
Offering and promoting oral health services can help boost the bottom line
Kathryn Primm, DVM, owns Applebrook Animal Hospital in Ooltewah, Tennessee, but has a growing career as a writer, a speaker and an online voice for veterinarians and pet owners alike.
She has written and contributed content to many outlets for veterinarians and pet lovers, including the consumer magazines Womans Day and Prevention as well as Veterinary Economics, dvm360, Firstline, Vetted and dvm360.com. Her regular "Ask A Vet" column is featured on iheartdogs.com and iheartcats.com, reaching more than 3 million viewers. Dr. Primm is the author of Tennessee Tails: Pets and Their People
She was also the nation's first Fear Free certified professional.
Offering and promoting oral health services can help boost the bottom line
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Understanding PCT (per client transaction), plus how (and why) it can help your practice flourish.
On the good side, veterinary websites and social media pages devoted to supporting struggling veterinary professionals are a good thing. On the bad side, when it turns to venting, that might be hurting, not helping.
Three veterinarians share common missteps they see owners of new puppies and kittens make in the first month. (Plus, some client education resources to help!)
Its well known that veterinary professionals undervalue their time and services, but your clients might notif you play your cards right.
Help your future self! If the clinics not crazed right now, take care of a few less urgent tasks that help you learn more, impress clients and benefit your veterinary team.
Enough banging your head against keyboards and chucking your computer at walls, use these easy content creation tools instead.
When your client comes in with a cute new fuzzball, provide some education about the importance of play.
As the first person who sees patients in the veterinary clinic you can make a difference.
Litter box training your new kitten may seem daunting, but with a little planning and a few test runs, you'll have a litter-box-trained kitty for life.
Help your veterinary clients teach their fanged friends to tolerateand maybe even likehaving their teeth brushed.
When the owner of a Lhasa apso with chronic otitis refused to bring her dog in for a recheck, I turned the problem into a new policy at my veterinary hospital.
Help enforce the importance of parasite prevention for new kitten owners with this printable handout.
A little common senseand some support from your veterinary colleagueswill keep you from being crushed by the mountain.
Eliminate the stress of elimination for veterinary clients and their fur babies this handout.
The good news for new puppy owners, most pups will eat almost anything. The bad news, most pups will eat almost anything. Pass out this guide to optimal nutrition from the start.
New owners of kittens need help navigating all those kitten chow choices. Help them with vetted advice from this veterinary nutritionist in this handy client handout.
Making the change to become high-touch or low-touch with your veterinary practice can seem daunting. Thats why Ive come up with these tip to help you in the right direction.
Put it in your veterinary hospital's exam rooms and reception area. Put it on your website. New kittens will thank you for less fear at home and at the practice down the road.
Kittens need shots. Full stop. Start early with veterinary client education about their importance with this printable PDF.
Give owners of new dogs and puppies this handy-dandy PDF handout with some ideas for making life fun for their new canine companions.
Emphasize the importance of fighting intestinal worms and other parasites in puppies from a young age with this printable PDF.
We know that vaccines train the immune system how to react quickly to certain diseases. Let veterinary clients with new puppies know all about how awesome they are in this printable PDF client handout.
Help your veterinary clients start good dental care habits in puppyhood that carry over into adulthood.
It seems unfair, but the patients that you care for may be making you sick. Find out what you can do if you are suffering from allergies to animal dander.
I might have stretched the popular clinical acronym a little far to make a point about your practice's health. But, damn it, it works!
Print it out for your new-puppy kits. Put it in your veterinary hospital's exam rooms and reception area. Put it on your website. New puppies will thank you for their better manners and less fear down the road.
Dr. Kathryn Primm sees an aversion to the moniker if not the medicine
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