Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the Ride!
I am always amazed at the “coincidental” timing of things in my life. The more I see it happening, the less I think it’s truly coincidence, but that’s a discussion for another day. Last week I was...
View ArticleNew Policy on Not-for-Profits Delivering Veterinary Services
The AVMA Executive Board recently replaced two dated policies addressing delivery of veterinary services by not-for-profit or tax-exempt organizations with a more detailed, comprehensive policy that...
View ArticleGet Our Widgets: National Dog Bite Prevention Week
We’ve just released some widgets that you can place on your clinic, shelter or other website to help educate clients about dog bite prevention and National Dog Bite Prevention Week (which is right...
View ArticleNew Infographic Breaks Down Dog Bites by the Numbers
Did you know that males are more likely than females to be bitten by dogs? Or that dog bites were responsible for one-third of all homeowner liability insurance claims in the United States in 2011?...
View ArticleIs your practice ready for December 1, 2013?
That’s the deadline set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for employers – including veterinary practices with employees – to have trained their employees on the new label...
View ArticleFour weeks and counting to the OSHA compliance deadline of December 1, 2013
Is your practice ready for the December 1st compliance deadline? That’s the date by which the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires all employers – including veterinary...
View ArticleNeed help with your hazardous drugs?
Several products and even some drugs used in veterinary medicine are regulated as hazardous substances, and employers are legally obligated to have safeguards in place to help protect their employees...
View ArticleLooking for the poster on Best Management Practices for Pharmaceutical Disposal?
It’s been moved to the members-only webpage on Disposal of Pharmaceuticals, which is just one of the topics within the “Drug and Chemical Disposal” category of the “Clinical Resource” section of AVMA’s...
View ArticleProper disposal of controlled substances will become easier October 9th!
If the thought of having to dispose of controlled substances makes you cringe, you’re not alone. The good news is that the DEA has announced new regulations, establishing more options for the secure...
View ArticleWhat does the DEA’s final rule mean for veterinary practices?
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) final rule, published 9/9/2014 and effective 10/9/2014, will establish more options for the secure disposal of controlled substances by practitioners and their...
View ArticleOne veterinarian explores professional wellness
By Dr. Michelle Larsen: 2011 graduate of Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, an emergency veterinarian and clinic manager at Emergency Animal Clinic in Avondale, Arizona, and a...
View ArticleNew online reputation management resources for members
You come in to the clinic in the morning, ready for another full day dedicated to keeping animals healthy. But you walk in the door to the phone ringing off the hook, an overloaded inbox, an influx of...
View ArticleCelebrate National Veterinary Technician Week with AVMA resources
We appreciate veterinary technicians every day of the year, and we know that you do, too. Oct. 11-17 is National Veterinary Technician Week, and we’ve got some tools to help veterinarians say “thank...
View ArticleAVMA Board of Directors calls for more discussion on the Sunshine Act
After careful review and examination by several volunteer committees, the AVMA Board of Directors at its Jan. 8 meeting decided to take a position of “no action” on the Veterinarian Payments Sunshine...
View ArticleDEA acknowledges veterinarians’ ability to practice across state lines
With President Barack Obama’s signing of the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act in 2014, it became legal for veterinarians to carry controlled substances across state lines to provide complete medical...
View ArticleNew regulation requires overtime pay for more employees
Labor Department offers webinars to explain new rules A new rule finalized last week by the U.S. Department of Labor requires time-and-a-half overtime pay for far more salaried workers than previously...
View ArticleToolkit helps practices set up monthly wellness plans for clients
Your clients are used to making monthly payments for their gym membership, electric and phone service, and many other regular-use services. Is the idea of distributing payments for their pet’s...
View ArticleGet our clinic toolkit to celebrate Check the Chip Day
Waylon, a year-old orange tabby cat, disappeared from his home in Florida and turned up months later in Colorado. Jackie the pit bull was taken in as a stray in Milwaukee two years after she went...
View ArticleEveryone’s a critic: Resources for responding to negative reviews and social...
Social media provides great opportunities for veterinary practices to reach and educate clients and potential clients, but it also has a dark side. There used to be a “rule” that a happy customer told...
View ArticleWords matter: Tools for effective client communication
You know that face: the face your clients get when they don’t understand what you’ve told them, but they’re afraid to ask. Or maybe you’ve noticed their defensive body language or that “I’m not...
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