AVMA@Work – American Veterinary Medical Association

The AVMA Executive Board recently replaced two dated policies addressing delivery of veterinary services by not-for-profit or tax-exempt organizations with a more detailed, comprehensive policy that recognizes that such organizations help provide access to important medical and surgical services for animals owned by the indigent and otherwise underserved populations. However, the policy also calls for the organizations to comply with applicable federal, state [...]

Persistence, as they say, pays off. When you have a partner pulling on the same end of the rope, your chances of success are even greater. Such persistence and collaboration recently helped the AVMA and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences create another valuable resource for veterinarians looking for authoritative information about waste disposal and [...]

This is part 2 of our 3-part series on the AVMA’s recent efforts to “go green.” If you haven’t already read it, also check out part 1: Building renovations help AVMA go green If you’re thinking about ways to make your veterinary clinic or office more eco-friendly, you might take a page from the AVMA’s [...]

A couple of my co-workers and I recently checked in with AVMA Budget Director Kim Michael-Lee to get an update on what the AVMA is doing to benefit the environment. AVMA started using recycled office paper a while back (it’s both environmentally friendly and cheaper, it turns out!), and we wondered what other eco-friendly efforts [...]