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Organizations have expended enormous resources to restructure care del
ivery. Despite the growing literature describing these organizational
innovations, there is a paucity of credible data that reflects systema
tic measurement and evaluation of such changes. This report not only d
escribes a comprehensive research based restructuring effort in a 720
bed acute-care hospital, but it also describes an outcomes evaluation
strategy and associated findings that may serve as a model and guide f
or other healthcare institutions.