Lowell Ackerman: Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team (E-Book)

<p><b>A practical guide to identifying risks in veterinary patients and tailoring their care accordingly</b></p><p>Pet-specific care refers to a practice philosophy that seeks to proactively provide veterinary care to animals throughout their lives, aiming to keep pets healthy and treat them effectively when disease occurs.<i>Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team</i> offers a practical guide for putting the principles of pet-specific care into action. Using this approach, the veterinary team will identify risks to an individual animal, based on their particular circumstances, and respond to these risks with a program of prevention, early detection, and treatment to improve health outcomes in pets and the satisfaction of their owners.<br /><br />The book combines information on medicine and management, presenting specific guidelines for appropriate medical interventions and material on how to improve the financial health of a veterinary practice in the process. Comprehensive in scope, and with expert contributors from around the world, the book covers pet-specific care prospects, hereditary and non-hereditary considerations, customer service implications, hospital and hospital team roles, and practice management aspects of pet-specific care. It also reviews specific risk factors and explains how to use these factors to determine an action plan for veterinary care.  This important book:</p><ul><li>Offers clinical guidance for accurately assessing risks for each patient</li><li>Shows how to tailor veterinary care to address a patients specific risk factors</li><li>Emphasizes prevention, early detection, and treatment</li><li>Improves treatment outcomes and provides solutions to keep pets healthy and well</li></ul><p>Written for veterinarians, technicians and nurses, managers, and customer service representatives,<i>Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team</i> offers a hands-on guide to taking a veterinary practice to the next level of care.</p>

A practical guide to identifying risks in veterinary patients and tailoring their care accordingly&nbsp; Pet-specific care refers to a practice philosophy that seeks to proactively provide veterinary care to animals throughout their lives, aiming to keep pets healthy and treat them effectively when disease occurs.&nbsp;Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team&nbsp;offers a practical guide for putting the principles of pet-specific care into action. Using this approach, the veterinary team will identify risks to an individual animal, based on their particular circumstances, and respond to these risks with a program of prevention, early detection, and treatment to improve health outcomes in pets and the satisfaction of their owners.&nbsp;&nbsp;The book combines information on medicine and management, presenting specific guidelines for appropriate medical interventions and material on how to improve the financial health of a veterinary practice in the process.&nbsp;Comprehensive in scope, and with expert contributors from around the world, the book covers pet-specific care prospects, hereditary and non-hereditary considerations, customer service implications, hospital and hospital team roles, and practice management aspects of pet-specific care. It also reviews specific risk factors and explains how to use these factors to determine an action plan for veterinary care. &nbsp;This important book:&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers clinical guidance for accurately assessing risks for each patient&nbsp; Shows how to tailor veterinary care to address a patient&rsquo;s specific risk factors&nbsp; Emphasizes prevention, early detection, and treatment&nbsp; Improves treatment outcomes and provides solutions to keep pets healthy and well&nbsp; Written for veterinarians, technicians and nurses, managers, and customer service representatives,&nbsp;Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team&nbsp;offers a hands-on guide to taking a veterinary practice to the next level of care.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The editor

Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS, is an independent consultant, author, and lecturer in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA.