The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center

What The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center does

The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center, Inc. (FKAHEC, dba Keys AHEC) is a Florida-based non-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 2008 and operating as one of 10 regional centers within the statewide Florida AHEC Network. Its mission is to provide direct medical, community health, and educational services through community-based collaborative partnerships in the Florida Keys region. The organization's principal commercial and educational delivery vehicle is a web-based learning management system hosted at aheceducation.com, which catalogs 20-plus accredited continuing-education courses spanning tobacco cessation, opioid education, licensure-mandate topics (Medical Errors, HIV/AIDS, Domestic Violence), Parkinson's Disease, and clinical content for physicians, nurses, dental professionals, pharmacists, and social workers.

The platform operates as a self-serve, product-led motion: users register an e-learning profile (capturing license numbers for CE Broker reporting), select courses from a catalog segmented into Professional, Health Professions Students, and Community tiers, complete a 10-question pre-test and post-test requiring an 80% pass rate, submit an evaluation, and receive an electronic certificate of completion. Course access is granted either by credit card payment at checkout or via activation codes provided to eligible participants for no-cost sessions, and completions are reported monthly to CE Broker (Provider #50-5574) under the Florida Medical Association's AMA PRA Category 1 accreditation and parallel approvals from the Florida Boards of Nursing, Social Work, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.

FKAHEC generates revenue through per-course fees and CE credit administration, distributed online 24/7 with courses remaining accessible for two years from enrollment. Course content is sourced in part from faculty at academic health centers including the University of Miami, USF, and Moffitt Cancer Center via the AHEC Network affiliation. The organization's geographic reach is regional (Florida Keys) layered onto statewide distribution through the parent network, and it serves primarily licensed health professionals, with secondary audiences of health-professions students and community members.

Name

The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center

Legal name

Florida Keys Area Health Education Center, Inc.

Website

https://aheceducation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center (FKAHEC) is a non-profit operating a self-serve online continuing-education platform that delivers accredited courses to Florida health professionals, health-professions students, and community members, with completions reported to CE Broker.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADACAF

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

SECONDARYEDAAALAD

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Health professional training
• Online learning platform
• Tobacco cessation training
• License renewal credits

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Course Fees: Fees charged for professional continuing education courses. Some courses are free with activation codes while others require credit card payment at checkout.
2. CE Credit Administration: Processing continuing education credits and reporting to CE Broker for health professionals. Monthly electronic reporting to track professional license compliance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FKAHEC operates a web-based continuing education platform (aheceducation.com) that delivers accredited online courses to health professionals, health professions students, and community members across the Florida Keys. The platform includes a course catalog, registration system, pre/post assessments, program evaluations, certificate issuance, and monthly electronic reporting to CE Broker for license verification. Courses cover tobacco cessation, opioid education, licensure mandates, Parkinson's Disease, and other clinical topics.

Product overview

The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center operates a web-based e-learning platform offering continuing education courses for health professionals. The system consists of a core Learning Management System with multiple course categories: AHEC Opioid Project courses (for Clinicians and Students), Tobacco Dependence Training (covering cessation techniques, pharmacology, and special populations), Licensure Series courses (Medical Errors, HIV/AIDS, Domestic Violence), and Community Health programs. Users register for accounts, complete courses with pre/post tests, undergo evaluation, and receive certificates reported to CE Broker.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AHEC Online Learning Management System

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Florida AHEC NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent network organization connecting 10 regional Area Health Education Centers across Florida. Each center is supported by an AHEC program at one of the state's medical schools. The Florida AHEC Network provides accreditation for continuing medical education and coordinates statewide tobacco and health education programs.
• Florida Medical SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic health center partnerships that support each regional AHEC program. Enables AHEC centers to draw upon resources of academic health centers in addressing local health care issues. Florida AHEC Network has access to resources of University of Miami, USF, and other state medical schools.
• Florida AHEC Tobacco ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide tobacco cessation education program operated through ahectobacco.com. Provides tobacco treatment training, Quit Smoking Now classes, and cessation facilitator training throughout Florida communities.
• CE BrokercoreTechnology or IntegrationContinuing education tracking system integration. FKAHEC electronically reports course completions monthly to CE Broker (Provider # 50-5574) for professional license tracking and compliance verification.
• Florida Board of NursingcoreOthersState regulatory board that approves FKAHEC courses for nursing continuing education credits. FKAHEC is an approved provider through CE Broker Provider # 50-5574.
• Florida Board of DentistrycoreOthersState regulatory board approving FKAHEC courses for dental continuing education. FKAHEC electronically reports completions for dentists and dental hygienists.
• Florida Board of Social WorkminorOthersState regulatory board approving FKAHEC courses for social work continuing education credits.
• Florida Board of PharmacyminorOthersState regulatory board approving FKAHEC courses for pharmacy continuing education credits.
• Florida Medical AssociationcoreOthersAccrediting body for AMA PRA Category 1 credits. The Florida AHEC Network is accredited by the Florida Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Medscape Education: Medscape Education (WebMD/Medscape) is one of the largest free CME/CE providers for physicians and healthcare professionals. It competes with FKAHEC for physician AMA PRA Category 1 credit hours at significantly greater scale.
• Relias (Relias Learning): Relias is a large healthcare-workforce training and CE provider serving hospitals, health systems, and individual clinicians. It overlaps FKAHEC in nursing and allied-health CE delivery but operates at much greater scale across many states.
• Pri-Med: Pri-Med provides continuing medical education for primary care physicians, offering both live conferences and online CME. It competes with FKAHEC for physician CE hours, particularly AMA PRA Category 1 credit demand.

Direct peers

• MedBridge: MedBridge is a healthcare-professional education and CE platform used by clinicians across physical therapy, nursing, and allied health. It directly competes with FKAHEC's online CE model for licensee training hours and shares the self-serve course catalog approach.
• Wild Iris Medical Education: Wild Iris Medical Education is an accredited provider of online CE for nurses, therapists, and other health professionals. It is directly comparable to FKAHEC in course catalog structure, accreditation stack, and self-serve online delivery.
• Suwannee River Area Health Education Center: Suwannee River AHEC is another regional AHEC in the Florida AHEC Network, with the same parent-network accreditation and community-based continuing health education mission. It is the closest structural peer to FKAHEC.
• CE Direct (Elsevier): CE Direct is an Elsevier-owned online continuing education platform focused on nursing and allied health professionals. It is directly comparable to FKAHEC in self-serve CE course delivery for state-mandated license renewal.

Others

• CE Broker: CE Broker is the official continuing education tracking system used by Florida boards and integrates directly with FKAHEC for monthly completion reporting. It is a strategic infrastructure/partner rather than a competitor but shapes the broader CE ecosystem.
• Florida Medical Association (CE Program): The Florida Medical Association accredits FKAHEC's CME activities for AMA PRA Category 1 credits and also runs its own physician CME offerings. It is a directly related ecosystem participant and accreditation gatekeeper rather than a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• HealthcareSource (Playbook): HealthcareSource/Playbook is a healthcare workforce and credentialing platform with CE tracking components. It overlaps FKAHEC in CE-tracking and license-renewal support for healthcare professionals, particularly in nursing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

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Funding rounds

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