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    News and Articles on Generalists



    IDATE's DigiWorld Summit 2009 - 31st Annual International Conference 18 & 19 November 2009 - Le Corum, Montpellier (France)  Oct 30, 2009
    Extensive generalist and trade press coverage (written, online, TV and radio). Associated events. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    More than runny noses  Sep 30, 2009
    "We're really generalists," Pointer said. This year Pointer was named the 2009 School Nurse of the Year by the School Nurse Organization Board of Directors. (Minnetonka Lakeshore Weekly News, MN)

    School of hard shocks: Do all kids need college today?  Sep 22, 2009
    Regardless of your educate level, specialists get paid more than generalists. Maureen Downey. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Cardiologists Crying Foul Over Medicare Cuts Undermine Obama Health Revamp  Aug 28, 2009
    This gets resolved by changing the way that Medicare pays so that both the specialists and the generalists get paid more when they work together and deliver better care. . (Bloomberg -- US)

    Primary care loses its prestige  Aug 18, 2009
    Experts say getting more doctors to be generalists is an uphill climb in a health care system that rewards doctors based on the procedures they do. "The biggest problem is the payment model," says Sameer Badlani, an instructor at the 's school of medicine. (USA Today)

    Suicide prevention on campus  Aug 11, 2009
    "The counselors at the University Health, Wellness, and Counseling Center are generalists. Any four of our senior staff are professionally equipped to tackle any issue,"James Linsin, Psy. D.,Counseling Psychologist/Coordinator of Outreach at the UHWC said. (The Current Online, MO)

    Click to read:The Struggle to Recruit Family Doctors  Jul 29, 2009
    Will the Plan to Change Compensation Help Recruit Doctors to be Generalists. Font size. (CBS News)

    Economist: Look for tax hikes  Jul 27, 2009
    " Just a sample from that entry: In May 1993, in a story about fiftysomethings losing their jobs written for the Orange County Register, Celente was quoted. He was advising IBM at the time during a period of downsizing. What was Celentes golden advice? He informed displaced executives to go for some kind of counseling. Asked to comment on this situation, Celente offered the same doom and gloom boilerplate that hes telling us today: The Industrial Age is ending. All the systems... (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Commentary: We don't need more doctors  May 15, 2009
    Expert systems software can guide generalists through the same decision-making steps that a specialist would take. Point-of-care diagnostics allow for diagnoses to be made promptly in the clinic, and easy-to-deploy devices are creating more options for immediate treatment. (CNN -- Health)

    Put 'care' in healthcare  Apr 3, 2009
    A half-century ago, we had an equal number of generalists and specialists. Today there are two specialists for every generalist. (Boston Globe)

    21% of Americans scramble to pay medical, drug bills  Mar 11, 2009
    Free clinics often struggle just to find generalists, he says, let alone specialists. The problem extends beyond individual struggles. (USA Today -- News)

    Sebelius pick shows Obama personnel strategy  Mar 3, 2009
    "There is a lot of flexibility in these positions, which is what allows the president to appoint these political generalists and then to define the Cabinet-level job around them," said Daniel Carpenter, a Harvard professor who specializes in American political institutions. As a candidate, Obama embraced a "team of rivals" approach of enlisting campaign opponents as a unity gesture, choosing Joe Biden as vice president and Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. (Boston Globe)




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