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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4 MIN READ

More physician inbox messages, higher patient satisfaction?

Patients have come to expect a physician response—now. That trend exacerbates burnout, especially among women doctors. Learn more.
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Private Practices

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4 MIN READ

Tired of patient backlogs in your practice? Try this approach

Patients don’t show up, visits run long—and your practice can seem to be on the verge of chaos. Learn with the AMA how “wave scheduling” can help.
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Digital

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4 MIN READ

Amid EHR demands, physicians can’t achieve “flow”

The “deep work of doctoring” happens when physicians can give patients their undivided attention. Learn more with the AMA.
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Public Health

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6 MIN READ

Life-changing lesson learned as a physician fellow: Be observant

A patient’s bewildering death spurred ob-gyn Louis Weinstein, MD, to identify HELLP syndrome, which affects about 45,000 U.S. patients a year.
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Public Health

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4 MIN READ

Long financial COVID? After acute phase, costs keep mounting

Research is uncovering how COVID-19 sends health care expenses soaring, even up to four months after diagnosis. Learn more with the AMA.  
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Public Health

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6 MIN READ

At Iowa’s only long COVID clinic, persistence pays off

Learn how physicians at the University of Iowa wrestle with clinical uncertainties, politicized care to help patients debilitated by their symptoms.
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Medical School Diversity

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3 MIN READ

In ruling’s wake, diversifying medicine requires upstream efforts

Inequitable pathways to careers in medicine start before kindergarten. Learn more with two physicians leading the AMA’s work on medical education
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Population Care

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3 MIN READ

How to improve maternal health? Moms’ phones can offer answers

AMA member Tolúwalàṣé Ajayi, MD, leads research for an app that helps pregnant patients share information and learn about healthy pregnancies.

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