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One Appointment, Three Pets
- Posted by Pamela Stevenson
- on Jan, 01, 2007
- in Client Communications, DVM360, First Line, Practice Management, Publications
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Q: Clients sometimes schedule an appointment for one pet and show up with several. What should we do? “It depends,” says Karen Sabatini, a Firstline Editorial Advisory Board member and a receptionist at Ardmore Animal Hospital in Ardmore, Pa. “We usually handle these clients as we would drop-ins. Unless it’s an emergency, we try to schedule an […]
Read MoreI’m Sick Of Overtime!
- Posted by Pamela Stevenson
- on Feb, 01, 2006
- in DVM360, First Line, Human Resources, Practice Management, Publications
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Q. No one follows our time schedules—I regularly work at least 30 minutes after my shift was supposed to end. Is this fair? “Rather than asking, ‘Is this fair?’ I recommend tracking the reason your shift isn’t ending on time for 30 days,” says Pamela Stevenson, CVPM, a practice management consultant who owns Veterinary Results […]
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