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How to Evaluate Veterinary AI: My Practical Checklist for Safety, Ethics, and Trust
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering veterinary medicine whether we’re ready or not. Some tools are excellent. Some are deeply flawed. Most lie somewhere in between. That doesn’t mean AI is bad. But it does mean you need to know what you’re using – just like any other medical tool.

Dr. Karen Bolten
Jun 258 min read


How to Tell If a Veterinary AI Tool Meets Global Safety Standards: A Guide to Certifications that Actually Mean Something
If you’re trying to evaluate whether an AI product is safe or ethically designed, you’ll quickly realize that there’s no universal standard - and formal regulation often isn’t required at all. That’s where internationally recognized standards come in. While not legally required, ISO and IEEE certifications can be strong indicators that a product is developed with serious attention to ethics, safety, security, and quality.

Dr. Karen Bolten
Jun 253 min read


Navigating AI Ethics, Guidelines, & Regulations Across Borders: A Global Snapshot for Vet Med Professionals
If you’re evaluating AI tools for your veterinary clinic, it’s easy to assume all companies are held to the same standards. But in reality, AI regulation and ethical frameworks vary dramatically depending on where a product is developed, deployed, or marketed. Below is a curated list of global guidelines, frameworks, and medical device policies to help you understand what standards AI developers should be following.

Dr. Karen Bolten
Jun 254 min read


How Veterinary AI Models Work: A Practical Guide to Evaluating AI in Vet Med
The article offers a practical guide to understanding and evaluating AI models in veterinary medicine, emphasizing critical assessment.

Dr. Karen Bolten
Mar 2910 min read


Getting Started with Continuous Improvement in Veterinary Practices
Continuous Improvement is a simple yet powerful philosophy, offering veterinary medicine research-backed methods and process-driven growth.

Dr. Karen Bolten
Feb 18 min read


3 Reasons Why You Cannot Find a New Associate (and What to Do)
We’re trained scientists. If hiring was simply a science, we’d likely already be following protocols, right? There’s absolutely a science to

Dr. Karen Bolten
Aug 30, 202011 min read


How to Win the Interviewing Game: Structured Interviews
If you are an employer reading this, chances are that at some point you have likely interviewed someone or will engage in the interview...

Dr. Karen Bolten
Aug 29, 20207 min read


The Human Resources “Resources” from the Government that You Didn’t Know Existed
I believe that human resources is one of the business areas that we fail the most in veterinary medicine. It’s not that we’re bad people or

Dr. Karen Bolten
Jul 16, 20203 min read
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