Problem-free patients — How to Promote a Lifetime of Care

Pet owners and their pets benefit from active, ongoing veterinary care throughout a pet’s life as a continuum of care, rather than just a passive transaction-based process. The strategy for providing a lifetime of care depends on three main areas of engagement – prevention, early detection, and treatment with facilitated compliance – preventing problems consistently in practice; detecting problems earlier, preferably when they are still subclinical and when there are typically the most options for intervention, and; managing problems appropriately given their anticipated treatment course.