VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: 8 steps to create a positive culture and 5 benefitsNovember 21, 2024By Jamie Rauscher, LVTNAVTA president details the importance of fostering a positive culture of learning and growth in veterinary practices, provides practical steps for implementation, and discusses the benefits this culture can bring to both the staff and the practice as a whole.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveNeed better work-life balance? Get a hobby!November 8, 2024By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBABefore you know it, the only meaningful, nonveterinary skills you possess get relegated to those you might accumulate via YouTube osmosis and Discovery Channel pseudoscience. None of us wants that. So, in the hopes of improving the collective veterinary psyche, I offer you this list of vet-adjacent hobbies as my veterinary public service for the month.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: Leveraging veterinary technician specialists in practice September 27, 2024By Jamie Rauscher, LVTThe veterinary profession recognizes technicians who have obtained a VTS as having greater veterinary medical knowledge and having mastered advanced technical skills. Many technicians who have reached VTS status report an increased sense of job satisfaction and an increased level of respect among their colleagues.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveKhuly sold to a corporation!September 5, 2024By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAI’m still getting used to this strange bedfellow of ours. What’s more, I’m not quite sure what to make of the fact I can’t manage to despise it yet. Never in a million years would I have predicted the relative equanimity I’ve experienced throughout this process. After all, as anyone who has caught any part of my decades-long writing career can attest, I’ve carefully nurtured a poisonous aversion to corporate takeovers in veterinary medicine.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveARE we all on the same team?August 8, 2024By Jamie Rauscher, LVTFor so many of us to have the same mutual goal, we could not be farther apart in our ideals of how we should be working together in our profession. All of us are witness to this every day. From in the clinic to social media platforms, some days are a battlefield and leave us licking our wounds at the end of the day, ultimately questioning our want to stay in the field.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveSelling services without being a used car salespersonAugust 1, 2024By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAUsed car salespeople get a bad rap. We all know they are just trying to make a living, but that does not keep almost every young veterinarian from invoking this simile when faced with the prospect of proposing expensive pet care. They find it hard to shake the feeling price may determine whether a patient lives or dies—we all do.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: Ensuring cat caregivers have veterinary supportJuly 17, 2024By Jamie Rauscher, LVTThe main goal of caregiver education in feline hospice and palliative care is for the caregiver to have a clear understanding of all diagnostic and treatment options to ensure the cat’s comfort, as well as the expected trajectory of the cat’s disease and the prognosis.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveWhat's fair when it comes to noncompete agreements?July 5, 2024By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAWhile the FTC's decision to ban noncompete agreements has already been appealed and the ban is by no means a certainty, veterinary practices have been widely contemplating the potential demise of this practice and what it means for both veterinary associates and practice owners alike.Â
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: Vet techs can help make your clinic more cat-friendlyJune 12, 2024By Jamie Rauscher, LVTNAVTA president on how credentialed veterinary technicians can be instrumental in helping educate  their co-workers and clients in the benefits of implementing cat-friendly interactions that will help to enhance appointment efficiency and overall human safety.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveWhy owning a veterinary practice is still a smart moveMay 30, 2024By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAThen there is the possibility of hanging your own shingle to consider. It is no stretch to claim there is still room in our profession for upstart strip mall practices and tiny, one-exam-room, hole-in-the-walls. There are plenty of nontraditional practice alternatives to consider, too.
