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.

Physician and patient look over data surrounded by health care icons

Physician Health

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6 MIN READ

Chipping away at messages helps reduce “pajama time”

Confluence Health has found a way to reduce the inbox overload for physicians, cutting EHR time by about 34 minutes per eight-hour clinic day.
Physician with head in hands

Physician Health

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6 MIN READ

Health systems help doctors bogged down by administrative burdens

AMA Health System Program members are finding ways to chart a course out of the documentation burden Bermuda Triangle to reduce physician burnout.
Pharmacist holding prescriptions in front of a storage shelf

Sustainability

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4 MIN READ

Myth or fact? Rx durations are limited to 90 days plus 1 refill

Extending prescription duration to the legally allowed maximum—when appropriate—can help cut stress for patients and physicians. 
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Population Care

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7 MIN READ

Set limits, find positives to minimize social media harm to kids

Research links three-plus hours a day on social media with mental health problems. Find out how physicians can help parents and kids grasp the risks.
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Physician Health

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5 MIN READ

8 steps to envisioning and implementing well-being initiatives

Reducing physician burnout is more than just identifying problems. It’s about creating meaningful, lasting change. An AMA toolkit maps out what to do.
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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.
Smiling couple sits at a table

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. 
Health care professional working at a desktop computer

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.