DVM Newsmakers' Summit: Consumer expectations, standards of care are changing, panelists say July 1, 2008

Editor's Note: Understanding consumer behavior can help you as a clinician and business manager. DVM Newsmagazine asked five veterinary market leaders to join this year's DVM Newsmakers' Summit at CVC East in Baltimore. Following is the second of three excerpts from the panel discussion; the final one will be published next month.

DVM Newsmakers' Summit: Exploring the consumer psyche June 1, 2008

DVM Newsmagazine asked five market leaders to talk about consumer attitudes.

HSUS readies launch of new veterinary association January 1, 2008 By: Jennifer Fiala

GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Consumers are driving a new animal-welfare agenda, says Humane Society of the United States front man Wayne Pacelle. And he wants veterinarians to join his cause by spearheading a new veterinary association.

Drought having minimal effect on DVMs - so far December 1, 2007

Atlanta — The Southeast's worst drought in more than a century seems to have caused few problems so far for veterinary hospitals, other than some browned-out lawns.

Anatomy of a state board hearing October 1, 2007 By: James M. Lewis

With the number of client complaints on the rise, more veterinarians sooner or later will have to answer to their state regulatory boards.

A malpractice doctrine August 1, 2007 By: Daniel R. Verdon

Animal-law expert Barbara Gislason, a Minneapolis attorney, believes the time is ripe for veterinary medicine to help design a fair system to resolve the emotional-value issue in malpractice claims. Otherwise, she warns, the courts will do the job, and the profession might not like the outcome.

Schaumburg, Ill. - 3/30/07 - Dr. Ron DeHaven, administrator of the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has been named the new executive vice president at the American Veterinary Medical Association. With more than 25 years of public health experience, DeHaven will succeed Dr. Bruce Little, retiring this year after service as executive vice president since 1996.

DVM Newsmaker's Summit: A changing business model November 1, 2006

Dr. Walther: The changes occurring in our business model for the most part are going faster than any of us realize. But what does the future hold? Is solo practice, please excuse the expression, a dead horse? Are the requirements of the practice, both as a professional and as a manager, too much for a single practitioner? What is the proper size for a multi-doctor practice? What practice model will allow us to have time off and take emergency calls? Is it going to be four, five or six? Right now, four to five doctors seem to be the number, but I think that, too, is up for grabs. What place does our profession have for corporate practices? They're growing; they're profitable. They find, as we are finding, a shortage of veterinarians to run them. How will the supply of veterinarians impact them?

DVM Newsmakers: Counter-terrorism October 1, 2006 By: Daniel R. Verdon

Every veterinarian has a role to play, says Smith. "It starts locally and runs to the highest levels of government."