Culture and Wellbeing
If the “great resignation” taught us anything, it’s that people are tired. And the storms won’t abate, given rising costs and a looming recession. The antidote, leadership gurus say, is a new leadership competency: resilience.
Inventory
As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to do more than just count tablets, reconcile your count with your computer records, and pledge to track things better next year. Now is the time to rethink what you have on your hospital shelves, and whether that is consistent with your strategies for hospital success and customer service.
Clinical
Propofol became available to veterinary medicine in the early 1990s and is a staple drug these days. We rely on it for smooth anesthetic induction for both short and long procedures. It is reliable and very recognizable.
Finance
As we move towards the end of the year, Karen E. Felsted, CPA, MS, DVM, CVPM, CVA, says it’s a good time to start thinking about the financial health of your practice and what changes you want to make for 2024.
Inventory
When managing inventory, we want to navigate the balance between two main goals. We want to have what we need in stock for our patients, while keeping the financial performance of our practice in mind. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro at managing inventory, here are five strategies to make inventory easier and help you get back to your patients faster.
In honor of World Wildlife Conservation Day (Dec. 4), Co-founder Kayla Fratt of K9 Conservationists shares how conservation detection dogs sniff out the scat of everything from Alaskan wolves to Guatemalan ocelots to help further research of their ecosystems and reveal who’s eating whom in the wild.
Practice Management
AAHA’s Veterinary Management Institute (VMI) is a five-month virtual executive leadership program that brings finance, culture, and other relevant topics to life with superstar speakers and a supportive cohort of peers.
Thanksgiving food scraps are nothing for pets to be thankful for. Let clients and loved ones know the reasons why not to share the feast with dogs and cats.
Clinical
When a patient appears with an unspecified reaction, it’s crucial to gather as much data as possible from the pet owner, the physical exam, and the lab to recognize a serious or even deadly reaction and respond accordingly.
Intimidated by exotics? The “Exotic Vet Consultant” Kristen Turner, DVM, talks with columnist Emily Singler, VMD, about how to handle small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, when they show up in general practice.
