Sneak peek: Decoding the GPO puzzle, and other news

Happy Monday dvm360 readers! For all of you that attended Fetch Charlotte this weekend, thank you for being such amazing attendees! We hope you are all back in the clinic today with takeaways from your lectures you can put into practice in real time, a bigger network full of your fellow attendees, and just an overall great weekend in the Queen’s City. We have enjoyed the last 5 years in Charlotte but are also very exciting to bring Fetch to a new city in 2027. Be on the lookout for the 2027 dates and locations in the next few months, we are sure you will be pleasantly surprised for where Fetch is heading next.

Along with a fantastic conference weekend, dvm360 is accepting nominations for our 2026 Veterinary Heroes Awards! Is there someone you work with every day, you have worked with, or someone you just know in the industry you think deserves some praise and recognition for all of their hard work, then nominating them for our Veterinary Heroes Awards is a great way to do so. You can learn more, and nominate your veterinary hero, here today!

Along with more of our Fetch coverage coming out this week, here is what else you can find this week on dvm360.com:

• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, and Michael Natale, LVT, sit down and chat about what it is like offering in home veterinary technician services, and more.
• Washington County Emergency Medical Services has partnered with Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ Small Animal Teaching Hospital and Thomas Edwards, DVM, DACVECC, an associate professor in the SATH’s Critical Care Service, to conduct an aircraft landing drill and K-9 casualty care training in case any working dogs are injured in the field.
• In recognition of K-9 Veterans Day, which was March 13, Chelsea McGivney, DVM, MBA, shares more about how Caring Pathways works to support working dogs through their final stages of life.
• Another episode of Vet Watch will be available on dvm360 this week! On this upcoming episode, Katee Spence, MBA, CVPM, vice president of operations at Vertical Vet, joins our host Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DACVM (Parasitology), to solve the puzzle of group purchase organizations.
• Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization, shared data it collected from over 10,000 shelters that found a record number of cats killed in shelters has decreased by just under 75% in the past 10 years.
• And more!