Practice management

AVMA tools simplify and streamline business planning, accounting, budgeting, and market analysis—and your AVMA membership qualifies you for pricing discounts on important products and services.

Pricing strategy for veterinary practices
The way practices approach pricing is a critical part of business success. A value-based pricing model can help clients understand the worth of veterinary services and encourage regular veterinary care. Learn how to implement it in your clinic.

Business plan template
Writing a business plan isn’t a one-size-fits-all project, which is why this business plan template can be edited as needed based on the needs of your individual business. Business plans can be structured and formatted in many ways. Adjust the template as you see fit, and use only those sections that apply to your practice.

Market share estimator
Use our step-by-step worksheet to calculate the potential size of your local market, identify your current market share, and set realistic goals for practice growth.

Profit and loss calculator
This simple tool turns your P&L statement into a powerful source of insight to drive increased efficiency and innovation.

Standard chart of accounts
Your veterinary practice now has access to a free, powerful finance tool that will help you assess and improve financial health.

Veterinary Industry Tracker
Benchmark your transactional data against thousands of other veterinary practices with this interactive dashboard, updated daily.

AVMA Member Edge
Get even more value from your AVMA membership with exclusive offers and special deals on many of the products, services and solutions you use every day. You'll find solutions that save time and money on purchasing, supplies, travel, and much more.

Economic insights
AVMA's comprehensive and trusted economic data and analysis are valuable tools for practice owners who want to better understand their markets and benchmark themselves against top-performing practices.

Practice Pulse newsletter
Sign up to receive a monthly digest of key practice data, trends, and expert insight to bolster your business and keep you competitive.

Our teams are integral to practice success. We need them to work together with us to achieve common goals. This means we need to empower team members with tools and responsibility and monitor and manage their performance. We also need to create supportive, healthy workplaces that nurture individual and workplace wellbeing.

Tools to strengthen your veterinary team
Workplace culture can directly affect business success and contribute to better patient care. Strengthen and empower your veterinary team with these practical HR tools.

Utilizing credentialed veterinary technicians
Learn how to make full use of technicians' skills to provide higher levels of patient care and build a more efficient and healthy practice. 

Payroll and HR tools from Paylocity
As an AVMA member, you have access to a suite of HR and payroll solutions Paylocity—with AVMA-exclusive pricing that means savings up to 50%.

Workplace wellbeing
Developing and maintaining a culture of wellbeing is good for both team morale and your bottom line.

Leadership development
Leadership skills are critical in veterinary medicine. Use these resources to develop and hone your abilities and grow as a veterinary leader.

Clients trust veterinarians with their animals because they respect our expertise and knowledge. Building on that trust through compassion and communication increases the likelihood that patients will get the care they need. These materials will help you build on client relationships to increase compliance, expand access to care, and maximize patient outcomes.

Communicating with clients
The language we use when talking with clients can influence their decisions about their pets’ care and their perception of veterinary expertise. Discover words and phrases that build client trust, increase compliance, and enhance patient care.

Setting expectations to build positive relationships
The Positive Pet Care Guide and Effective Equine Care Guide are free resources that veterinary teams can use to help foster healthy lines of communication and positive partnerships between staff and animal owners. 

Providing charitable care—with help from your Foundation
AVMA's charitable arm, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, provides grants to reimburse AVMA members for low- or no-cost veterinary care of animals whose owners struggle financially. 

Finding clinical trials for patients
The popular Veterinary Clinical Trials Registry—formerly the AVMA Animal Health Studies Database—helps you connect clients with relevant clinical studies.

Educating clients and marketing your practice
Save time with AVMA tools that help you communicate with clients in person and online.

Day-to-day operation of a practice requires managing facilities and equipment, protecting data, properly disposing of waste, and complying with a wide array of legal requirements. These resources make that part of your job easier.

Emergency planning for veterinary practices
Learn critical steps that can help you prepare your practice for an emergency and minimize its impact on your business.

Cybersecurity for your practice
Discover common-sense steps you can take to lessen the likelihood of a cybersecurity breach – and to respond if one does occur.

Workplace hazard communications
Available only to AVMA members, this reference guide will help you make sure your workplace is compliant with the law.

Green veterinary practices
Being green isn't just the "in" thing; it's a responsibility connected closely to the One Health concept. It also can help your bottom line.

Personal protective equipment
Know what protective equipment is needed when working with patients, medications, laboratory specimens and substances.

Waste disposal by veterinary practices: What goes where?
Keep up with the rules, regulations, and best practices for waste disposal in your clinic.

Disposal of unwanted medications
We all know the importance of both prescription and over-the-counter medications. But when used, stored, or disposed of in the wrong way, they can become harmful to people, animals, and the environment.

Using digital technologies to deliver veterinary services can benefit animal owners, patients, and practitioners alike. Whether you're just beginning to explore connected care, or it's already an established part of your service offering, you'll find practical tools in the connected care resource center – from guidance to ensure you meet legal requirements, to tools for assessing potential technology partners.