Bruce W. McCollum

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The Reasons My Online Stores are Different

E-Learning on some levels rules the world, as  more and more up and coming professionals from social workers to physicians accomplish their required continuing education on-line.  They look for convenience, quality and cost effectiveness in the process. My stores are spread across the web at www.directcaretraining.com, www.adultdaycaretraining.com and www.childcaretrainingcenter.org. From handling pre-licensing requirements for those […]

Why Continuing Education for Realtors is Relevant to Me

Continuing education for professionals in America is a responsible way to ensure ongoing development of skill and a focus on the true ideals affecting the duties, obligations and expectations of that profession.  Real estate agents and brokers (Estimated to be about 2 million strong in America with active licenses and 86,000 real estate brokerage firms)  […]

December Will Rock for Michigan AFC and Skilled Nursing Administrators

Innovation is the theme of our movement and always has been our focus.  Nursing home administrators manage policy, people and processes.  They must also be concerned about their own value. This year’s continuing education event for nursing home administrators, kicking off in Wayne County, Michigan December 15th and 16th, 2015, entitled “Refining Every Aspect of […]

My Commitment to the Medical Practice Exceeds Earnings

My team is a busy one.  It really is an honor for us utilize our time helping many physicians to accomplish meaningful tasks with a focus on personalized medicine. This involves assisting medical practices to utilize meaningful diagnostic and related patient knowledge tools that enhance the physician’s knowledge base. The result is more person-centered care […]

“I Do Not Care to be Ordinary”

I cannot begin to count the number of conversations I have held with those who run long-term care programs, mostly nursing home administrators.  Their frustrations and challenges are quite similar and so are the triumphs.  However, as we contemplate leaving 2015 with so many changes in the long-term care landscape, innovation or shall we say […]

Are Your Staff Meetings Killing Progress?

Every business has to conduct meetings.  Often these are sales or progress related and perhaps even more often finance related.  In the business of care they could include new regulatory requirements, new treatment protocol or new routines in caring for residents and clients or assignments amongst individuals. These sessions, especially when they are skill related […]

That Kitchen a Huge Deal in Group Living Success

Imagine entering this lovely eight, (8) bed small assisted living home and being taken by the elegance.  The furniture is functional yet stylish and the staff are well attired in proper caregiving wear.  And then as you walked pass the kitchen you are horrified knowing from first glance there is no way it can be […]

The Serious Side of Health Care Finance

As with all businesses, care providers have to watch the dollars, including and perhaps especially those dollars that have been sitting out there the longest.  Talking with my friend Patrick who has a financial consulting and billing firm dedicated to care providers, I was reminded that there are thousands of providers with receivables sitting out […]

The Serious Side of Health Care Finance

As with all businesses, care providers have to watch the dollars, including and perhaps especially those dollars that have been sitting out there the longest.  Talking with my friend Patrick who has a financial consulting and billing firm dedicated to care providers, I was reminded that there are thousands of providers with receivables sitting out […]

Product Enhancement for Florida Adult Family Care Homes

The continuing education and staff development kit designed to assist Florida operators of Adult Family Care Homes has been updated with new subject materials.  The combined course, available in print, recorded or as an on-line completed item now has three, (3) combined subjects: Maintaining and Restoring Your Resident’s Dignity Foreseeing and Managing Potentially Violent Situations […]