Practice Management

Dogs are so complex, man.

Salary thresholds for employees who earn overtime pay may soon jump to $50,000 a year, meaning potential changes for veterinary practice managers and those who pay them.

To keep a veterinary practiceand its staffstable, take this advice to heart after the death of the practice owner.

Use these ideas to help your feline friends stay calm (and safe, and even sane) when they stay with you. Some of them dont cost a dime or require any changes to your housing. And some require a little more. Dare to dream!

Open your books to create a stronger veterinary team focused on lifting your practice to reach its financial goals.

Large corporations buying veterinary practices get a bad rap. If you dont want to join them, at least take a look at their management style to help your practice run more efficiently.

His advice is for associates, but anyone in veterinary practice could benefit from Bash Halow's horror story and advice on dealing with someone else's anger.

Consider one veterinarian's approach to shake up the candidate pool and attract the right associate through his online classified ad.

Every pet deserves to be pain-free. So how do your peers handle their pain management protocols? Weve got the data that points to some (slightly?) painful realities.

Vanquish the 3 most common pain management mistakes made in veterinary patients undergoing surgery.

Veterinary dentist Dr. Heidi Lobprise cites legal precedent for making the switch to this dental essential.

2016 Hospital of the Year winner lets us in on his secret: the best veterinary team in the world.

Responses from the 2016 Firstline Career Path Survey.

Receptionists and managers: You'll be amazed how easy it is to spiff up your veterinary hospital communication.

It doesnt cost a lot to get proactive about your patients weight. Get everything you need to turn obesity talk into weight-loss action at your veterinary practice.

On the pain. The itching. The irritation! Can anything be more miserable than a terrible hire? Take the hives out of hiring with this soothing prescription to find and hire up-to-scratch technical team members in four (not simple but clinically indicated) steps.

"Help! Tuffys been hit by a car!" Does your veterinary hospital team know how to respond?

Here's a new tool to solve your rabies vaccination questions and conundrums.

Spend five minutes at your next team meeting to practice the "weight" conversationand encourage clients take the next steps to make healthier feeding choices for their pets.

Selling doesn't have to be feel bad

One's an innovation, one's a cool song. Both can appeal to baby boomers. Here's how to set the computer-unsavvy free in your veterinary clinic with paperless practice.

Do you have the power to improve your associates work life? Data from the Benchmarks 2015: A Study of Well-Managed Practices (Veterinary Economics and Wutchiett Tumblin and Associates) and associates feedback to the 2016 Firstline Career Path Study shows how your associates really feel about you, your practice and their work.

Yup, were talking about millennials. (Oh, calm down.) How they decide. What theyre really like. And how to tip the scale in favor of pet health.

Spray bottles, rolled-up newspapers and "No! Bad dog!" not your training cup of tea? Make sure your veterinary practice works with the right trainers with tips from behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta.

More than half of Well-Managed Practice owners offered a different type of benefit in lieu of raises.

Tips on how to control veterinary team members' anger.

Clients' money is serious business, but does the vet need to have this conversation?