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Managers, before you try this innovative approach to employee feedback for your veterinary hospital, make sure you're not about to make big mistakes.

Old age isn't a disease. Let your veterinary clients' own aging dog help them see cognitive, pain and joint issues that can be helped.

Need help getting started with 360 reviews? Try these sample employee and manager forms.

Oh no! The "brrrrr" is here! Is winter keeping veterinary clients away? Use your down time as a practice manager or practice owner for something not so fun but super useful: improving your drug inventory processes.

That's a personal question: Can you make a plan and manage the headaches that come with more personnel and costs?

These classes are an easy way to integrate behavior counseling into your practice, and create life-long bonds with new patients.

Building a new veterinary facility is pricey. Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Conference speaker Gary Glassman explains how a cost segregation study can lighten the financial load.

National veterinary pratice announces program to help ease financial strain for its more than 3,500 doctors.

Their student debt is frightening. The generation's urge to own is lightening. Find out from two young veterinary practice owners why they did it, how they did it, and what their advice is for their generational cohort.

Revealing insights from a practice management consultant — and Veterinarian’s Money Digest® Editorial Advisory Board member — who has been in the business for 45 years.

Its easy to presume that veterinary colleges receiving lots of public support can charge lower tuitionbut is it true? The AVMA Econ team decided to find out.

Your patient's fight or flight response has kicked in. Help veterinary clients understand why drugs might be the answer.

Many people immediately think about loans when they need to make large purchases. Here are a few reasons why a credit card might be the better financing tool for your business — and how to choose and use your new card.

Not everyone is curious about how their salary compares with the salaries of people in other professions. But if you are, then read on.

Real fulfillment for a beloved pet is more than food, water and shelter. Today's veterinarians like you are helping loving pet owners create home environments of curiosity, challenge and socializing for cats, dogs and more. Share the wealth with your own clients with these sample Facebook posts and tweets.

The holidays are coming, which means questions and concerns about traveling with pets will be coming too.

Retail in your veterinary practice: Is it worth it? Veterinary professionals opinions often collide on this. But when it comes to promoting enrichment for patients, retail may be your best bet.

Every pet and client have a story, and you become a part of their story the minute they enter your practice. Heres a closer look at narrative medicinea fast-growing medical field with the goal of understanding the stories of those around youand how it can help your patients, your clients and even you.

Facial recognition is the latest and greatest technological feature phones have to offer. But what if that same technology was applied to your veterinary patients or your own pets?

Get a few episodes of the classic sitcom on DVD and get reinspired to help veterinary clients with senior pets that deserve a healthy, comfortable life as mature, senior and geriatric cats and dogs.

A record number of American households achieved millionaire status last year. Here are some tips for joining the club.

Poignant, anonymous secrets from the Veterinary Confessionals Project show that even smart doctors of veterinary medicine find themselves suffering impostor syndrome. Peek at their secrets and, if this is you too, discover some resources that might help.

Veterinary-technician-turned-hospital-manager Danielle Russ sorts fact from fiction to explain what constructive criticism is and how to use it.

Those who are content with their lives (or not) can usually pinpoint exactly why, and sometimes it comes down to the city they call home.

Open your mind! Equine practitioners can learn a lot about clients and business from small animal veterinarians.

Nearly 90 percent of British veterinarians and team members say theyve felt harassed by a clientoften over cost of care. Here's the statistics and some tips on dealing with it.

Making insurance a team member benefit turns your veterinary employees into passionate advocatesand boosts your practices bottom line.

New veterinary talent wants noncompete language that wont be unfairly burdensome. Employers want noncompete language that will hold up in court. Could a laddered noncompete serve both interests?

Cost-cutting is not where the gold in your team's success lies. Look to diagnostics for the biggest boost in revenue AND patient health.

If you're thinking of adding retail services to your veterinary clinic, perhaps looking at the pros and the cons (and what other clinics are doing) will help you piece together a verdict.