Practice Management
Cats are contagious (in a good way)!
Are your cat-friendly ideas facing resistance from the dog lovers at your veterinary hospital? Dr. Michelle Lawson overcame doubters with some discussion and contagiously fun tips.
Nationwide offers broad-sweeping insurance plan for veterinary clients
Whole Pet with Wellness plan expands coverage, reimburses 90 percent of eligible costs.
Veterinarians are cooler than physicians
We should celebrate how multi-species knowledge, multidisciplinary work and amazing levels of client service help us outperform other medical professionals.
The power of pet insurance
Do clients with pet insurance spend morewhy? Our board members explore.
It's catnip for cat clients!
Survey data has insight into appealing to cat owners.
Team training tool: A self-test to rate your management style (Sponsored by Nationwide)
Heres a brief quiz to help you think through whats really important in your practiceand to see whether your team members see everything just as you do.
Are you speaking in jargon on your veterinary invoices?
Stop making pet owners ask your receptionist, "What does this mean?"
4 ways to fix the legal profession-from a dual DVM-JD
Tougher standards can improve the legal professions well-deserved reputation.
3 ways practice owners can help debt-ridden associates
In an ideal world, new veterinary school graduates with $160,000 in student debt would make that as an annual salary. This is not an ideal world. Here are some things for practice owners and managers to try in our real world.
3 sexist comments female veterinarians have heard at work
UGH. We asked associates what folks have said to them, and were sorry to hear that clients and colleagues still say this stuff in 2015.
Fipronil toxicosis in rabbits
Exposure to these veterinary products can cause life-threatening signs.
I judge veterinary clients-and that's OK
I just dont let clients' socioeconomic status influence my first and best recommendations.
'My first pet was a long-eared donkey'
Q&A: What Minnie Mouse the donkey loved to eat and what else inspired veterinary oncology pioneer Dr. Greg Ogilvie.
What veterinary associates today want and need in a great job
Our fictional Dr. Alex Doe exemplifies real-life survey results on what theyre looking for in the workplace.
Diving into a veterinary partnership? Check out these 9 FAQs first
Templates make the business paperwork easy, but the catch is knowing where to look for problems.
Practice owner tests boundaries, leaves veterinary technician queasy
A veterinary practice owner oversteps his expertise and strains a work relationship.
High-volume veterinary clinic slashes prices
Not-for-profit practice in Missouri neuters cats for $20, serves approximately 100,000 animals per year.
Self-test: Got the skills to be your boss's favorite?
Take this quick quiz to see if youre stacking up the skills that will get you noticed at your veterinary practice.
Free team training: Better than a box of kittens (almost)
OK, nothing really beats a box of kittens, but free team training is almost as nicejust a little less furry (and it doesnt shed).
When veterinary practice managers become glorified executive assistants
Navigating the often tricky owner-manager relationship
Tweets from the Women's Veterinary Leadership Development reception at CVC Kansas City
The session shared facts, studies and attendee's personal experiences regarding the feminization of the profession.
I treat rabbitsI don't treat dust bunnies: 4 takeaways on female veterinary leadership
A CVC forum hosted by dvm360 and WVLDI tackles issues confronting women in the profession.
How should you tell veterinary clients their pets are overweight?
Veterinary Economics' team shares their personal thoughts.
Whistleblowing becomes insubordination when tech questions the boss
A concerned veterinary team member pays the price for questioning authority.
Guess what's wrong with GiGi
Technicians at CVC in Kansas City spent a little time with GiGi, our stuffed pooch who was "rescued" from a local thrift store.
2015 Veterinary Economics Practice Manager of the Year announced
Winner credits owners, team for support.
3 tales to test interest in practice ownership
Lawsuits and nuisance employees should give aspiring veterinary owners perspective.
Will your veterinary practice be on the hook for credit card fraud?
Here's how to comply with a global security standard coming to the United States for the first time.
Ask Shawn: Help us hire right (and avoid those toxic team members)
Shawn McVey counsels a veterinary team about what they can ask to weed out toxic job candidates early in there interview process.
The most effective leaders are young, green and right under your nose
Despite our leadership-obsessed culture, are you looking in the right places to find the next big thing in your veterinary practice? Here's how one practice manager coaxed leadership qualities out of his staff.
