HOSPITAL PROFILE
VETERINARY PRACTICE West Rome Animal Clinic Rome, Georgia
Dan Pate, DVM
OFFICE 5,000 square feet 4 exam rooms
EQUIPMENT, SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY • Abaxis Lab Equipment • Blueprint for Success (now GPS) • DesignEdge Design Services • Ellman Electrosurgery Unit • ePetHealth • Fuji CR Digital X-ray • K-Laser • Medical Illumination Dual MI-1000 Surgery Lights
• Medical Illumination MI-500 Exam Lights • Midmark Canis Major Electric Lift Table with Scale
• Mindray Ultrasound • Nomad Pro Handheld Dental Generator • Patterson Preventative Maintenance Agreement
• PVU Management and Executive Courses • Schick 33 Dental X-ray Sensor • Sedecal X-ray Machine • Shor-Line Cat Condos • Shor-Line Drop-In Tubs • Summit Hill Oxygen Generator • Vaporizer Exchange Program • Versa II Anesthesia Machine • VetSource Home Delivery • VSSI Stainless – Cages, Runs, Doors, Grooming
Getting the ball rolling A conversation with his wife four years ago got him thinking about designing a new building. She had always been encouraging, but something about that conversation really took hold. “I thought, ‘Wow. If I am going to do this, I better do this,’” said Pate.
And with his wife’s encouragement, he signed up for the two-day course that covers everything from financing to design. The course was Blueprint for Success, now called Guiding Practice Success (GPS) and it watered heavily a seed that had begun to grow 26 years ago: building his own state-of-the-art clinic.
All the experts in one place Going to the two-day GPS conference was a turning point. There, veterinarians get to hear from veterinarian-specific financial experts. CPAs, office designers, general contractors, marketers, business planners, inventory specialists and more – all in one place. GPS can even help veterinarians secure the financing they might need. Held throughout the United States and Canada, GPS is hosted three times a year.
For Pate, getting all these experts in one place and being able to meet them face to face was a great first step. But getting a hands-on experience with the equipment was quite another. “Getting to put my hands on the equipment and really feel it was very helpful. It helps set us up and gives us a visual of what it will be.” >>
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