Practice Management
Stay organized at your veterinary practice with tongue depressors
Keep veterinary ECG leads tangle free by clipping them to the depressors.
BizQuiz: Do you manage--or micromanage?
Are you managing or micromanaging your veterinary team? Take this quiz to find out:
Therapy lasers: A handy comparison chart
Thinking of adding or expanding laser therapy services in your veterinary practice? Get started on your buying quest with this comparison of some of the choices available.
Schedule veterinary appointments now!
Keep your veterinary clients coming back by pre-booking your spay and neuter appointments.
Get inspired by this sample weight loss plan for veterinary patients
Use this veterinary practitioner's example to create personalized weight management systems for the pets you see in daily practice.
How to micromanage your veterinary team and shatter motivation
Watch your team members wilt before your eyes with these steps to push, bully and completely overwhelm them. Then read these team tips to heal the breaks.
Pets at the heart of veterinary practice
Among the daily chaos happening at your veterinary clinic, never forget the best interest of the animals.
7 big changes for veterinary practices in 2014
Minimum wage, marijuana and health insurance regulations are changing. Make sure your veterinary hospital stays on the right side of the law.
4 red flags in veterinary job candidates
Notice what candidates are (or aren't) doing in the interview, and you're more likely to choose the right person for the job.
Quick tool: Figure your veterinary practice retention rate by department
Find the right staff members for your team and keep them engaged to achieve high retention.
Posts and tweets about fleas
Use social media to get information out about these parasites: it may spur your veterinary clients into action.
5 ways for veterinarians to put 5 free minutes to great use
Even the busiest of DVMs get a break now and then. Here are some tips for filling that coveted downtime-and doing a little something good while you're at it.
Prevent explosions by tackling conflict at its source
Identify and address the root of each problem promptly-you'll learn from your issues and create a pleasant environment at your veterinary practice.
Checklist for better veterinary drug control
Try these 8 tips to get inventory controls in place.
Calculate your veterinary practice's staff turnover
Use this calculator to stay on top of clinic turnover trends.
BizQuiz: Do you know sexual harassment when you see it?
Take a look at three hypothetical situations and answer the corresponding questions to see if you can recognize sexual harassment at your veterinary practice.
BizQuiz: Do you know sexual harassment when you see it? Answer 3C a)
Answer 3C a)
BizQuiz: Do you know sexual harassment when you see it? Answer 3C b)
Answer 3C b)
4 red flags to look out for in potential veterinary team members
By noticing what candidates are (or aren't) doing in the interview, you're more likely to choose just the right person for the job.
The perils of denial in veterinary medicine
Telling pet owners what they want to hear would be too easy-instead, veterinarians tell it like it is. Even if it leaves clients incredulous.
An ailing profession: Money matters
It's time to gain control over your financial health in veterinary practice-and Veterinary Economics is here to help.
Don't fall prey to these delegation dangers at your veterinary clinic
If veterinarians delegate too many tasks they risk taking themselves out of the loop. Don't delegate enough and risk inefficiencies and employee resentment. Here's how to get it just right.
Becoming a veterinary leader
Break lazy management habits by identifying how you've grown complacent-it's uncomfortable, but necessary.
Bring back boomerang employees to your veterinary practice
When frequent turnover happens at your practice, rehiring former team members saves time and money.
Fight veterinary team member burnout with compassion
Q: We've recently had a string of traumatic cases at my hospital, and I'm worried my staff might be suffering from compassion fatigue. What can I do to help?
The nutrition toolkit
This toolkit delivers articles, tips, handouts, videos and tools all designed to make it as easy as possible to discuss pet nutrition with clients.
5-year veterinary practice turnaround
When a practice owner needs to sell soon but fears the practice is worth too little.
Dreaming up the perfect app for your veterinary practice
Check out the 9 things your hospital's mobile app should do.
Pets aren't getting the dental care they need at your veterinary hospital?
Make every month Dental Health Month at your veterinary practice to get clients in the door for crucial preventive screening.
New Year's veterinary practice checklist: 7 things to do right now
Take care of these critical items in January 2014 to reap the rewards all year in practice success, team morale and better medicine at your veterinary hospital.