Samier Kamar
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/19/2024
The importance of holistic recommendations as part of a patient’s treatment approach
Although treatments can often seem standard and straightforward, the more we know about the patient, the better our chance of helping them to achieve successful outcomes. - 4/3/2024
The power of primary prevention in community outpatient practice
I find it frustrating that, even as I am asked to make presentations to share my expertise at national cardiovascular conferences, practitioners rarely consider my recommendations for preventative and potentially life-saving cardiovascular measures. - 2/20/2024
Torsades de pointes vs. sepsis—can you avoid both?
Patient case study: Why did the ER physician want me to call him, urgently, before dispensing this patient’s script for UTI? - 2/13/2024
Chronic persistent refractory cough — diagnosis by exclusion
A patient with an unsolvable, longstanding cough presents a test of a pharmacist’s current knowledge, ability to research and relationship with multiple other clinicians. - 10/4/2023
5 tips: How pharmacy-based telemedicine and integrated data can help improve patient outcomes
When patients present to the pharmacy to use the video screen telemedicine service, this can increase traffic flow into the pharmacy. - 12/21/2021
Look beneath the tip of the iceberg
There are many patients walking around with undiagnosed, yet treatable, conditions. Through our vigilance, we can catch these conditions before they become more complicated and lead to worsening outcomes and unnecessarily increased costs to the healthcare system. - 12/6/2021
Riding the cancer journey together
How pharmacists can be the cement preventing patients from slipping through the cracks of the healthcare system - 12/31/2020
Amygdala hijack: when instincts support patient care
As healthcare providers, are we taught to follow our intuition or gut feeling? Or are we taught to be methodical, sensible and have justification for every single one of our actions? When is it okay to follow our intuition? Does it matter when it comes to judging the demeanor of a patient given their physical presentation versus being skeptical about adherence in a patient for a life-saving medication? What if the situation entailed picking up on non-verbal social cues of your patient’s partner alluding to abuse, oppression, or vulnerability? When is it too far to follow your gut feeling as a healthcare professional?
