May 2022

AAHA immediate past president Pam Nichols, DVM, CCRP, talks about changing your narrative, and making a positive change in your practice and life. Also, Dear AAHA answers a question about radiology training, and, an introduction to AAHA Community.

News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include:

• AVMA Provides Workplace Wellbeing Certificate Program
• Pet Ownership Can Boost Brain Power
• Five Trends to Watch in Pet Care and Products

and more!

With a changing climate already affecting veterinary hospitals, protecting the investment in buildings and business becomes paramount. Insurance may drive some of the updating as larger, more frequent, and unusual weather events are prompting higher premiums and tighter policy language. Best practices can help avoid or mitigate potential problems.

With the pandemic dragging into a third year, there’s no time like the present to harness the power of AI to help streamline workflows, prevent burnout, and practice top-notch medicine.

Burnout isn’t a medically recognized condition—you won’t find it in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, for example. But according to experts, it’s a very real condition.

What if you could sneak a peek inside other veterinary practices’ financials to see how you stack up? Drill down to discover whether you really have lost income to online pharmacies, or if it just feels that way? Or see into the future with “If I do this, then that happens” scenarios?

Financial benchmarking can do that for you.

Personalized medicine refers to a field in which practitioners use diagnostic and genetic tests to determine the best course of treatment for individual patients. Despite veterinary medicine seeing higher rates of burnout and more overwhelmed clinics, personalized medicine—also known as precision care— is still relevant. In fact, it is perhaps more relevant than ever.

Tracy Pinsky, Veterinary Assistant at Veterinary Medical Center, Easton, Maryland, is the May 2022 EOTM Winner!