Practice Management
To sleep, perchance to recharge
It is now thought that sleep helps conserve energy and reduces risk.
Have you been a good doggie this year?
A poll shows many owners will include their pets in their holiday shopping.
Mesh skin graft: Step 3B
My clients are taking their business to a practitioner with cheaper fees. Should I be worried? (sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health)
Try these strategies to hold on to horse owners.
What do I do with old X-rays?
Trash, treasure, or recycle?
How to manage disrespect right out the door
Managers: Work with team members to see how their behavior and words hurt others
Show respect for patients in the words you use
Would you talk about your grandma that way?
The bonus-round question
Are bonuses a right or a privilege?
Practice Management Overhaul: Your sneak peek
Consultants share the inside scoop on the winners' progress.
How by-the-bootstraps veterinary technicians can get ahead
No credential doesn't mean no future for veterinary assistants and technicians with experience.
Energy cutbacks increase savings
Three ways to go and save green.
Veterinary Economics 2009 article index
Print this PDF for a handy index to articles, subjects, and authors in every 2009 issue of Veterinary Economics.
Build staff confidence through certificates
Certified thank-yous lead to big payoff.
Veterinary team handout: Principles of mutual respect
This veterinary practice manager asks doctors and team members to sign off this document that shows they know team respect is crucial.
When employees get on Facebook
Team members can express themselves with social media as long as everyone understands the rules.
Get a grip on employee carelessness
What to do when team members fail to take care of equipment.
Coping with the loss of a doctor
Sample guidelines to follow after the death of a veterinarian.
7 things to look for in a great veterinary technician position
It's not all about salary, if you want a job that makes you happy and balances work life and family life.
Converting to electronic records
How one practice followed a conversion plan to the promised land.
We know how you like your information
You'll take your educational content with a side of test-your-knowledge, thank you very much.
8 ways to earn the respect you deserve
Try this approach to reaching big-dog respect levels. It can help you love your veterinary hospital job-and the people who come with it-again.
It's a comic life for Amanda Brown, DVM
Introducing an online graphic novel, Generation Vet.
Video: How to set goals for team members
Dr. Nan Boss, owner of Best Friends Veterinary Center in Grafton, Wisc., offers advice for motivating team members and giving them something to work toward.
Keywords influence consumer choices
What you read may affect what you eat -- and what choices your clients make for pets.
Veterinary Economics' November issue is now online
Hot off the press, you?ll find tips and tricks on choosing practice software, boosting revenue, and much more.
Small businesses lack cybersecurity savvy
Study suggests American businesses have a false sense of security when it comes to the Internet
Specialists: Improve your referral relationships
A referral case coordinator can increase recommendations and decrease referring doctors' dissatisfaction.
The brain's secret to our success
Our brain helps us learn through success, not failure.
The health benefits of a recession
Surprising results from a study about health and the economy.
Video: How to give effective feedback
Dr. Amanda Donnelly, MBA, shares three tips to making the most of feedback when delegating tasks.
