CNA Simulations

What CNA Simulations does

CNA Simulations (operating under the legal entity Learn Care Together LLC) is a US-based health and education technology company founded in 2020 by Dr. Charlene Brown in response to the COVID-19 closure of nursing homes to student clinical rotations. The company developed the first web-based virtual clinical simulation platform specifically designed for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home Health Aide (HHA) training programs. The platform delivers self-paced, interactive scenarios in which learners assume the persona of a CNA student and make real-time clinical, critical thinking, and communication decisions while delivering care to realistically rendered older adult virtual residents; it also integrates a simulated EMR/EHR documentation module. The platform runs in standard web browsers on tablets, laptops, or desktops and does not require specialized hardware such as VR headsets.

The company monetizes primarily through B2B institutional access licenses sold on annual or multi-year subscription terms to schools, community colleges, workforce development programs, and healthcare facilities, supplemented by individual access codes distributed through third-party bookstore platforms (RedShelf, VitalSource). Institutional contracts are governed by Order Forms, Master Service Agreements, or purchase order acceptance with standard 30-day payment terms; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is augmented by grant-funded programs, most notably the California Caring4Cal Health Workforce Development Grant administered by HCAI (with Cell-Ed as administrator), which underwrote access for nearly 8,000 learners at 17 California community colleges and private career schools.

The platform is integrated with Canvas and Moodle for authentication and grade reporting, complies with FERPA, CCPA/CPRA, and operates on SOC 2- and ISO 27001-certified infrastructure (AWS, Salesforce Heroku, Google Workspace). It is currently used by more than 100 organizations across 22 states, with stated availability in all 50 states, and content is available in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.

Name

CNA Simulations

Legal name

Learn Care Together LLC

Website

https://cnasimvr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CNA Simulations (Learn Care Together LLC) is a US health-edtech company providing the first web-based virtual clinical simulation platform for Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide training programs, serving 100+ schools and workforce programs across 22 states with multilingual (English, Spanish, Mandarin) content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Education Software

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Simulation (Surgery, Nursing, EMT, Patient Interaction) (EDAFAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nursing Assistant (CNA) & Patient Care Technician (PCT) (EDAOAJAB), Digital Labs, Simulations & Virtual Practicals (Non-XR) (EDAFACAF), Serious Games & Simulation Studios (Training, Defense, Enterprise) (MPAFAAAH)

Keywords

• Clinical simulation training
• Nursing education software
• CNA training platform
• Healthcare workforce development
• Virtual skills training

Headquarters

HQ city

Beltsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Access Licenses: CNA Simulations provides access to training programs through institutional agreements. Institutions (schools, community colleges, workforce development programs, healthcare facilities) enter into Orders through signed agreements, Master Service Agreements with Order Forms, purchase order acceptance, or electronic acceptance. Access periods and renewal terms are governed by the applicable Order.
2. Individual Access Codes: Individual users (students) can access the platform through one-time access codes purchased directly or through third parties such as bookstores. Access is valid for the time period designated by the access code (e.g., six months). Individual access is limited to personal, non-commercial educational use.
3. Grant-Funded Training Programs: Through the Caring4Cal grant, CNA Simulations provided complimentary training courses to nearly 8,000 current and aspiring CNAs and HHAs in California. The grant was awarded by the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) to expand, enhance, and strengthen the state's home- and community-based services workforce.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CNA Simulations (operated by Learn Care Together LLC) provides a web-based virtual clinical simulation training platform for certified nursing assistant (CNA) and home health aide (HHA) students. Learners interact with realistic 3D older adult characters, make real-time clinical, critical thinking, and communication decisions, and practice charting in a simulated EMR/EHR. The platform is sold primarily to educational institutions and workforce development programs via institutional subscriptions and individual access codes.

Product overview

CNA Simulations offers a unified web-based virtual clinical simulation platform for CNA and HHA training. The core CNA Simulations Platform enables interactive, self-paced simulations where students make real-time clinical decisions with older adult characters. It comprises two primary skills modules — CNA Skills and HHA Skills — plus an integrated EMR Simulator for documentation practice. A key differentiator is the availability of Spanish and Mandarin language content, making the platform accessible to non-native English speakers. The platform is accessed via web browser on tablets, laptops, or desktops; no special equipment like VR headsets is required.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CNA Simulations Platform Web-based virtual clinical simulation training platform for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home Health Aide (HHA) students at educational institutions and workforce training programs. Learners interact with realistic 3D older adult characters, make real-time clinical, critical thinking, and communication decisions, and practice charting in a simulated EMR/EHR environment.
• CNA Skills Simulations Virtual clinical simulation scenarios focused on certified nursing assistant clinical skills practice, including hand hygiene, blood pressure measurement, ambulation with gait belt, and other testable CNA skills delivered in risk-free virtual settings for instructor-led use with students.
• HHA Skills Simulations Virtual clinical simulation scenarios focused on home health aide clinical skills practice for students training to become HHAs, complementing CNA skills training with home care competency development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of learners reported increased confidence and readiness for real-world caregiving roles
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2024HCAI awarded the Caring4Cal Health Workforce Development Grant to Learn Care Together LLC, enabling nearly 8,000 current and aspiring CNAs and HHAs to access CNA Simulations' virtual clinical training. This partnership has provided more than 100,000 hours of training and served students at 17 California community colleges and private career schools.
• Cell-EdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2024Cell-Ed awarded 21 grants including one to LCT under the Caring4Cal initiative to deliver complimentary training courses in various languages. Cell-Ed serves as the grant administrator facilitating distribution of CNA Simulations training.
• Southern Caregiver Resource Center (SCRC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2024Partnership with SCRC to offer ten virtual self-care courses through the Caring4Cal program, supporting family caregivers and caregiving professionals in building clinical skills.
• Bell Healthcare Training School (BHTS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2024Partnered with BHTS to provide simulation-based CNA and HHA training through the Caring4Cal grant program, expanding access to clinical skills development for students.
• Jobs for the Future (JFFLabs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNA Simulations was admitted to the JFFLabs EIR Accelerator Program, participating in the inaugural cohort focused on entrepreneurs shaping innovation for career navigation. JFF supports mission-aligned entrepreneurs to accelerate workforce development innovations.
• SCOREminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSCORE provides business mentorship to CNA Simulations, with Dr. Charlene Brown's mentor Kristen Fries Sharp nominated for recognition. SCORE honored CNA Simulations as a 2024 SCORE DC Client of the Year.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SIMTICS: Online medical and healthcare simulations covering clinical skills, sonography, and allied-health procedures for students. Closely matches the use case of self-paced, browser-based simulations for nursing-support roles, including allied-health certifications.
• Shadow Health (Elsevier): Elsevier's digital clinical environment offering virtual patient simulations for nursing and allied-health students with conversational avatars and EHR documentation. Direct overlap with CNA Simulations' interactive 3D patient characters and EMR Simulator, though shadowhealth.com targets higher-acuity nursing populations.
• vSim for Nursing (Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott): Web-based virtual nursing simulations from Lippincott built around realistic patient scenarios, integrated with Lippincott textbooks and LMS platforms. Comparable web-delivered clinical simulation model aimed at nursing students, providing a benchmark for what incumbent publishers can offer to the same institutional buyers.

Emerging players

• Kognito: Simulation-based conversational training focused on health-behavior change, patient communication, and clinician soft skills. Overlaps with CNA Simulations' empathy-building, communication, and soft-skills components for healthcare support roles.
• Body Interact: Virtual patient simulator with 3D interactive clinical scenarios for medical and allied-health learners, used by nursing and EMS programs. Comparable technology stack and target buyer (educators), with slightly higher-acuity use cases than CNA training.

Broad incumbents

• Laerdal Medical: Global leader in healthcare simulation, offering manikins, scenario-based simulation software, and now digital/VR solutions for nursing, EMS, and allied health. Its digital and VR products compete for the same institutional simulation budget, though Laerdal's primary footprint remains hardware.
• ATI Nursing Education (Ascend Learning): Comprehensive nursing education and NCLEX preparation suite including assessments, NCLEX prep, and digital learning products sold into nursing schools. A broad incumbent that already owns the institutional relationship and could extend into CNA/HHA-specific simulation.

Others

• National Healthcareer Association (NHA): Certifying body and training-content publisher for allied-health credentials including CCMA, PCT, and home-health aide. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but partners or alternative learning resources for the same student cohorts and training programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cna-simulations
• Xx.com/CNASimVR

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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