Practice Management

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.

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.

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.