Owners
4 ways to help clients pay for veterinary care
Veterinary app creator Mark Olcott, DVM, shares a top-level view of client payment options—and the need to actually try these options—with Fetch dvm360 attendees.
The top 10 gifts for veterinarians and veterinary team members
For every vet professional on your holiday gift list this year, there exists the perfect gift. These are our favorites.
What veterinarians can learn from dentists
Could dentists teach DVMs a thing or two about business focus, scheduling and client service?
Why you should secure financing before signing a purchase agreement
Here's how to help prevent your veterinary practice from getting in a financial bind. Listen to this advice about the importance of securing finances first instead of hastily signing purchasing agreements.
No magic bullet for mission statements
There's no one perfect way to craft a veterinary practice mission statement. But Fetch dvm360 speaker Bash Halow, LVT, CVPM, tried to sell attendees on one easy way to get started.
Decision Data: Hiring a practice manager?
A dive into data yields insights on the decision to hire a practice manager undertaken by different-sized veterinary practices—and how satisfied the owners and managers were with the results.
dvm360's top veterinary business stories of 2019
Here's the years most-clicked content for veterinarians, managers and team members from dvm360.com, dvm360 magazine and Vetted magazine. What did you miss?
Here's a crazy idea: Stop advertising so you can give away veterinary care
I had a crazy idea to put your veterinary practice advertising dollars somewhere else, but I gut-checked myself with an economist first.
One good marketing idea: Let pet owners hear you!
Having your own radio show and/or podcast could help grow your veterinary practice. Don't know where to start? Here are some tips to help.
The power of trauma-informed care
With a little work and a lot of commitment, could the vision of trauma-informed care and leadership from the human medical world transform your veterinary hospital for the better?
Decision Data: Who's selling online?
A data dive yields insights on online product sales and prescription refills by different-sized veterinary practicesand how satisfied the owners and managers were with the results.
Hospital design: What Bailey taught me
Space to work, quiet to heal, more light: A tribute to my dog's stay in a veterinary emergency clinic.
Why dont you talk to your accountant?
The days of set it and forget it when it comes to monitoring your veterinary hospitals finances are done. You cant fly blind as an ownerso start asking questions of the financial advisors at your disposal.
One good marketing idea: Raise funds for veterinary care
Did you know the AVMA has a program to help you set up your own fund for needy veterinary patients?
Ask Emily: How to maintain speed during slow times
Here are 4 ways to attract new clients and reach out to existing ones during those slower times.
Time vortex, owner grief and NAVLE: Podcasts for veterinary professionals
Hungry for podcasts for veterinarians, team members and the pet owners you serve? Then this list is for you. Subscribe now (theyre all free).
The butterfly effect and you
Making a change in this world doesnt necessarily require an army of people or millions of dollars. All it really takes is you.
Decision Data: Adding digital tools, social media?
A dive into data yields insights on social media and other digital communication to pet owners undertaken by different-sized veterinary practicesand how satisfied the owners and managers were with the results.
Its beginning to look a lot like boarding
Manage the crazy influx of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's lodgers this year with preparation and some of these best practices that help my high-performing veterinary team.
AVMA: The state of the U.S. economy
As the countrys economy goes, so goes the U.S. veterinary profession. A short but important presentation at the recent AVMA Economic Summit judged important indicators green, yellow or red for Americans financial future.
No more badmouthing clients
Dealing with veterinary clients can be inspiring, exciting and also frustrating. Do you agree with this practice owner who told her staff members they need a thicker skin and more understanding when working with the pet-owning public?
Millennial pet owner preferences: Text, email or call?
Brace yourself: 83% of millennials expect a follow-up call or text within 48 hours to check in on their pet after a visit. Whats your veterinary practice policy on that?
Practice tip: Take the red-dot challenge
Try this easy challenge to help keep your veterinary practice in order.
Decision Data: Add pay-by-the-month wellness plans?
A dive into data yields insights on pay-by-the-month preventive-care (wellness) plans undertaken by different-sized veterinary practicesand how satisfied the owners and managers were with the results.
Listening your way to discipline
A manager shouldnt jump from avoiding a difficult team member to disciplining and firing. You need to insert listening and sharing into your process, and the Exchange Strategy could help you do it.
Getting your retirement ducks in a row
Were living longer. That means well need more money for longer retirements as veterinary professionals. As I navigate these waters myself, here are some sobering numbers to get you thinking that maybe its time to take this planning seriously.
Decision Data: Build, renovate or buy new veterinary equipment?
A dive into data yields numbers on capital improvements and investments different-sized veterinary practices made and how satisfied the owners and managers were with them.
My encounter with a superhero
I stumbled into a moderation job for Katherine Goldberg, DVM, LMSW, and inadvertently opened my eyes to a big need in the veterinary profession.
6 canine wellness don'ts, 7 dos
Commit to a better veterinary clinic experience for dogs. Pick one or two of these to try, or reinforce the ones youve done so far. Reap the rewards. Repeat.
Practice tip: Look at your sharps disposal
One company's device can turn your veterinary practice trash into an inert hockey puck.