by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 27, 2008 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Can Improve When They Buddy Up To Beat The Battle of the Bulge A Combined Dog/Owner Partnership Can Help Both Succeed in a Weight Loss Program A study by Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Hill’s Pet Nutrition, “The People and Pets Exercising Together (P-PET)”...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 27, 2008 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter
To Reject Animal Drug Linked to Antibiotic Resistance in Humans Drug Manufacturer Vows to ‘Continue to Pursue Approval Activities The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being urged to follow the recommendation of the FDA’s scientific advisory committee to...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 26, 2008 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Allergy Sufferers Can Now Enjoy Cat Ownership Dr. Sheldon Spector, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine, has designed a protocol and conducted an independent exposure trial that attests the hypoallergenic nature of the ALLERCA GD cat, the...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 26, 2008 | Articles, Hiring, Newsletter, Staff Management
The personal interview represents the basic process to use for selecting the best available person for a job. Relying on the interview process for finding the right person demands that the interviewer possesses the necessary expertise for planning and conducting an...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 26, 2008 | Articles, Hiring, Issue 07, Newsletter
It’s amazing how prevalent issues involving hiring and firing personnel can be across a spectrum of vocations. As probably the only practice management publication that conducts ongoing surveys of doctors in various healthcare professions, our surveys continue to...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 26, 2008 | Articles, Issue 07, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
A Major Practice Management Success Story Practice: Vision Concepts Location: Springfield, TN Dr. Steve Schoemer, an optometrist twenty miles outside of Nashville, Tennessee, had a cash flow problem. Although his practice was growing 10-20 percent every year, his...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 20, 2008 | Articles, Dentistry, Issue 08, Newsletter, Practice Areas
Some Medication Warning Labels Are Tough to Swallow More than 32 million adults are at risk of dry mouth, or xerostomia, caused mainly by prescription and over-the-counter drug products. Dry mouth can lead to extensive decay, serious oral infections and make it...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 06, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Confusion About Eye Care Providers, Training, M.D. Status Survey Highlights Need for Education; Consumer Group Offers Tips, White Paper A survey commissioned by the National Consumers League finds that when it comes to eye care, many consumers – in Oklahoma and across...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2007 | Articles, Featured Optometry, Issue 06, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Optometrists Anticipate ‘Boom’ in Eye Diseases as Baby Boomers Turn 60 – Save Your Vision Month Promotes Regular Eye Exams In a year where an estimated 2.8 million baby boomers will celebrate their 60th birthday, age-related eye diseases are becoming increasingly...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2007 | Articles, Featured Optometry, Issue 06, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
American Optometric Association Urges Americans to Take Proper Contact Lens Precautions to Protect Against ‘Fusarium Keratitis’ Doctors of optometry from the American Optometric Association’s (AOA) Contact Lens and Cornea Section urged contact lens wearers to take...
