Practice Management

I think the perfect 10 employee is a mythlike Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and, yes, unicorns. Ive developed a new definition for describing the ideal team member.

Inventory management can be boring. Drug theft and abuse or resale of controlled substances from your veterinary practice is not. Are your managers and team members doing everything they can to protect you from the crime, the guilt and the mistrust that can come with drug theft?

Dr. Miller unravels an interns objections to the clinic dress code.

How was your visit today? at the reception desk simply isnt enough to help your clinic and your team improve.

Aaaaaaah! Youre the star of a horror flick that takes place in your veterinary hospital, with the demons and creeps played by some awful coworkers. But you can survive! Learn about the hairy problems these fiends put you in and whether their thoughtless or malicious behavior is bullying, harassment or just really, really annoying.

Veterinary medicine is tough, but grooming aint easy either. Make your favorite veterinary team members life a little easier with one (or all) of these new items.

Shawn McVey counsels a new practice manager on coaxing along a veterinary team used to a hands-off management approach.

Veterinarians are reinventing themselves to serve pet owners in a new way and carve out careers no one could have anticipated.

Save the earth. Save money. Let plastic do the work for forms in your veterinary practice that get used over and over but don't need to be kept forever.

Youre a good person. Your team members are good people. Clients ready to pick a fight dont have to bring down your whole veterinary practices mood. Get some perspective, laugh about it, and get through it.

Maximize medicine and manpower, but be aware of the cost

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.

Receptionist calls rock star clients home numberand the practice owner gets a letter from the state veterinary board.

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.