State Representative Karen McCormick, Boulder-D, wants to sponsor two pieces of legislation next session to help the field she loves.
DENVER — The struggles of veterinarians were highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many teams are still feeling overworked and overwhelmed, according to Mars Veterinary Health.
“Many of our counties in our state are labeled USDA shortage areas, meaning there are not enough veterinarians per population," said McCormick. “We're in a really tough situation, being able to graduate enough people that end up going into those shortage areas... There's really a mismatch between need and availability of veterinarians.
“There seems to be a lot of confusion about what they can and cannot do with telemedicine," Teller said about veterinary care and telehealth. “We can treat the pet, tweak the plan and we can do all of that through telemedicine, so they don't have to come back and see us... It's also great for true emergencies, like your pet ingested something toxic. And so we can do telemedicine to help deal with that immediately.