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    I work at a small private clinic. The cost for Cubex is way too much. We use our practice software, a written log as well as weighing the liquid drugs. Each state has its own regulations, so you need to follow them. The medication logs are compared every ...

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    We are a smaller hospital, but we went with vetsnap. We also use their electronic safes. It all integrates with our PIMs and has reduced our missed charges as well as logs. I won't say eliminate, as we are still early in the process. ------------------------------ ...

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    CUBEX...CUBEX....CUBEX We added a small fee to every script that more than covers the cost for us. We budgeted a portion as what the salary would look like for the person(s) that was managing controlled. We started with a Mini Plus and expanded to ...

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    Speaking from prior experience, I would not recommend it. It is certainly less profitable for the practice to pay a DVM much more than 25%, and if you go higher than that, you're going to have to likely raise your prices for the services which could mean ...

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    RE: In-House U/S

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    We have purchased our last two ultrasounds (both GE units) through Sound. Sound has an excellent training facility in Texas that you can send some team members to for free when you purchase a unit with them. Then for further training, you can do on an ...

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    I'm not in AZ but we actually have a very different policy that if you call out we will use your PTO for the shift automatically. This leads people that are concerned financially to not call out without trying to switch shifts because they don't want ...

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    RE: Tech Fees

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    We have always charged a tech fee for our tech appts with no client complaints. The fee is about 1/3 of the Dr's exam fee and the techs treat it as their own full appt which makes the clients happy & keeps our techs proud of their work. The techs will ...

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    I have used them in the past during Covid but not since then. My experience was hit and miss. Some of the DVM's were fantastic, friendly, knowledgeable, and thorough. Others knew they would only be in my hospital occasionally so did the bare minimum. ...

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