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Importance of Selective Inventory Control
Keeping enough inventory is important to a well-run practice. Doing so ensures that you’ll have what you need when you need it – and that no patient will suffer because of a lack of a key item. But, inventory represents a large capital investment and cost to your...
Shelter Veterinarians Are Not Sheltered From the Law ©
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) National Outreach department estimates that there are anywhere from 4-6000 animal shelters in the United States. [1] While veterinarians who work in the animal shelter environment face the same...
Improve Your Practice’s Bottom Line: Effectively Use Veterinary Technicians
Perhaps you know of a practice where the veterinarians are always busy, but the practice isn’t necessarily very profitable. Perhaps you have even worked – or currently are working – in such a practice. The reality is that, for a practice to be profitable, it needs to...
You Hired Them… Now What?
Employee onboarding, also known as new-employee orientation or assimilation, is the process by which a practice acclimatizes its new employees. It is one of the keys for building employee loyalty and engagement, fostering a stronger team, and helping new employees...
Emotional Intelligence: From Surviving to Thriving
Every veterinarian can tell you a story about an intelligent, hard working and competent doctor whose practice failed to achieve growth. On the flip side, they can also tell you stories of highly successful veterinarians with merely average technical competency and...
Dealing With Problem Employees
Are all of your employees perfect in every way? Do they always do their best while following all of your work rules, protocols and policies? Do you count your blessings every day for the opportunity to supervise and manage such a wonderful staff? Hopefully, your...
Negative Attitudes: How to Identify and Deal with Negativity in the Practice
Almost everyone has experienced the challenges associated with a negative coworker and/or employee. Typical behaviors include: Gossiping that causes conflict and/or ill will among staff Complaining, and never being pleased with decisions or comments made Criticizing,...
Handling the Flow of Information To, From, and Among Your Employees
How do you improve employee engagement and alignment within your practice? Do you find your command and control approach not working? Would you believe it is as simple as having a conversation leveraging four essential attributes that form a single integrated process...
Mental Health Challenges in the Practice: How to Identify and Combat Them
In February 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released survey results focused on responses given by more than 10,000 practicing veterinarians, most of whom were in small animal practice (69%). The results are worrying. 8% of males in the...
Managing a Heavier Workload, Post-Layoffs: Surviving-and Even Thriving
A traditional promotion tends to happen in one of a couple of different ways: A workplace posts a job opening that lists a job title and its associated responsibilities, the skills needed, the pay and so forth; people apply and someone is awarded the job – and then...
Ouch! Independent Contractor or Employee ©
Independent contractors (“ICs”) contract to perform services for others but don't have the legal status of employees. Are ICs right for your veterinary practice? SOME ADVANTAGES PERHAPS Saves Practice Owner Money? With ICs, the veterinary practice avoids the following...
Technicians
Improving the bottom line of a practice is typically an ongoing endeavor – and it’s important that, as you create opportunities for enhanced revenues, you also continue to brainstorm ways to become more efficient in your practice. One excellent way to do this: use...
