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6 Uses for AI in Vet Practices That Are Almost TOO Intelligent

As functionality continues to grow, AI is on track to bring surprising capabilities to practices. We've looked at how AI is already integrated into practice operations, as well as what's on the horizon.

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Back to school: the perfect time to look at CE for your practice

A conversation with Oriana Gradeles-Scislowicz, Learning Experience Design Manager for Patterson Veterinary University, regarding why practice owners and managers should consider CE for their teams as part of back-to-school planning.

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It's All In the Content: 5 Tips on How To Write a Blog To Educate Pet Owners

Blogs are powerful tools for both client education and helping your website maintain a high ranking on search engine result pages. But where to begin? Start with these tips from Beyond Indigo Pets President and CEO, Kelly Baltzell.

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They Ate What?! Identify the Foreign Body in 3 Unusual Radiographs

In celebration of Patterson Veterinary and Patterson Teleradiology powered by Vetology AI sponsoring the 2023 “They Ate What?!” radiograph contest, we're sharing three of the most unusual cases of pets ingesting things that were definitely not kibble...

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How a Morning Huddle can Optimize your Technology

The first step in implementing practice-changing equipment and technology is making the initial investment. The next step, equally important, is ensuring that you actually use it to the benefit of both your patients and your practice. Taking a thoughtful approach to how you pass the baton as a client/patient moves through the visit helps do that in a number of ways. It positions every member of your team as an expert with the patient’s best interests at heart. It helps patients follow through on treatment plans. Best of all, it increases case acceptance, leading to healthier patients and a healthier practice.

How to Survive and Thrive at a Veterinary Tradeshow

Tradeshows can be chaotic, crowded and downright confusing. But they can also be enlightening, educational and even entertaining. Love them or hate them, tradeshows provide industry professionals with the ultimate place to gather, network and learn. Want to discover new products and services that can enhance your business? How about the opportunity to meet experts and identify best practices? Add a tradeshow or two to your 2018 calendar! The trick is surviving – and thriving – on a busy tradeshow floor. Here are 7 tips and tricks on how to successfully navigate and conquer your next tradeshow.

How One Veterinarian Solved Multiple Problems with Technology

How do you go from veterinarian to CEO of a tech company? One step in front of the other. At least that’s the way Dr. Stacee Santi of Durango, Colorado, describes it. “Suddenly you’re on the journey, and you don’t even realize it,”Santi explained during a recent chat.

6 Habits Veterinarians Should Develop in 2018 for Better Work-Life Balance

As we welcome the New Year and ring in new resolutions, have you considered making work-life balance a priority in 2018? With job stress and burnout a serious reality for many veterinarians, finding solutions to alleviate that stress is paramount to your health. Are you physically, emotionally or mentally exhausted? Do you lack the energy to be productive on a consistent basis? Are you experiencing headaches or other physical symptoms? Are you putting in long hours at work, sacrificing your personal life?

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In his seminal 2000 book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell outlines what sociologists call the diffusion model. It’s a way of looking at how an idea or a product gets adopted, with data to back it up.

9 Steps to Supercharge Your Veterinary Practice

“Caring for animals of course comes first. But at the end of the day, if you don’t make a profit, you’re not going to help anybody.” Dr. Pate confesses to always being a fiscally conservative person, a trait he believes he shares with others drawn to the veterinary field. Add to that the recession, when everyone was hit hard, and Pate continued to question the numbers. While his wife was convinced that “If you build it, they will come” would work, Pate wasn’t. Until it happened. Dr. Pate has doubled the size of his previous practice to 5,000 square feet, with four exam rooms, five luxury suites and a state-of-the-art surgery suite.

5 Ways to Have Fun at Your Veterinary Office

Has the mood in your veterinary clinic felt a bit dreary lately? Or, maybe your coworkers seem a little more disengaged than usual? We spend a third of our lives at work, so why not spice things up? Packing fun into your workplace can help build camaraderie, increase productivity, enhance employee satisfaction, and encourage creativity. Make your employees eager to come into the office by setting up a pleasant, productive, inviting environment that’s conducive to getting work done. We challenge you to rejuvenate your office with one of these 5 “Fun at Work Day” ideas.

10 Stats that Will 100% Convince You to Start Texting Your Clients

Every vet practice knows that putting the client first is essential to both current success and future growth. But “putting the customer first” isn’t merely a task that can be checked off a list of to-do’s. Rather, it requires ongoing attention and a willingness to constantly evolve to meet the ever-changing preferences of your clients.

Why Leadership Matters

Leadership often reminds me of a story I once heard about a farmer preparing for an incoming storm. He had finished gathering the animals into the barn, when he noticed a small flock of birds getting caught up in the gusts of wind, circling, trying to find shelter. He opened the barn doors and tried to guide them and somehow communicate to the birds to enter the barn, but it was of no use. He simply couldn’t make the birds understand. Frustrated, the farmer thought, “If I could just become a bird, if only for a moment, I could lead them to safety.”

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