Veterinary Industry
What dog shortage?
I am a hospital administrator in Tempe, Arizona, and have worked here for nine years.
Finance
The real deal
Getting a good deal for your hospital involves more than just the sales price. The sales terms could have an impact on your personal finances and lifestyle for years afterward.
Veterinary Industry
Opportunity Knocks
The bond PetGeners share is remarkable. As they leave their parents’ homes, they are getting a “fur baby,” for whom they provide the very best in food, holiday gifts, veterinary care and beyond.
Patient Care
Give it your best shot
If your practice act allows, you can essentially run a vaccination clinic each day, every day, for clients whose pets had a qualifying full physical examination and met the VCPR.
Personal/Professional Development
Choosing wisely
By being aware of our mindset in the moment as an open-minded observer of ourselves, we have the possibility of choosing.
Practice Management
How is your hospital’s culture?
Your hospital’s culture helps to differentiate you from your colleagues. When artfully crafted and actively managed, your culture should be unique and compelling.
Veterinary Industry
Henry Schein to spin off vet division
A tax-free merger with Vets First Choice will create a company called Vets First Corp.
Government/Regulations
Of Nurses and Unions
Key questions in both initiatives are whether clinic morale and teamwork would be affected positively or negatively.
From the Editor
A Growth Opportunity
Leave a phone message for Mark Opperman, CVPM, and odds are the practice consultant extraordinaire won’t call back from his home base of Lawrence, Kansas.
Personal/Professional Development
Hire a business pro
During my lunch today I read the April/May 2018 copy of your magazine (along with Harvard Business Review) and enjoyed just about all of it.