3 ideas are worth a look.
For veterinary clinics, selling to vets and small veterinary practice owners. We explored 6 ideas and searched for each one. 2 already exist.
Already exists, so we dropped them
- Cremation Pickup BookAngelpaw already runs RFID chain-of-custody tracking for pet cremation with vet clinics as partners. angelpaw.com
- Insurance Claim ChaserThe insurers themselves already run the submission flow and clinics can already submit on the owner's behalf by email or fax. vet.aspcapetinsurance.com
Referral Loop Tracker
Tracks each referral a clinic sends out and whether the owner actually booked, so closed loops are visible instead of assumed.
- Who pays
- Small veterinary practice owners
- The problem
- A vet sends a case to a specialist and never learns if the owner went. The clinic only finds out when the owner calls back weeks later, or never.
- The gap
- rVetLink is built for the specialty and emergency side to talk to referring vets, and the advice in the roundups is that a PIMS referral module is enough when volume is low. Nothing in the results is a cheap standalone loop-closer for the small primary clinic that just wants to know if the owner booked.
- Already out there
- IDEXX rVetLink idexx.com
Referral management between specialty or emergency practices and referring vets. Sits on the specialist side and is part of the IDEXX stack.
- Vet software referral roundup ustechautomations.com
Says the native PIMS module is usually enough when referral volume is low, so a second tool is hard to justify.
- IDEXX rVetLink idexx.com
- People asking for it
- Please call the referral hospital before you send reddit.com
Vets discuss the friction of coordinating with the referral hospital before sending a case.
- Personal vet refusing care after specialist reddit.com
Owner describes the gap in care between primary vet and specialist after a referral.
- Please call the referral hospital before you send reddit.com
- The big assumption
- Small clinics care enough about closed referral loops to pay for a separate tool rather than shrug and keep using the PIMS module.
- Test it this week
- Ask ten small practice owners how they currently find out whether a referred owner booked, and whether they have ever lost a case that way.
Locum Handover Notes
Structured handover notes for locum and relief vets covering open cases, callbacks and pending labs.
- Who pays
- Locum vets and the clinics that hire them
- The problem
- A locum finishes a shift and the next vet has to piece together what is still open from scattered notes. Pending labs and owner callbacks get dropped between shifts.
- The gap
- Co.Vet is an AI scribe and copilot for relief vets, so it writes notes for the locum. The results show nothing that is a shared handover record the next vet and the clinic both read, and the CVS app is only shift booking.
- Already out there
- Co.Vet co.vet
AI scribe and copilot for relief veterinarians that adapts to any PMS. It documents the locum's own work, not a shared handover between vets.
- CVS locum app cvsukltd.co.uk
Lets locums view shifts, negotiate rates, book and invoice. No clinical handover.
- Co.Vet co.vet
- People asking for it
- Always behind on records reddit.com
Vets describe falling weeks behind on records and the pressure to stay current.
- Questions about overtime for relief reddit.com
Relief vets told to finish records before leaving and tidy up cases, showing the handover burden lands on them.
- Always behind on records reddit.com
- The big assumption
- Locums will adopt a new handover tool when they work across many clinics with different systems and no authority to change process.
- Test it this week
- Interview five locums and five practice managers about the last bad handover and who, if anyone, would pay for a fix.
Controlled Drug Log
A simple digital controlled substance log with witness sign off that survives an inspection without the paper binder.
- Who pays
- Small veterinary practice owners
- The problem
- Clinics keep controlled drug logs on paper and one missing entry or mismatched count is a red flag in an inspection. Recreating logs from memory is risky and slow.
- The gap
- CUBEX and the CSI-360 cabinet are hardware-led inventory systems, and VetSnap is named as a digital tool but the results frame it inside larger compliance programs. The results show no cheap software-only log with witness sign off aimed at the small clinic that will not buy a cabinet.
- Already out there
- CUBEX cubex.com
Automated inventory platform with secure smart devices that tracks every dispense in real time. Hardware-led and aimed at hospitals.
- Shepherd CSI-360 shepherd.vet
RFID and weight-based controlled substance cabinet that integrates with Shepherd. Requires buying a cabinet.
- VetSnap thedvmoms.com
Digital controlled substance logging named by its sales director. Presented as part of a broader compliance process.
- CUBEX cubex.com
- People asking for it
- Controlled drug logs reddit.com
Techs discuss what the drug log actually requires before an audit.
- 5 signs your controlled drug routine needs a checkup aaha.org
Delayed entries and missing details are called red flags during an inspection.
- Veterinary controlled substance compliance guide ownerexchange.com
One count that does not match the log is enough to trigger trouble in a cyclic inspection.
- Controlled drug logs reddit.com
- The big assumption
- Small clinics will move off paper for a software-only log when the hardware vendors are telling them the cabinet is the answer.
- Test it this week
- Ask five small practice owners what they use today, what an inspection cost them last time, and whether they would pay monthly for a log with no hardware.