Internet Coggins option cuts back on paperwork and time

The on-line, real-time, eEIA (Coggins) System is finally here!

By Don Höglund, MS, DVM

The standard paper Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) process has been in use for decades, and it hasn't changed much since its inception. That is, until now. In the US, many States' Agriculture Departments have informed veterinarians of the option to participate in the GlobalVetLink (GVL) eHealth Certificate system. Online eEIA (Coggins) certificates have been successfully implemented nationwide and are connected with all 50 states, including three US territories, via GlobalVetLink's online health certificates system.

GlobalVetLink brings your veterinarian online point-and-click Internet applications to create eEIA (Equine Infectious Anemia) certificates connecting the veterinarian directly with diagnostic laboratories for real-time results of eEIA tests. The system also enables your veterinarian to do away with the need to personally sketch the horse's distinguishing features, color patterns, and markings and in their place the eEIA form adds digital photos of the horse. Your veterinarian can create an eEIA certificate any time it's needed. No longer is there the need to inventory multi-part forms, mail, or file them.

It's simple, your veterinarian can assess GlobalVetLink through a secure web-based system—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. GlobalVetLink's secure server is managed and maintained daily, making information updates and data changes efficient. All certificates created by your veterinarian will be available to your veterinarian, real time, and thus available to you, as well. When completed, the e-forms automatically go to all the appropriate animal health officials i.e., no more mailing in multiple directions. The data is private to your veterinarian and all information is saved on the server for re-use, to avoid the need for entry of redundant data. With the GlobalVetLink eEIA system for Animal Health Regulatory Management – your veterinarian will:

• simplify your life and save administrative time, labor, and money;
• be provided with clean professional forms and Digital Images of your horse;
• access a web-based animal health regulatory management system 24/7;
• access the system from any computer with an internet connection;
• view import/export regulations for all 50 states online;
• auto-submit documents to the appropriate animal health authorities;
• run real-time, secured reports and historical data queries;
• have no software to load, no forms to inventory, reorder, stamp, separate, or shuffle.

Ask your veterinarian today to incorporate the GlobalVetLink eEIA system into her practice and never again have to endure that regrettable art-work. See www.globalvetlink.com for complete details.

Dr. Don Höglund is the author of "Nobody's Horses" (purchase at www.NobodysHorses.com)