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Transition Watch

The Management Decision and Research Center (MDRC) published Transition Watch between 1997 and 2004 to provide updates on the VA organizational transition. Many managers and investigators found the information in Transition Watch useful. Although COLMR has not continued the Transition Watch publication, we provide access to past issues here.

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  • Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2004: Lessons from Pursuing Perfection: Leading Organizational Change Through Personal Involvement
  • Vol. 6, Issue 4, 2004: Providing Patient-Centered Care: System Redesign and Patient Involvement
  • Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2003: Becoming Patient-Centered: Approaches and Challenges
  • Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2003: Pursuing Perfection, VISN 23 Update
  • Vol. 5, Issue 4, 2002: Innovative Thinking, The Learning Xchange
  • Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2002: Best Practices and Challenges Underlying the Initial Implementation of Service Lines
  • Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2002: Coordination Improves Foot Care for Patients with Diabetes
  • Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2001: Resources for Managers
  • Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2001: VHA Reorganization and Quality of Inpatient Care
  • Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2001: Implementing Service Lines: A Case Study
  • Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2001: Highlights from the Service Line Study (1997-2000)
  • Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2000: Perceptions of Service Lines
  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, 2000: News You Can Use: Information Resources on Health Systems & Service Lines,Effects of Facility Integration, Approaches to Implementing Service Lines: A Case Study
  • Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2000: Lessons from the VHA Transformation: A Case Study
  • Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2000: System Identification: A Key to Cultural Integration, Three Paths of Implementations: Network-Level Service Lines, 1997-1999
  • Vol. 3, Issue 1, 1999: News You Can Use - A Potpouris of Recent Citations, Service Lines - More Voices from the Field, The Integration Scorecard: A Tool for Monitoring System Integration, Patient Satisfaction with Hospice Care
  • Vol. 2, Issue 4, 1999: On the Front Lines with Service Lines, News You Can Use - Information Resources on Patient Satisfaction, Let's Talk Sevice Lines
  • Vol. 2, Issue 3, 1999: National VA Quality Improvement Project (NVAQIS): Interpreting the Data, Managers Perceptions of Service Lines, Updates on Integration Analyses, Keep up on Transition Watch Topics - News You Can Use
  • Vol. 2, Issue 2, 1999: Service Lines and Other Organizational Arrangements at the Medical Center Level: A Preliminary Review, Lessons from the Analysis of Facility Integrations, Second Survey Completed from the National VA Quality Improvement Project (NVAQIS)
  • Vol. 2, Issue 1, 1998: VISN Task Force and Service Line Implementation: Who's Doing What now? Facility Integration: Managing Across Distances
  • Vol. 1, Issue 4, 1998: Elements of Successful Intragration Processes: Where do we stand? Comparing system-level service lines in the private sector and in VHA
  • Vol. 1, Issue 3, 1998: Structure of Integrating Systems, The Process of Change: How Some VISNs Have Tackled it?, Quality Improvement Study Launches 1998 Survey, Changing Provider Behavior
  • Vol. 1, Issue 2, 1997: VISN Service Line Implementation: Who's Doing What, Integration Planning and Implementation: News from the Facility Integration Study, Service Excellence: Quality Improvement Study Findings
  • Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1997: If You Are Confused About the Definition of Service Line Management, You Are Not Alone, Analysis of Facility Integrations, Survey Data Disseminated from the National VA Quality Improvement Study

 


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