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,

Face it: your clients are online. 15 years ago, when a pet owner had a medical question they’d go to their veterinarian first then go home and research what they heard. What do they do now? Right. When people have a sick pet, most go online first THEN call the veterinarian if they think their problem is worth an office visit. With the

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the the benefits of volunteering and the social good that comes from giving your time and experience to a good cause. I’m fortunate to serve on the AVMA’s Veterinary Economic Strategy Committee, and have done so for the last year or so. This committee is tasked with developing specific recommendations for the Executive Board