Smart Flow Blog

 I wasn’t always sure I wanted to have kids, but I was always sure that I wanted to have puppies. All the dogs in my herd I acquired as puppies. I went through the potty training stage, the chewing stage, the setting boundaries stage, and so on. At times it was difficult finding a pee spot here or a chewed up sock there. Now that I have a human child, I am not really sure what I got myself into.

The one thing I know for sure is that puppies are much easier to care for than toddlers and here is why:

It may come as no surprise (if you are a Smart Flow guru), that there are many ways to use the patient management system. Our team has found that clinics have so many different ways to approach how Smart Flow is used in their own flow of clinic events.

While we are constantly updating the system and making things even more awesome, there are some hidden treasures that some clinics are unaware of. Here is just one of the great hidden treasures to Smart Flow.

It really might be that I have a hard time making new friends or that I work so many hours I don't even know where to start. Of course, I have my long-time friends from way back before I even knew what veterinary medicine was all about and they've grown accustomed to my career path.

However, I find it so much easier to just surround myself with people that understand me best, and that means lots of veterinary professionals. Here's why:

There are so many things to love about veterinary medicine. It may not always be puppy and kittens all day long, but we sure have some things to love about our careers. Here are 50 things to love about veterinary medicine...

Controlling inventory is an essential and crucial part to the success or failure of many veterinary practices. The good news is that there are solutions to help manage and control inventory.

If you are not beginning to use a system that includes technology, you might already be behind the curve. The latest integration between Smart Flow, Cubex and your practice management system could be the very thing that saves your clinic.

Here are 4 reasons why you need inventory control (using Smart Flow and Cubex).

Once upon a time, not too long ago, in-house laboratory machines did not exist, digital x-rays were unheard of and nobody placed microchips. Veterinary medicine sure has come a long way and is continually evolving to enhance patient care and make everyone’s lives a little easier.

Since we’ve come such a long way, it is fun to fantasize about where we’ll be in the future. Here is how I see veterinary medicine changing in the next 100 years. First off, it will be all about technology. I imagine a world where microchips are still placed, but they instead hold an incredible amount of information that will transform the visit of our patients.

Emergency veterinary medicine is definitely not for the faint of heart. I have been fortunate enough to have worked in a busy emergency clinic that had many incredible cases. Some of the biggest lessons I learned came from the fact that I worked in an area with very low income that made a huge difference on treatment. Here are some things I learned...

Educating clients on pet health is one of the most important things veterinary professionals do on a daily basis. But, truth be told, people get pet health from the most unprofessional sources. These are the true stories of vet techs and their not so accurate conversations with pet owners about their health.

Precision, accuracy and safety are all things veterinary technicians strive for when monitoring anesthesia. The truth is, we have bad handwriting and are usually juggling many things at once to be completely focused on the patient at all moments. The great news is that the new wave of veterinary anesthetic monitoring covers all of these problems.

 There's a thousand things that run through a technician's head daily. In the span of an 8-12 hour shift these are just some of the thoughts that go running wildly through our heads.