Making the Most of Veterinary Software

Implement a comprehensive plan to improve business management and patients' vet EMR

Veterinary clinics nationwide use veterinary practice management software to improve client communications and billing practices. A move toward paperless veterinary medicine has made the development of an electronic medical record (EMR) an absolute necessity. As clients demand more personalized and efficient services and portable pet health records, preeminent veterinary software programmers have begun to develop software modules that better serve patients, clients and veterinarians, alike.

As you look into building upon services you currently offer clients, the type of veterinary computer programs your practice uses may limit, or expand, your capabilities. Take your veterinary information system to the next level, and employ:

1. Marketing, accounting and human resources reports and tools within your veterinary hospital software,

2. Improved client communication with the help of service providers specializing in eye-catching publications using your veterinary clinic software database and

3. Value-added changes within the vet EMR to improve employee communication and promote building relationship equity among veterinarians, hospital staff and clients.

 

Combine veterinary software solutions, veterinary software companion tools to boost business

Premier providers of veterinary practice software have integrated most of the practice management data into reporting tools that enable practice managers and doctors to get a more complete picture of cash flow. If, for example, your practice is considering a large equipment purchase such as a crematorium, your veterinary computer program should be able to generate a report, using vet EMR billing codes, detailing how many pet cremations you've sent to an another facility within a specific time period. Using that data, you can then make an informed decision about what kind of return on investment you would see if you installed your own cremation facility.
Try: Contact your veterinary practice management software company's technical support professionals to access business planning and reporting features within the software you already own, or to ask about competitors' business modules. Choose ImproMed Infinity, DVMAX, AVIMark or DVM Manager, all long-standing leaders making the most of veterinary software.

Find client communication providers and programs that use your veterinary software

Many veterinarians focus so completely on patient care that they allow client communications to suffer. Building relationship equity is something that the right veterinary practice management software can help you accomplish, and with the help of direct-mail marketing and reminder services that are linked to your current-client database, you can improve client communications with little effort.
Try: Create customizable reminder cards online with IDEXX Cornerstone software for veterinarians. View a list of veterinary software programs that work with the Healthy Pet Magazine reminder service, which provides a customized magazine full of industry news and entertainment features as a replacement for the standard postcard reminder. The magazine uses client database downloads from your veterinary practice management software, and you can create a sample Healthy Pet Magazine to view online how the reminder would look for your practice.

Unlock the vet EMR "extras" hidden inside your software to improve business, patient care

Veterinary practice management software allows you to flag client and patient records and set up system alerts. Place alerts on clients who don't pay their bills so that front office staff can collect what's due and secure a hefty deposit before you provide any further services. Make a note of patients with existing health conditions, allergies or prescriptions that hospital staff may need to know about in the event of an emergency or hospitalization. Set up pharmacy alerts for controlled drug prescriptions that clients are refilling too quickly, or for drug interactions with maintenance medications.
Try: Learn more about making the most of veterinary software and your clinic's vet EMR design from the professionals at Veterinary Practice News. Discover what the vet EMR module within AVIMark can do for hospital communication and client relations, thanks to the trainers at Clinicworks.

 

• Merial Pharmaceuticals offers Frontline and Heartgard coupon mailings to your clients several times a year using your veterinary software client database, so ask your sales rep for more information.

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