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Hospital efficiency and function are vital-but don't skimp on the interior design. Antioch Veterinary Hospital in Antioch, Calif., knows that first impressions can blow clients away.

Cat visits have been front and center in discussions about veterinary revenue, business building, and client service in 2012. Of course, this issue has a design element, too. Here's a look at how practices are making cats feel comfortable.

Use plastic vaccine trays to collect urine by free catch.

Tom Greek, DVM, win $1,000 prize to aid in the treatment of animals in need.

Links to websites asking for disaster help from veterinarians.

Ask yourself the following questions to determine your practice's emotional intelligence climate.

Are you just painfully grinding through your days? It's time to put your clinical knowledge aside and start retooling your brain for a new kind of intelligence that can help-the emotional kind.

How do I determine when going paperless is financially justified in my veterinary practice?

Keeping track of clippers by mounting to ceiling

With rising temperatures comes an increase in runaway pets. These tips can help prevent the trauma and drama of a fast getaway.

You can play a crucial role in helping animals and pet owners in the wake of hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other disasters.

Knowing why new clients left their old practice is already half the battle.

When veterinary clients don't follow your instructions, their pets suffer. Use these steps to lock in the care pets need.

Whether it's a budding workplace romance, best friend blues, or family drama, personal relationships can really wreck the peace in a veterinary practice. Practice management experts and team members who've been there will offer advice to keep personal relationships from interfering with professional life.

Give veterinary clients incentives for good behavior

Learn how to reach out when clients put up "stay away" or "back off" signs-and get to the root of the pet's problem.

Along with preparing your own family and veterinary practice team to weather disaster, you can also advise your clients about the best way to include their annuals in their disaster planning.

When disaster hits home

When this veterinarian was a student he occasionally visited the library-that's when he first saw her.

Sunny days and a milder winter bring more than an early spring-they may also mean more ticks all over the country. As the threat increases, your role in safeguarding health in your community is more important than ever before.

Post names of donors around the office

The best veterinary architects and design experts in one CE location. And three full days to ask them your questions, get one-on-one advice about your plans, and talk to peers and vendors.

Neither new graduates nor boarded specialists should suffer with boilerplate contract language.