Georgia Garvey

AMA Affiliated Groups

Contributing News Writer,
Authors

Georgia is a freelance reporter and editor covering a variety of health care topics for the AMA. As part of a college internship, she worked as a copy editor for American Medical News and continued that relationship on a freelance basis after graduation.

Most recently, she was the editor-in-chief of several Tribune Co. publications in the Chicagoland area, including the Lake County News-Sun and the Pioneer Press newspapers.

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Physician Health

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5 MIN READ

Want to tackle burnout in your organization? Back your physicians

Doctors who feel supported by their health system are less likely to experience burnout. But there are big differences by specialty, says a recent study.
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Physician Health

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5 MIN READ

Physician survey shows medicine’s toll on personal relationships

Doctors are far likelier to say work makes them feel more detached from the people who matter most—and not all specialties are affected equally. 
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Sustainability

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6 MIN READ

“It’s a regulation,” administrators say. But sometimes it isn’t.

There are many physician tasks that have been misunderstood as regulatory requirements. Time to ask questions and do the homework—with the AMA’s help.
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Public Health

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3 MIN READ

Nearly 400,000 hospitalized with flu in U.S. last season

Only half got flu shot last year, and combined respiratory-virus burden unlikely to be lighter this season. It’s time to play defense against the flu.
Doctors and nurses in health care

Physician Health

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5 MIN READ

In burnout battle, it’s on leaders to show how teamwork matters

Collaboration is key to moving the needle on physician well-being and burnout, say Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, and Louis Jeansonne, MD, of Ochsner Health.
Smiling patient in conversation

Public Health

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4 MIN READ

New federal rule aims to add teeth on mental health parity

A 2008 federal law requires mental health parity, but payers have often skirted it. Final Biden administration rule seeks to change that.
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Physician Health

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5 MIN READ

More health care teamwork means less burnout: physician survey

Even small improvements in “teamwork climate” at health systems are linked to lower odds of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. 
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Physician Health

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5 MIN READ

On vacation time, it’s emergency physicians who need the triage

New AMA survey research shows emergency physicians take less PTO than every other specialty. Catch up on the details and find out how to change things.