VITUSVET BLOG

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don’t need to tell you how massive the Internet is, or that it’s here to stay. Like it or not, our clients are looking online for pet information and that’s not going to change. Although we all

The glory days of old are gone. The time has passed where you could merely hang out your shingle as a veterinarian and be successful. As is now well known, veterinary supply is growing faster than veterinary demand, which increases

I always tell people that being a veterinarian is more of a calling than a job. Like many of you, it never really crossed my mind to be anything OTHER than a veterinarian. In my career I've worked