How to get clients to submit online formsJuly 25, 2025Save up to 15 minutes of history taking during appointment when you get clients to fill out forms in advance.
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Do you have a killer warning shot?July 24, 2025Dr. Greg Bishop shares the secret to transforming tough client conversations into five-star moments. His advice? A simple, proactive heads-up. Learn how a thoughtful warning before delivering hard news can defuse tension, foster trust, and keep tempers from flaring in the parking lot.
Disconnected veterinary platforms: A barrier to practice efficiencyJuly 23, 2025Implementing integrated systems can be daunting for practices accustomed to legacy platforms. Discover ways to address common barriers, such as cost, staff resistance, and the complexity of data migration.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveThe role of vets in animal-assisted interventionsJuly 16, 2025Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) employ this HAB, incorporating animals into health interventions that blend contemporary medicine with holistic approaches to enhance outcomes and quality of life. Veterinarians serve a key role in ensuring the safety of these programs and the health and safety of the animal participants, working together with various professionals and volunteers to ensure success.
Meeting clinical and educational standards in veterinary operating room designJuly 15, 2025Is your surgery suite up to code? Explore how well your practice aligns with the AVMA Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities requirements. Plus, check out gold-standard guidelines to real-world setups in this feature.
Is the clinic inventory controlling you?July 15, 2025A seasoned veterinarian reflects on two decades of inventory wins and woes—offering hard-earned lessons (and a few regrets) to help others tame the ever-chaotic inventory circus.
Vets' role in animal cruelty casesJuly 15, 2025This feature empowers veterinarians to confidently apply their skills in every aspect of animal cruelty prevention, from advocacy to forensics.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveWe don't like mutts, and I cannot lieJuly 10, 2025By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAYou know this is true: The purebred bias is our profession’s dirty little secret. We love our purebreds for lots of reasons, but if we are honest, we know it is because they make our profession what it is today—lucrative, for sure, but also challenging and exciting. Nothing satisfies my inner nerd like a Norwegian Forest cat from the Ukraine with all his IBD, cardiomyopathy, and LPLs.
Report: Misinformation, misconceptions can make pet obesity discussions difficultJuly 2, 2025A recent report provides a deep dive into the roles misinformation and misconceptions play in the global pet obesity crisis, with more than a quarter of pet owners surveyed, saying they lack understanding of what a healthy pet weight is.
Can you make your clients laugh?June 25, 2025A guide to delivering ‘surgically precise humor’ in the clinic and how it can help clients unload the mental weight of diagnoses and outcomes.