VitusVet’s newest mobile app, VitusConnect, provides a convenient, secure, and documented platform for veterinary text & picture communication.

Columbia, Maryland - July 20, 2016 – VitusVet, a veterinary mobile app developer based in Columbia, Maryland, is announcing the launch of VitusConnect - the first app designed specifically for pet health professionals to text and picture message their clients.

VitusConnect is available for free to veterinary practices through the iOS and Android app stores, and does not require any software installation on the veterinary clients’ phones.

Veterinary medicine has reached the precipice of a fantastic turning point.  For years, the pet ownership market has been stagnant - stable through rough economic waters, but offering little quarter to rising numbers of veterinary graduates.

However, recent statistics show that there is much more than a glimmer at the end of the tunnel! We are beginning to see veterinary medicine emerge under blinding stadium lighting, ready for the primetime, all because of two demographic trends: the novel attitudes of Millennial pet owners, and the resiliency of baby boomers.  In this blog we will be focusing on the former.

Two years ago marked a dramatic turning point in the continued evolution of the web: the smartphone dethroned the desktop as king of connected devices.  More than 80% of internet users own a smartphone and the usage gap will only continue to widen.

What does this have to do with veterinary medicine?  Our profession has always maintained a healthy scientific skepticism, and sometimes this translates into a reluctance to embrace newer technologies.  Thus, we have become the sad beneficiaries of the pet portal, a revolutionary solution only for denizens of the early 2000s.

Depending on the platform, ”pet portals” allow owners to view veterinary records, make appointments, request medications or food, print vaccination histories, read clinic news, and other assorted functions.  Sounds okay, right?  Not in a world dominated by smartphones!