Practice Management

Good associates are rarer than hen's teeth, so how do you attract them to your cozy practice and keep them?

Dr. Dan Lorimer, DACVO, wanted his specialty practice to look professional. For that, he needed respectable neighbors. To attract those neighbors, he bought six acres and built a 40,000-square-foot building-which was not his hospital.

Do you see yourself-or your boss-in these findings about male and female owners of family businesses?

Merrimack, N.H. - A music slide show can be a unique and impressive marketing tool for a veterinary practice.

His motto? No team member will leave his practice feeling unchallenged, concede to a lack of direction, or have professional growth hindered.

Communication failures between facilities lead to disconnect and tension.

The psychic said to work on the horse's left front ankle and treat it with a plant extract only Granny Clampet had in stock.

Veterinary graduates acquire many diagnostic and therapeutic skills during four or more years of study and are eager to apply their new knowledge to the diagnosis and treatment of complicated diseases like diabetes, hyperadrenocorticism, congestive heart failure and other medical or surgical challenges.

The big dog cringed under the bench in the reception area. "He hates to come in here," the old man said. "But he's got this skin problem, and it stinks something terrible."

United Kingdom - Veterinarians' suicide rate is proportionally four times that of the general population and twice that of other health professionals, studies show. Photo: Kristofer Dan-Bergman/Getty Images

I remember the summer days of my youth. My dad's veterinary practice, within walking distance of the local high school, was always fully staffed with local adolescents who just loved to be around animals. True, they didn't know anything about animal restraint or when to use gloves or pretty much anything else, but they were eager and willing and looking for a chance to get some experience with a veterinarian.

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Guide dogs, search-and-rescue dogs also to receive free blood work, wellness reports.

Data points to disturbing trend, say researchers

Twenty-five percent of Ohioans feed free-roamers, but a fraction get them spayed, neutered.

It's hard work to man a booth during a convention. But an aching back and sore feet are a fair price to pay for good feedback from readers.

Reporter gives those doctors a chance to respond.

Can animals tell time? Not really.

A form to answer clients' most common questions about the disease.

Links to the Web sites of Julita Jones (flea art on page 14) and Steve Pica (page 42).

Nursing home residents felt better spending time with real-life Sparky or robotic Aibo.

A problem more disruptive and costly than absenteeism, "presenteeism" occurs when contagiously sick employees show up for work.

Rule one: Find each team member's strength.

Both the Radio Babies and Baby Boomers (older generation) grew up making sacrifices and climbing the success ladders so, for them working longer and harder were intimately tied with success.

Early detection leads to earlier intervention.

The practice of veterinary medicine is quickly evolving: in a small animal context, the enhanced status of companion animals in society has given rise to some new legal issues for practitioners.

Practice Tip Ten: What have the referral centers taught us?

How each generation responds to conflict

How you deliver information may be overriding your message-and preventing colleagues and clients from hearing you clearly. Learn how to improve your presentation and earn their respect.

Is your practice a mix of baby boomers, generation x and y with some millennials tossed in too?