The Kirby’s Rule of 20 is a classic checklist of 20 important patient parameters. Its creator, Rebecca Kirby, double board-certified in internal medicine and critical care, is the former owner of Animal Emergency Center in Glendale, Wisconsin.
This checklist would help create good discussion at an upcoming practice team meeting. Don’t forget to discuss what it means to give TLC.
Source: Veterinary Practice News, January 10, 2017.
Incorporating all 20 parameters on your standard treatment sheet may be difficult, but they can easily be added to a separate document. This is how you can progress from offering so-so treatments to providing stellar patient care.