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Whether you are about to graduate and join a practice as a new associate or if you are still in school, it is important to understand the new findings concerning the role emotions play in building healthy, successful client relationships.

Hurricanes. Embezzlers. Lawsuits. If you put the proper safeguards in place, you can stay out of trouble.

Things to think about when dealing with contract and health certificates.

Schaumburg, Ill. - Educational indebtedness for 2007 veterinary medical graduates increased nearly 100 percent since 1997, while starting salaries rose 46.5 percent during the same 10-year period.

February is National Dental Health Month, putting the annual spotlight on dental care. But Dr. Scott Linick, FAVD, owner of Plainfield Animal Hospital in South Plainfield, N.J., knows the importance of dental care, and not just during Dental Health Month. He uses two methods for encouraging clients to take better care of their pets' teeth year round.

New study finds that your attitude for the day is determined largely by what happens before you get to work.

You're the heart of your hospital. Making changes to get fit, eat healthy, and work smart will take courage and resolve, but we know you've got it in you.

Before, Drs. Scott McLelland and Charles Sleeth practiced in an 1,800-square-foot facility with a thriving boarding service, but they needed a new space. The building couldn't accommodate their growing practice-and the boarding facility was located across the parking lot with its own receptionist, separate from the clinic.

Technician and veterinarian are fastest-growing top 10 jobs.

The Internal Revenue Service is trying hard to convince everyone to file income-tax returns electronically.

This hospital in Panama City Beach, Fla., finds one home for all its services.

This educational piece arms your entire practice team to talk to clients about heartworm disease.

This team education and client communication piece arms your practice team to talk to clients about anaplasmosis.

Fight misinformation and reward curiosity with a handout that teaches clients to sort fact from fiction on the Web.

Fight misinformation and reward curiosity with a handout that teaches clients to sort fact from fiction on the Web.

Form asking employees to acknowledge that they understand the hospital manual and their at-will status

Employee manual wording for introductory employment periods and discplinary procedures

Use this PDF of paper pies to track ideas that team members submit to improve efficiency, save money, or boost service.

I've had quite a few mishaps with my cell phone. I wasn't worried this last time, though, because I'd opted for the "backup assistant" service provided by my wireless carrier. At least my contact list would be safe-so I thought.

You've decided to expand the horizons of your practice, accept the mantle of the primary care veterinarian, and become part of a network of colleagues-responding to the health care needs of pets with the best care possible.

Progressive practitioners from around the country who have implemented an integrated system into their practices discuss how it has helped ensure the best healtcare possible for patients, made their practices run more efficiently, and increaed revenue.

As a primary care veterinarian knows the patients' healthcare needs better than anyone. And sometimes those needs require that you utilize an extension of your practice-the specialist. By collaborating together, the primary care veterinarian and the specialist can provide excellent overall care. Learn how to shape the referral process into a success for everyone-your patients, your clients, and your practice.

Present day veterinarians have evolved from human islands to networks of people-treating pets in concert, making the most of the rapidly expanding body of knowledge that is veterinary medicine, and reqiring the schematic of private practice to harness a healthy array of specialties in service to clients and pets.

Owners are devastated when they learn their practices are worth only a fraction of what they anticipated as they approach reitrement and contemplate a sale. But if you can understand why this occurs and identify if your practice is at risk, you can begin the process of recapturing this lost value for your practice.

To help bridge the communication gap between primary care veterinarians and specialists, the AAHA developed practical referral guidelines for companian animal practices.

These steps will guide you on your way toward establishing a referral network for your own practice.

Communication is an essential element of the relationship among primary care veterinarians, specialists, and clients.

Total employment is expected to increase by 15.6 million jobs during the 2006-2016 decade, according to the most recent employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

See how veterinarians, general practitioners, and general surgeons stack up.

It's never easy to be the bearer of bad tidings. But you can ease the hurt clients feel with a sensitive approach. Here's what you need to know to break bad news gently.