Practice Management

Many questions in a veterinary practice hiring interview that seem harmless on the surface can be discriminatory. Applicants, make sure your interview was on the level. Managers, make sure you review what you'll ask against this list of discriminatory subjects.

They may sound good, but certain clauses in your employment agreement might have zero legal enforceability.

Consider these four ways to identify toxic team members and practice manipulators and stop them from damaging your practice and your reputation.

"Veterinarians are not most income-productive in administrative positions," warns Mark Opperman, CVPM.

Pre-prepared Facebook posts and tweets that exercise social media channels to help your overweight veterinary patients.

Downing describes her latest research on clinical bioethics and what it means for the veterinary professionand we nerd out, bigtime.

Pet retailers are jumping on the education bandwagon.

The clinic must continue to operate if the owner is sick or worse.

This Firstline reader wonders about the right approach to handling missed charges after the veterinary client has left the hospital. Bash Halow weighs in.

Keeping the connection is a worldwide challenge.

New DVMs need to be protected and nurtured or they will crash and burn. Will you be a part of the problem or the solution?

How are your peers using social media? You might be surprised at recent survey data.

If youre thinking, My team is fine! No problems here! lets look at the statistics. According to a 2015 national mental health survey, nearly one in 10 U.S. veterinarians might experience serious psychological distress. Try this (Mini) Team Meeting in a Box to turn your educational team meeting into a quick team building workshop that offers real, instant results for your practice.

Is taking a look behind the scenes of veterinary practice a useful teaching tool or management bullying?

As Montreal city officials move to pass aggressive anti-pit bull legislation, the province's veterinary organization is urging members to think carefully before complying with city euthanisia orders.

Canadian researchers think they may have found a way to stop porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, a scourge that has killed millions of pigs in recent years.

Switching styles can trip up the team, but the transition is worth the trouble.

CVC educator Bash Halow, LVT, CVPM, is afire with excitement about the power of the "push notification" to connect to veterinary hospital clients.

While fielding calls to help save pets from drug-stash ingestion accidents and allergic reactions, the veterinary team at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center keeps up morale and mood with some harmless tallying.

You're busy, you're stressed, it's easy to be wasteful. But make your veterinary hospital a beacon of environment kindness, not a black hole of disposable garbage.

Hey, practice owners: Sometimes a day off is worth more than a $5 Starbucks gift card to a veterinary team member. This manager figured that out.

Step 1: Print. Step 2: Cut. Step 3: Compliment and congratulate. Step 4: Repeat.

As human healthcare providers focus on pain management in September, a veterinary group is asking veterinarians to help raise awareness of the key signs of animal pain.

Dr. Kimberly Pope-Robinson shares simple fixes to try and relieve your anxiety caused by the responsibilities of the veterinary world.

Everyone gets frustrated when their fellow team members are late. This 2016 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year contestant initiated a new program to put a stop to tardiness. And then

Sometimes pet owners need just a little more time with their pets before they can let go. Our hospital built a hospice care and euthanasia program to meet all of our clients' needs during this time of transition.

I scribbled down some good advice for practice managers and practice owners from a past Veterinary Economics article contest winner at a Kansas City practice manager association meeting.

CVC Speaker Andy Roark says theres a difference between praise and positive feedback, and it could make all the difference in your veterinary practice.