Owners
Use 4 factors to set veterinary practice owners' pay
How to crunch the numbers for a fair salary for private practice owners.
Veterinary associates, other veterinary experts play The Road to Owning!
Veterinary conference attendees dug down deep to explore skills, desires and personality to navigate the bumpy path to veterinary clinic ownership.
The social media toolkit
Free care for veterinary practice employees: Good or bad?
Sounds nice, but Uncle Sam might have other ideas ...
What's bugging your veterinary team now?
Firstline asked team members to name their biggest frustrations in practice. Heres a sample of their answersin their own wordsand tools to boost morale and efficiency.
The spay & neuter toolkit
Everything you know about veterinary business is wrong
Todays consumer wants something more than our ordinary hospitals can give them. What could you do to be extraordinary?
Saying 'no' to a veterinary pharmaceutical rep
This practice owner puts the kibosh on freebies to his veterinary team. Is that fair?
'Fairness to pet owners' can be a good thing
Minding the veterinary mentorship gap
For many young veterinarians, buying a practice is a logical career move. But Denise Tumblin, CPA, says that just as when learning medicine, they need to find and lean on the right resources and mentors first.
Managing relationships with mobile nonprofit clinics
Q: A new mobile, free-or-almost-free nonprofit on wheels opens up shop once a week in my working-middle-class-to-upper-class neighborhood. As a practice owner, what can I do to deal with this situation and avoid losing business?
Case study: 4 lessons from a departing veterinary client
The 'Mikes' of the veterinary world don't leave in a cloud of drama but quietly, thinking no one will miss them.
Sneaky questions rescue volunteers ask veterinarians
They want to know they can trust the business-owning practitioner, and I understand.
10 things Google can teach veterinary practices about a happy workplace
Promote happiness, keep your veterinary team content and boost your bottom line with a few easy-to-implement ideas.
Brakke and Trone look to inject data into discussion of veterinary pharmaceutical market
New research aims to illustrate how the veterinary industry can prepare for a change in the pet pharmaceutical market.
AAHA endorses new veterinary wellness plan program
VPI plans offer three varying levels of coverage that reimburses pet owners without practice enrollment.
Clock is ticking on veterinary legislation in 113th Congress
AVMA works to pass remaining high-priority bills on its 2014 legislative agenda.
It's good to have options in veterinary ultrasound
Before you dive into Veterinary Economics product guide, Tony Pease, DVM, MS, DACVR, says to examine your options.
Keep calm and Fear Free on
We found that a softer, gentler veterinary experience is gaining traction. Are you on board?
Fairness to Pet Owners Act introduced in U.S. Senate
Legislation mandates veterinary prescription writing.
Veterinary Mobility Act ready for President Obama's signature
Reps. Schrader and Yoho lead bill to unanimous passage in U.S. House removing the DEA target from mobile veterinarians' backs.
Learning goodbye: Veterinarians fill a void by focusing on end of life care
Veterinarians dedicating their careers to hospice and euthansia medicine may be pioneering the profession's next specialty-at clients' request.
The 2 most important words in veterinary practice
Take the time to say ?thank you? to pets, clients and team members, and the goodness will come back around.
Visits may be down, but veterinary spending is going up
Pet expenditures exceed expectations in 2013; forecasters expect more growth in 2014.
Veterinarians may ignore signs of compassion fatigue
Negative reviews can contribute to a condition veterinarians are exceptionally prone to-and often suffer from in silence.
C is for cost: Cat care in crisis
Get past clients' bias against spending money on veterinary services for cats with the dvm360 Leadership Challenge.
Treatment option for a tense situation: Communicate, educate and de-escalate
Certain situations can get heated?quick. Get them under control before a tough exchange turns into much more.
Top 5 ways not to welcome a new veterinarian
Roll out the worst welcome wagon ever with these tips.
What to do when veterinary drug theft is slipping past your check system
Even with safeguards in place, inventory can go missing. Mark Opperman, CVPM, shares what to do in such a situation.