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|Articles|April 29, 2016

Laminate! It's magical!

Author(s)Kim Fish

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.

Yellow. Different. Better. (Image courtesy Kim Fish)It's doubly green: earth-friendly reuse and money saved!

That's right, it's our laminated billing sheet.

In addition to this being a great tool for billing, the veterinarian can also communicate with receptionists about in-house lab results, future appointments, microchip numbers, medication directions, etc.

Win-win!

Kim Fish is practice manager at Seville Animal Hospital in Seville, Ohio, in the Cleveland/Akron area.

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