Practice Management

Remember, clients really want a forever healthy companion

Help producers create profit

Rabies ratio convenient method to determine earnings per patient

It would be wise to seek council and advice from those who have gone before you.

You can break the isolation barriers our society has built

Over the past 10 years, we have become accustomed to some roller coaster milk prices. They actually have been rather favorable for producers for much of that period. At present time, however, they are very low, and it looks as if they will remain low for some time.

Pushing yourself beyond gravitational forces of the business environment is key to professional growth

Private practitioners contacted by DVM Newsmagazine say that conflict in many cases is about money.

Dr. McCormick is on the computer filling a prescription for a late client and is hoping to go home to a nice dinner with her husband.

Here are some reasons that either solely or in combination may make firing a client desirable.

Personal use of business-earned frequent flyer program premiums continues as a gray area when it comes to taxability.

Veterinarians are often asked to talk to various groups regarding animal health and management issues. Financial compensation may or may not be offered, but is usually not enough to justify the time needed for preparation and presentation.

About the middle of the last century, shortly after the second consecutive war that was designed to prevent all future wars, the brain trusts of the universities of our land decided to add a hefty scoop of veterinary colleges to their intellectual diets.

Many definitions are available. However, ethical issues deal with principles concerning:

I suppose, looking through my retrospectoscope, that there was never a time in our profession, when medical expertise alone, made less of an impact, and communication skills made more of a difference between economic success and just barely surviving in practice.

The tension at the office was palpable. People spoke in short, terse sentences. Small talk was absent. Doors and drawers were closed with a bit too much force. There was no laughter at all.

How do your clients respond when you and your staff have gone the extra mile to provide care for their beloved animal companions?

As a youngster, clichés seemed so boring. But guess what? They're back in style and they can help to sharpen our focus.

You know; work 52 hours a week because you just can't find an associate willing to come to work for you for less than you are taking home yourself.

So you want a raise, a vacation, a smile; well, here is what the boss wants: good employees and team members.

To show staff members how much they earn each year--not just in salary, but in benefits, too--give them a total compensation statement. (PDF)

To show staff members how much they earn each year--not just in salary, but in benefits, too--give them a total compensation statement. (PDF)

Dr. Karen Overall shows how to effectively use support staff to oversee behavior counseling within a practice.

"Oh, by the way. One of the drug companies is arranging for one of their veterinarians to come in and evaluate our mastitis problems. I think he is supposed to be here on Friday."

Sarah, a certified veterinary technician, enters the room to a hackled and uninterrupted display of aggression.

In ancient China, a favorite form of slow execution was called "the death of a thousand cuts."

Compassionate care in the veterinary hospital setting would seem to be a given fact of everyday operations.

Have you ever been bamboozled by an embezzler? Dr. Alice Villalobos of Hermosa Beach, Calif., planted the thought in the minds of about 75 practitioners and practice managers during a management conference hosted by the American Animal Hospital Association in Boston.