By Jenny Alonge, DVM, FFCP
The growing pet population and a greater awareness of animal healthcare importance have led to a surge in demand for quality veterinary services. To meet these demands, many veterinarians are looking for strategic investments that will not only help their practice offer the highest quality medicine and provide an optimum client/patient experience, but also generate revenue and provide a productive work environment. Keep reading to learn about the best purchases that will grow your practice in 2024.
Veterinary practice management software helps you capture, store, and retrieve patient information, which improves data accuracy, patient care, and practice efficiency. A practice information management system (PIMS) benefits your practice by allowing you to better access and analyze data better, make more informed diagnostic and treatment decisions, optimize workflow efficiency, improve veterinary team communication and collaboration, and provide insights into your practice’s financial performance. Available PIMS features include:
More and more pet owners are realizing the importance of dental health care for their pet, and your practice should offer dental services that meet your clients’ needs. Essentials for a veterinary dental suite include:
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the veterinary field is growing steadily, helping veterinarians provide their patients with improved, more efficient diagnoses and treatments. Examples include:
Veterinary healthcare wearable devices that can provide you and your team with important information are growing in popularity. Wearable technologies now are capable of continuous, non-invasive monitoring of vital parameters, ECG activity, sleeping habits, activity level, food consumption, and certain behaviors such as scratching or shaking. These devices allow veterinarians to detect early illness signs, track the patient’s condition, and determine if treatment strategy changes are necessary. They also help owners know when their pet needs veterinary care.
You want your patients to receive the expert care they need, when they need it, but some clients may not be able to access or afford a specialist visit. However, services are now available that allow you to collaborate with veterinary experts to ensure you reach the correct diagnosis, which improves your patient’s health and increases your client’s satisfaction. These services connect you with a network of devoted board-certified veterinary specialists ready to share their expert knowledge.
Invest in your veterinary team with educational opportunities that help them meet their full potential. Investing in your team’s education not only empowers team members in their job, but can also grow your practice, because you will be able to offer more services as they acquire new skills. Also, consider certifying your team as Fear Free or Cat Friendly to help bring in more clients wanting a low-stress veterinary experience for their pet.
Telemedicine has many benefits, including the ability to easily assess a patient’s condition after hours, strengthening client relationships, reducing cases lost to after-hours emergency veterinary hospitals, reducing the burden on front-desk staff, and helping triage appointment scheduling. Considerations when choosing a telemedicine vendor include:
If you are looking for new technology or dental equipment to advance your veterinary practice, explore DVM Central’s extensive product categories that feature excellent quality animal health products from potential suppliers.
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