INTRODUCTION: We know how hard it is to get the whole team together for training on a new system. But it's critical to your practice for everyone to work with VitusVet effectively. To that end, we have created three short (5 minutes or less) videos that your staff can watch on their next break in order to understand

With VitusVet, Nothing is Forgotten Our reminders feature helps pet owners with busy schedules or several caretakers working with their pets. Even though we all love our pets, sometimes it's hard to remember every single medication dose. You can now set up reminders to help simplify pet care. Once the reminders are set, the VitusVet app will notify

VitusVet - Bringing the whole family together. The VitusVet app connects your pets' information with your family and friends! Your entire family can use the app to ensure that your pet is receiving consistent and correct care. Going on vacation? No problem: Your kids or pet sitter can use the app for pet care assistance like walk instructions or grooming

Our team at VitusVet is proud to introduce our new smartphone app designed for pet owners, now available for (FREE) download in the App Store! The VitusVet App makes your pets’ veterinary records available to you 24/7 right in the palm of your hand. The records stored in the app include medical notes vaccine information lab work patient alerts

As a pet owner for 14 years, it felt as though I was taking the best possible care of my beautiful cocker spaniel. Looking back on it, I unfortunately had a tendency to let my busy schedule get in the way of providing my dog with the treatment he deserved. I made the common mistake of procrastinating when

I recently attended the 2nd annual 2014 AVMA Economic Summit that was held in Chicago. This is an annual gathering of veterinarians, thought leaders, and academics who are interested in the economic condition of our profession. It was hosted by the AVMA Veterinary Economic Strategy Committee, on which I am proud to serve. The speakers during the event

In my 20-year career as a veterinarian, I've worked in general practice, specialty/referral practice, and emergency practice. This experience has given me the ability to look at veterinary practice through multiple different lenses. One of the things that I've noticed is that there is still a big communication gap between ER/Specialty practices and general practices. What's the most

A changing world... I’ve been reading an incredible book called “If Disney ran your hospital: 9 ½ things you’d do differently” by Fred Lee. Although the book was published 10 years ago and is about human medicine, the messages are highly relevant to modern veterinary medicine. It might be tempting to dismiss correlations between veterinary hospitals and Disney resorts as

When I was an emergency veterinarian, I would see 2-3 patients every shift who had medical records that I needed but couldn't get. And I'm not talking about vaccine dates or prescription refills....I mean relevant, potentially life-saving information like X-Rays, labwork results, drug doses, or even something as simple as physical exam findings. Some of this is due to

I’ll assume for the sake of this blog that your practice has a Facebook page and that someone in your practice is spending time monitoring, refining, and measuring it’s performance. If your practice doesn’t have a Facebook page, stop reading this and get one ASAP! If you have one but you can't remember the last time you added content to it,