As veterinary teams strive to provide essential veterinary care, it is increasingly challenging to meet client needs while minimizing the risk to the public and to clinic care teams. And yet, if the client has made the effort to bring their pet to a veterinary clinic, we have the opportunity to make the visit as effective, efficient, and valuable as possible. Telemedicine, diagnostic accuracy, speed to results, and comprehensiveness all play a role in reducing the need for repeat visits as well as optimizing speed to recovery. As veterinary care teams settle in to this temporary new normal, we will share opportunities to prepare for the postpandemic era with enhanced patient care and practice operations strategies.