Business

Different surveys yield different results.

Dr. Ernie Ward discusses how veterinary medicine is a kid-friendly profession and how to avoid burnout.

In the next three years, every career in the field -- from entry level technician to veterinarian -- may see positions go unfilled

Ambulatory veterinarians and commuters can benefit from simple modifications.

It's increasingly difficult to be a competent doctor without technology.

We're sure by now many of you have mastered certain techniques aimed at attracting new clients into your offices.

How to work together more effectively with a new employee, on a team, in conflict, and with a tough boss.

Why this? Why now? It's the most common complaint of managers in veterinary medicine.

What kind of things will veterinary owners need to do for the development of the business owner's skill set?

Three factors are essential to the practice of quality medicine and surgery.

Setting fees properly is an important task in a veterinary practice; yet many hospitals don't really give much thought to how this should be done.

One size does not fit all... Not only do managers need to adapt to the business needs but owners need to know how to direct the manager and set them up for success.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law that regulates minimum wage, overtime pay, hourly wage vs. salary, the employment of minors and many other employment-related issues.

Just like a yearly pet's physical, your practice should have a look under the hood at least yearly.

Core characteristics of good governance: participation, rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus orientation, equity, effectiveness and efficiency, accountability, and strategic vision.

According to the Dictionary of Psychology, social loafing describes the phenomenon that occurs when individuals exert less effort when working as a group or team than when working independently.

Once you identify all of the positions within your practice, it is important to create an organizational chart.

Most farmers and ranchers do not have an endless supply of money with which to run their business each year.

Each day across the United States, we leave work late due to an overload of work, much of which is self-imposed.

The syndrome of toxic work overtakes you when what's happening at work causes protracted bouts of distress, culminating in emotional suffering or physical symptoms and heightened by the perceived inability to stop the pain and move on to find or create a reward situation.

The biggest source of missed income originates in the exam room.

Budgets should an integral part of your overall financial plan.

Perform this simple exercise during your next staff training session: Ask each team member to list the top ten conditions and/or diagnoses your hospital sees on a daily basis.

Identify the demands and requests of your client base.

The current state of the workforce is that there is a shortage of skilled workers and in the veterinary industry we are experiencing this shortage with a great intensity.

To deal with growth, we are really talking about how we handle change in the workplace.

The large animal veterinary practitioner is faced with a number of unique legal considerations in the daily discharge of his or her professional duties.

Most people who work with animal do so because of an intense love for animals and desire to help them.

For any practice, program or promotion to succeed, regardless of the objectives, the people who are responsible for carrying out the details of the program must be educated on what they are expected to do.

Not many things can ruin our perfect day as fast and as completely as an unhappy client.