Dr. Susan calls my consulting office in distress because her first employer DVM, after only six months on the job, has met with her and explained she?s not working enough hours, she?s not being active enough in civic and community activities and he doesn?t understand why she wants every-other weekend off.
Failure to address these 25 issues is central to limiting a practice's patient care success.In other words, address these issues in your business plan to ensure success.
Finding the right job takes planning; know what you want personally, professionally for longevity, satisfaction
You know the type. You might even be the type-the DVM who routinely puts in 12-plus hour days, never takes vacations, can't bear to delegate, feels anxious and purposeless when not on the job.
State and local governments are focusing on stricter enforcement and higher fees to meet budget shortfalls. At the same time, the principals in many veterinary practices are discovering just how much government services cost their practices - and how many of those increasingly more expensive licenses and permits they do not have.
Our universe is governed by laws. Natural laws. Laws that are as immutable as the laws of gravity and thermodynamics and these impact each and every one of us every day and in every way.
"One, zero, eight, nine, eight." I presume the sales representative was stating the price in this manner to lessen the impact.
Whether adding staff or services, veterinary hospitals commonly have a hard time accepting change.
Dr. Vernon Wolinski looked at the faxes piling up on the fax machine.
No other single marketing decision impacts your bottom line as directly and powerfully as pricing.
Special events can draw a great deal of attention from both the public and the media.
You're lucky you don't have any competition. If you did, you wouldn't be here today."
How are we adapting to the veterinarian labor shortage? By having effective teams.
Tommy Wright was sitting at his desk staring blankly at the wall. He had just arrived home from a meeting on the West Coast and was excited on the flight home about what he had learned at a practice management seminar given by a large drug company.
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Dr. Larry Bramlage, MS, Dipl. ACVS, incoming president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, humbly says he has no "grandiose" plans for his 2003-2004 term.
Despite the nationwide recession, Elsewhere Animal Hospital was chuggin' along.
Drs. Bernard Rollin and Joseph J. Bertone explore the ethical debate surrounding use of pirated products.
Those who analyze the economics of this profession are usually not members of the profession.
There are many ways to 'formalize' business, work relationship
Effective team meetings are one of the most powerful practice builders.
There's never time to train in most veterinary practices. All too often, much of a new employee's training ends up being by "osmosis," or the "hang-around-you'll-get-it" method. Training doesn't have to be so hit or miss.
Sequencing is here. The critical mass of veterinarians needed for effective sequencing has arrived.
A few weeks ago, I was on a dairy farm discussing herd performance and nutrition with the owner.
Jessica Long and her friend Ginny plod through the grass and palmetto behind Bonnie Wilson's trailer in central Florida. Bonnie is well known in the area for collecting numerous strays and orphaned animals of all types.
When I was a very much younger man, high on love and life, in the very cosmopolitan city of brotherly love sometimes called Philadelphia, I was walking back from our bookstore toward the veterinary college. Turning a corner, I fell in step with one of my favorite personalities at the college, Dr. Paul Berg, professor of surgery.
As an equine practice expands, the need arises to build up the veterinary staff.
Mexico City-Expanding into the international arena is no longer just a dream for Banfield, The Pet Hospital. The nation's largest veterinary hospital opened its first international site late last month in the United Kingdom and recently finalized plans to build a small animal teaching hospital at the Universidad Nacional Autonome de Mexico (UNAM).
You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.
The owner of a five doctor veterinary practice in Afurpiecefrumhear, Missouri loved to hunt. Every year, he would take one of his associates with him into the wilderness to test their skills against non-patients.
