited program providing CME credits via ACCME and NCPD credits via ANCC, including a Joint Providership program that allows client organizations to obtain continuing education credit for their own classroom training, webinars, conference calls, and online courses.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARMS partnered with national TeamSTEPPS faculty and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School in a pioneering program to adapt TeamSTEPPS to the ambulatory care setting. This collaboration developed the evidence-based TeamSTEPPS training specifically designed for ambulatory healthcare environments.
• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)coreOthersARMS is accredited by the ACCME with commendation to provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for doctors.
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)coreOthersARMS is accredited by the ANCC with distinction to provide Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits that can be issued to nurses and nurse practitioners to fulfill their licensing requirements.
• Healthcare Client OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the Joint Providership program, ARMS assists clients by providing continuing education credit for training activities they develop, including classroom training, webinars, conference calls, and online courses.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CME Outfitters: CME Outfitters is an accredited provider of continuing medical education for physicians and other healthcare professionals. It is a direct peer because it issues ACCME-accredited CME credits through live and online formats, directly overlapping with ARMS's continuing education program.
• MedBridge: MedBridge delivers online continuing education and clinical training for healthcare professionals with a focus on physical therapy, nursing, and allied health. It is a direct peer because it serves overlapping healthcare professional segments with accredited CE content delivered digitally, similar to ARMS's CAL platform.
• Relias: Relias provides online training, compliance, and continuing education for healthcare and human services organizations. It is a direct peer because it serves the same healthcare workforce training market with accredited CE content delivered via an LMS, overlapping with ARMS's CAL platform and continuing education offerings.
• EthosCE: EthosCE is a learning management system purpose-built for healthcare associations to deliver accredited continuing education. It is a direct peer to ARMS because it serves the same association-based healthcare CE delivery model with LMS technology and Joint Providership-style accreditation workflows.
• HealthcareSource: HealthcareSource provides talent management and learning solutions for healthcare organizations, including onboarding, continuing education, and competency tracking. It is a direct peer to ARMS because it serves healthcare employers with workforce learning and compliance training delivered through an LMS, overlapping with ARMS's core platform offering.
• Pri-Med: Pri-Med provides continuing medical education for primary care physicians through online and live conferences. It is a direct peer to ARMS because it serves the primary care physician audience with accredited CME content, overlapping with ARMS's primary healthcare customer segment.
• Amplifire: Amplifire is a healthcare-focused adaptive learning platform that uses learning science to improve knowledge retention and reduce medical errors. It is a direct peer to ARMS because it serves healthcare organizations with training aimed at improving patient safety and clinical competency, overlapping with ARMS's quality and safety focus.
• CE21: CE21 provides a continuing education management platform for professional associations and healthcare organizations. It is a direct peer to ARMS because it offers LMS and CE-credit delivery infrastructure for healthcare associations, closely overlapping with ARMS's CAL platform and Joint Providership program.

Broad incumbents

• HealthStream: HealthStream is a publicly traded healthcare workforce solutions provider offering learning, credentialing, and scheduling platforms to hospitals and health systems. It is a broad incumbent that competes with ARMS on healthcare CE and compliance training but operates at much larger scale across the broader healthcare workforce.
• Joint Commission Resources: Joint Commission Resources provides education, publications, and consulting services related to healthcare quality and patient safety. It is a broad incumbent that competes with ARMS on patient safety training content but operates with broader scope across accreditation, consulting, and workforce education.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/affiliates-risk-management-services-inc-

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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