You’re intrigued, but still cautious. AI is making its way into veterinary medicine, and you’re not quite sure what to learn first or how to prepare. The truth is, most clinics aren’t using AI daily, but the shift is happening quietly in pockets of the profession. A practice down the road is testing voice scribes. A referral hospital is running AI-assisted radiology review in the background. Vet schools are weaving AI into their curriculum.

The gap between “that’s interesting” and “I should probably know how this works” is closing faster than you think. If you remember when practice management software first arrived, this feels similar. Initially awkward, eventually essential. This isn’t about becoming a tech expert or changing how you practice medicine. It’s about building comfort with tools that will feel normal in a year or two, so as your practice begins to sensibly embrace AI, you’re curious instead of resistant, confident instead of overwhelmed. Here’s what to focus on now…

The practices that keep their best people aren’t necessarily paying the most. They’re doing something more strategic. They’ve figured out that retention starts long before someone considers leaving, it’s built into everyday systems that make talented professionals think “I don’t want to work anywhere else.”

Strategies that create that kind of loyalty are often not overly complex. We asked practices in the Veterinary Jobs Marketplace network to share their go-to retention tactics that work whether you’re running a two-person clinic or managing multiple locations. Here’s what actually keeps your team in their fur-ever home…

Your technicians are asking about it. Your associates saw it at the conference. The practice down the street just rolled one out. The scribe app conversation isn’t theoretical anymore, it’s happening everywhere. With 25+ options fighting for your attention and monthly fees stacking up fast, how do you choose without burning months and thousands of dollars testing the wrong ones?

The good news? You don’t need to demo every option or decode marketing claims to find your answer. Five specific questions will tell you which scribe app fits your actual workflow, not just your wishlist. Here’s how to evaluate scribe apps the way practices who successfully adopted them wish they had from day one…