Business

Your existing clients represent a huge, untapped resource.

Maintaining consistency in a multiple-doctor practice is a common challenge.

Increasing practice value is very easy in most practices if there is understanding of how a practice value is determined and how changes in management will affect the bottom line.

In the last ten years, exfoliative cytology has been gaining popularity as a diagnostic aid in veterinary practice.

Most self-governing professions are also guided by rules of ethics in their practices so as to further ensure the protection of the public from the unscrupulous or incompetent practitioner.

Most veterinary businesses, regardless of size, are started by individuals who have a vision of how they would like the business to operate and some idea of their desired long-term goals.

Veterinary practice owners and managers often find marketing to be a somewhat daunting challenge.

Let's discuss what we can do in our practices to motivate our team and practice environment.

The following is a guide for making the task of taking minutes easier.

Utilize your computer software to set up reminders a month in advance to remind you to prepare for employee evaluations.

The 2008 Employee Engagement Report published by BlessingWhite, a global consulting firm, found that only 29% of employees in North America are engaged and 19% of employees are actually disengaged.

Positive internal communication in the veterinary practice starts by facilitating effective communication between owners and managers.

All service businesses can be differentiated based on the level and type of service that is provided.

One of the key tenets of a self-governed profession is the requirement of the members of the profession to regulate and, when warranted, sanction its own members who might engage in conduct which is unprofessional and adverse to the public interest.

Veterinary owners and managers often convey frustration about job performance inconsistencies and failure of some employees to complete job tasks.

The license to practice veterinary medicine is a privilege that is extended to only those that are qualified by way of formal education and training to competently provide the necessary services.

How would you deal with the following HR situations in your practice?

You have made the decision to sell. It is probably one of the most significant decisions you will make in your working life.

As we have moved through 2009, veterinary practices continue to feel the effects of the economy.

In establishing your cash flow plan, it will assist you in setting financial goals.

Fraud is defined as an intentional act of deceit for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage that results in an injury to the rights or interests of another person.

Your manual is a tool to communicate information to your employees regarding your hospital's policies and practices, benefits, guidelines, leave procedures, expectations of conduct, equal opportunity employment and employment-at-will.

Understanding profitability in a veterinary hospital can be like understanding a Chinese puzzle.