Building the Successful Veterinary Practice, Volume 3, Innovation & Creativity – Thomas E. Catanzaro

Detailní popis produktu

A noted veterinary practice management consultant, Catanzaro draws on his own extensive experience and that of other consultants, writers, and speakers to bring together the essential tools for individual brainstorming and organisational restructuring. Liberally illustrated with examples, tables, chats, and forms, and full of exercises for stimulating creativity, this volume focuses on hiring strategies and job redesign, establishing leadership and building a client base, learning and teaching new techniques, and, last but not least, money matters. It offers advice and insights on a wide range of particulars, from marketing gimmicks to computerised medical records to fiscal shelters. Culminating and capping an indispensable series, it will be essential to the ongoing success of any veterinary practice.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas E. Catanzaro, DVM, MHA, FACHE, Diplomate, American College of Healthcare Executives, is the first veterinarian to receive Board certification with the American College of Healthcare Executives. From 30 years in the field as a practitioner, hospital services director for AAHA, and consultant, Catanzaro brings a wealth of experience and proven techniques together. In the last decade he has visited, assisted, or consulted with over 1,200 veterinary practices in the United States, Canada, and Japan. Widely published and in demand as a speaker, Catanzaro addresses areas of skill that are not usually included in a veterinarian’s formal education.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Evolving Perspectives of Veterinary Practice; The Right Person for the Right Job; Creative Client Power-Up; Leadership before Delegation; Building the Learning Environment; Appendices: Empowering the Team; Styles of Training Profile; How to Hire a Winner; 101 Veterinary Practice Management Gimmicks; Computerised Medical Records; Medical Record Audits; Do the Unusual as if It Were Usual; Coping Self-Assessment; Team Creativity Exercises; Leadership Profile in the New American Veterinary Practice.