Clinical
Veterinarians are well-versed in identifying and treating zoonotic diseases, but what about other aspects of One Health that can affect patient care? How can veterinary teams be better equipped to handle cases where family members’ challenges, like disability, mental health, safety, transportation, and others, complicate patient care?
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Practice Management
How do you maintain profitability in your veterinary practice amidst rising inventory costs without pricing clients out of the care their pets need? It’s not easy, but we’ve compiled some resources that you may find helpful in your management of pricing and revenue.
Pet Health Insurance
With the pet insurance market posed to grow to $10 billion in size in the next five years, Pawlicy Advisor recently posted a culmination of newer data outlining what the pet insurance landscape for 2025 looks like.
Practice Management
Who generates revenue in your practice? And does that affect the benefits and consideration you offer them? Read on for some expert insight on ways to define and measure revenue generation and the importance of making all team members feel valued.
Culture and People
The search-and-rescue teams in Texas have done extraordinary work in locating many of those reported missing following the floods, but it’s hard work for both the handlers and their highly trained dogs. Fortunately, Texas A&M’s Veterinary Emergency Team deployed to the area right away to provide medical care for these incredible canines, ensuring they can get back to their important work as quickly and safely as possible.
Clinical
Four new point-based Standards of Accreditation at AAHA aim to encourage member practices to have more conversations about microchipping and discourage them from offering nontherapeutic procedures like feline declawing, debarking, and ear cropping.
Warda Elakkari, a senior specialist on Merck’s Veterinary Insights and Medical Affairs team Merck shares how she and the organization help support animal welfare. Merck is one of AAHA’s mission partners, who plays a vital role in supporting AAHA’s mission and helps AAHA provide the essential services and resources our members rely on.
Clinical
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first flea and tick medicine of its kind: A subcutaneous injection that can protect dogs from fleas and ticks for anywhere from 8 months to one year.
Practice Management
Knowing when your veterinary practice should jump in on a social media trend (and when it’s better to steer clear) is tricky. And, even if you have a post truly take off, the results might not be quite as helpful as you’d hoped. However, keeping these simple rules in mind can help you avoid pitfalls while finding fun ways to showcase your team’s commitment to supporting your patients and clients.
Culture and People
Did you know there are 22 AVMA-recognized veterinary specialties with over 18,000 specialists? Use this handy chart to learn more about all of the veterinary specialties.
