AKH Inc, Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare (AKH) is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic alliance with Leadingstar, Inc. of Jacksonville! 

AKH Inc, Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare (AKH) is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic alliance with Leadingstar, Inc. of Jacksonville, FL to provide education, meeting management, and association management services nationally.  This joint effort by both organizations will promote and enhance existing services offered by AKH, Compass Management and Consulting, and Leadingstar Events and Media, Inc.

AKH is an accredited provider of continuing education for licensed healthcare professionals, which has built a reputation for high quality programs that adhere to education and accreditation standards. We offer a variety of continuing education (CE) methods and topics, designed for physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses and other health care professionals.  Established in the 1980s, AKH has become a leader in live and enduring educational activities designed to meet the varied and changing needs of the healthcare professional.

Leadingstar companies include Compass Management & Consulting, Leadingstar Events& Media, Inc., and Engageon LLC.  Compass Management has an outstanding record of serving the non-profit medical association with essential management expertise. They provide meeting planning, corporate fundraising, accounting, administration, and legislative and socioeconomic review services.  Their clients include the National Lipid Association, the American Retina Foundation, and the Florida Society of Ophthalmology among other notable national and statewide entities.  Leadingstar Events is a full-service meetings, events and multimedia services company, focusing on small custom education programs to full scale congress level programs.   Engageon LLC is a worldwide consulting and software development company focused on social media and web domain architecture for organizations and associations.

This strategic alliance will advance the design and delivery of educational initiatives in support of medical associations and the healthcare professionals involved within these associations.  Both companies believe that they will benefit from collaboratively planning and designing educational initiatives and applications.  AKH will continue to work with accredited and non-accredited organizations to design, market and offer quality programming through co- and joint-provider relationships.

 AKH brings to our co- and joint-sponsors over 50 years of combined healthcare education experience, knowledge of various and changing accreditation regulations, experience in content development and project management, skill in course design, development and implementation, and knowledge of commercial support guidelines. 

With AKH’s multiple accreditation status, we are able to provide a variety of continuing education options.  AKH joins with our educational partners to ensure that the educational activities meet the needs of the target audience, are grounded in clinical evidence, and are free of commercial bias – making education of healthcare professionals the foremost priority.

AKH is approved as a provider of continuing education through the following agencies:

American Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). AKH is also approved as a provider of continuing education in California and Florida.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
American Psychological Association (APA).
Commission on  Dietetic Registration CDR).
Florida Board of Radiation
 

The staff at AKH wishes all of you a very merry Christmas and happy holidays.