Nationwide® partners with Walmart on first-of-its kind pet prescription program
Source: Nationwide, January 29, 2021. Link. From the article: Preferred pricing and the opportunity to have claims for covered drugs processed at the counter of a major retail pharmacy is a first for the pet health insurance industry.
How does reducing swine herds’ stillborn rate pencil out?
Source: PORK, January 28, 2021. Link. Attending farrowing of sows going into labor naturally will result in the greatest piglet survival. Inducing to facilitate supervision is next highest. . .
Panosteitis in puppies: Growing pains in dogs
Source: Revival Animal Health, January 27, 2021. Link. “The easiest way to understand panosteitis is to draw similarity to “growing pains” seen in teenage humans, Marty Greer, DVM
What’s next when your apology is not accepted?
Source: SmartBrief, January 19, 2021. Link “Don’t let emotions become an impediment to improving a relationship and situation. Use the mind as an ally, not an enemy.”
What patients like — and dislike — about telemedicine
Source: Harvard Business Review, December 08, 2020. Link.
Note the shift in mindset happening with more people feeling important and cared for because a virtual visit was scheduled. Those experiences might transfer to animal health.