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Staff shortages mean long hours and frustrated clients. Here are some creative solutions you can implement to boost morale and thwart burnout.

Meet Adam Hechko, DVM, AAHA’s new president, who took the reins as the veterinary industry began navigating its second pandemic year.

A 24 kg female spayed  four-year -old standard  poodle presented for a second opinion to see if anything could be done to save the left maxillary canine affected by advanced periodontal disease.

AAHA named ZimmVet in Zimmerman, Minnesota the 2021 AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year. This profile interviews a client, the practice owner and team members about what makes ZimmVet special (spoiler alert: teamwork, high-quality care, innovative programs and allowing certified veterinary technicians to practice at the top of their skillset).

Remote Patient Monitoring is a growing branch of telehealth. In human medicine, this is commonly seen when monitoring glucose levels in diabetic patients,  blood-oxygen  levels, pulse, blood pressure, and so on. In veterinary medicine the idea is the same.

AAHA Vice President Margot Vahrenwald, DVM, CVJ, discusses remote monitoring. Also in Inside AAHA, the AAHA Board of Directors is looking for new members, and Dear AAHA wants to answer your questions.

News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month includes articles about: DogPhone enables your dog to call you; Household noises trigger stress in dogs; 4 steps to protect small business networks against ransomware; Service dogs alleviate PTSD in veterans; Cats mentally map unseen owner’s location; Action is essential for workplace allyship; 5 VMG-CVPM Scholarship awardees; Parallels in canine and human oral tumors; New LINAC at U Florida CVM treats animals  

Melita Pinkston started out as a technician assistant, but worked her way up to Technician Manager at The Village Vets in Decatur, Georgia. 

This article defines how emotional constructs create dramas in the workplace. It shares where they come from: self-esteem issues, early life experiences, and family and cultural beliefs and stories. It also shows the reader how to begin to change a story, and emotional construct via a simple, four-step process.

Just before Christmas last year, when Cole started showing less interest in his food, I chalked it up to one of his normal periods of inappetence. But when he didn’t bounce back in a day or two, and I noticed I was filling his water bowl at an alarming rate, I knew something was wrong.