In an effort to improve benchmarking throughout the veterinary profession, American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) has collaborated with Veterinary Management Groups (VMG) to provide a free online version of its popular financial management resource, Chart of Accounts.

The AAHA/VMG Chart of Accounts is a valuable tool that will allow practitioners to better organize practice finances in line with generally accepted accounting principles.

For the fourth consecutive year, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) is offering Future Service Scholarships to support future cattle veterinarians graduating from the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Veterinary Medicine.

BI formed an alliance with the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association Foundation to offer this unique scholarship to graduating seniors at ISU. The final amount of the scholarship is determined by BI veterinarian and producer customers submitting box tops from Pyramid® 5 and Pyramid® 5 + Presponse® SQ product boxes.

BI will donate the following to fund the Future Service Scholarships. The donation is doubled for producers and veterinarians who participate in the Iowa Green and Gold Tag Preconditioning Program .

* $2.50 per 100 doses of PYRAMID 5 + PRESPONSE SQ

* $1.25 per 100 doses of PYRAMID 5

From now through Dec. 31, 2017, producers and veterinarians throughout Iowa are encouraged to help fund the scholarship by clipping their box tops. Producers should forward their box tops to their veterinary clinics. Clinics then work with their BI sales representatives to submit to:

Boehringer Ingelheim 

c/o Shanya Hunter 

3902 Gene Field Road 

St. Joseph, MO 64506

 

Do you have an associate veterinarian who is a recent graduate?

Did you hire a new team member?
Does your staff need a refresher course in the importance (and necessity) of preventive healthcare to your practice and patients?

 

If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, then we encourage you to check out the Partners for Healthy Pets Preventive Healthcare Certificate Program. It is a free, ten-module certificate program designed for healthcare team members, veterinarians and veterinary students. The modules explore the tools and resources that are available to communicate the benefit of preventive healthcare to your clients.

The learning modules include:

• Implementing Preventive Healthcare Guidelines in Your Practice
• Monthly Preventive Healthcare Payment Plans
• Internet Marketing and Social Media
• The ABC's of Successful Communication Skills (verbal and non-verbal)
• The 360° View of Becoming a Feline-Friendly Practice

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is the adage from Benjamin Franklin and it is as true today as it was over a hundred years ago. Using this self-paced course, you and your team can sharpen your skills and gain new knowledge on how to provide the highest quality of preventive healthcare in conjunction with yearly checkups.

 

Click here to start today! 

Microchips greatly increase the chances that pets will be reunited with their families if they are lost or stolen...but a microchip only works if its registration information is accurate.

To remind pet owners to have their pets microchipped and to keep the registration information up-to-date, AVMA and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) joined together to create "Check the Chip Day."

Visit the Check the Chip Day Toolkit

for AVMA Member Veterinarians with lots of ideas and resources to help your clinic promote "Check the Chip Day" in your community. Including:

• Stress-free ways to observe the day.
• Social Media Posts and Images
• Newsletter Article and a Sample Press Release