Practice Management
Drinking coffee may help you live longer
If you start every day with a steaming cuppa joe, this report is good news.
Spay-neuter guidelines rolled out
Task force determines attainable practices.
Burn the midnight oil, risk your health
A recent study shows that working overtime increases the likelihood you'll suffer from anxiety and depression.
What would Disney do if he owned a veterinary practice?
3 tips to bring world-class Disney customer service to your clients.
Watch out for state unemployment audits
These audits can cost you, so be sure you correctly classify your employees.
Salary vs. hourly pay
You might be entitled to overtime pay even if you hold a degree or have "supervisor" in your title.
Making your management mark
Owners who seek to avoid conflict by meeting challenges head-on actually become part of the problem.
Low-cost benefits, big-time payoffs
People make your practice a success, so take care of your team members-and earn a profit too. Try these 3 ideas.
Cerebral laminitis can be infectious with certain breeds of owners
Now, I've known Jim Panzee for years. You couldn't teach him to peel a banana.
From the Veterinary Economics archives: A blast from the award-winning past
The Hospital Design Merit Award winner of July 2008 won before, back in 1969. Read that old article here and compare the old Woodford Veterinary Clinic with the new Woodford Equine Hospital in Versailles, Ky.
Fee-setting tool: Long-term analgesic testing
Are your exam fees in line with high-performing hospitals?
Turn those frowns upside-down
Believe it or not, complaints can bond pet owners to your practice-if you handle them effectively.
Owners: Prepare your relief doc for success
Valuable veterinary resources on the Web
Surf the Web for valuable resources to help you do your job better.
Implement your equine practice mission statement
You've written your masterpiece-your equine practice's mission statement. So now what do you do with it?
CAPC map
An interactive map showing event details for the Companion Animal Parasite Council educational road trip July 22 to Aug. 7.
Dealing with disruption
When the dust clears around this place, maybe I'll find my trash can-and a new sense of perspective.
Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald: Practice Makes Perfect--June 30, 2008
In this week's blog, Dr. Fitzgerald asks you to consider how you come across to your clients.
Buy equipment now to take advantage of tax break
Increased equipment-buying incentive expires at year-end.
Congressional no-show horse trainer is suspended
Officials say the trainer of Kentucky Derby-winning Big Brown administered too much bronchial dilator to another horse.
More employers allowing pets at the office
Want to keep your team members? Let them head to work with their dogs--or fish.
Dog loses $10 million in inheritance
Court rules that Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, will receive just a fraction of what the billionaire designated in her will.
Three common questions about taxes and summer jobs
If your kid's working this summer, read this.
Young mothers aren't opting out of the work force
New study finds female professionals are juggling work life and family life.
Blog your way into clients' hearts
Lots of people are blogging, so maybe you should too.
Pets in weddings not a faux paw
Pet participation is the latest wedding trend.
News on specialty hospitals and the newest hospital partnership
BluePearl Veterinary Partners Inc. say their partnership offers a new paradigm in veterinary medicine.
China stops killing dogs in earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province
International organization and Chinese authorities look for other ways to stem the rabies threat.
Team members say female veterinarians are as good as men ... or better.
A veterinarian's gender doesn't matter to 75 percent of staff.
A man among women
I get along just fine as the only male on the Veterinary Economics staff. In the increasingly female veterinary profession, can you relate?