Practice Management

Find out if your veterinary staff roundups are boring and pointless-or educational and fun.

Finally ready to take your practice into the 21st century? Here are some easy-to-implement strategies to get your hospital up to speed-and maybe even surpass others.

If your veterinary practice is falling behind in the number of dental procedures, it's time for change-both in the services you provide and how you're recommending them.

Fritz Wood explains the right time to hire your first practice manager.

This team resource has tips to get your practice on board and ready to implement the latest AAHA Dental Care Guidelines.

Use your social media network to stress the importance of yearly check-ups to veterinary clients.

Use your social media network to raise awareness about skin conditions with veterinary clients.

Get down and dirty for the team.

Your patients can't talk, so it's up to you to ask the right questions to the information you need from veterinary clients.

Find links to all of the free tools, forms and online extras in the May 2013 issue of Firstline.

Managers can be smarter employers by getting more specific about the practice?s expectations.

Use these tips from Dr. James Guenther to make sure you're measuring up in your equine practice.

Follow these "next steps" to make sure your veterinary team is prepared to promote senior pet wellness.

This toolkit delivers team training, free client handouts, exam room education strategies and more, all designed to make it as easy as possible for veterinarians and their teams to explain senior healthcare and wellness to pet owners. (With an educational grant provided by Vétoquinol)

This handout gives your clients a look at what a veterinarian is looking for during their pet's physical exam.

Changing your practice software can be time-consuming and expensive, but if you find that your current system isn't up to par-it could be worth it.

This tool provides veterinarians and their staff with a 12-month guide to marketing senior wellness and healthcare to clients.

Whether you're expecting or you work with someone who is-or might one day-review this list of risks in veterinary practice and plan how to keep everyone in the workplace safe.

PLIT assists member veterinarians with malpractice insurance and other business-related protections.

Use your social media network to educate clients and raise awareness about senior pets with these tweets and posts.

A commentary on the integral role of effective listening and the lack of training in this area for veterinary professionals.

This handout gives your clients a look at common pet parasites and the risks they pose to human health.

Client handout: Parasites at a glance

Our mission: To inspire receptionists, registered technicians, practice managers, and veterinary assistants to build strong relationships with co-workers, improve their communication skills, and educate clients with confidence in order to enhance their contributions to a veterinary practice and maximize every patient's well-being.

Avoid awkward conversations by citing clinic rules.

Twenty-eight practices entered the 2013 Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition-you picked your favorite.