1. Can medical systems flourish in the 1980s?

   • Ralph R. Grams

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 3

2. Health services research in the Veterans Administration

   • Duncan vB. Neuhauser

   Articles Pages: 5 - 7

3. Psychiatric bed needs

   • Ann E. Moran

   Articles Pages: 9 - 26

4. Limitations on quality assurance effectiveness

   • Steven R. Eastaugh

   Articles Pages: 27 - 43

5. The application of prognostic criteria in outpatient quality assessment

   • Henry G. Dove
   • Karen C. Schneider

   Articles Pages: 45 - 58

6. Current systems research in Veterans Administration hospitals

   • William R. Leonard
   • Larry G. Kessler

   Articles Pages: 59 - 70

7. The Veterans Administration's share of the health care market in new England

   • Frank M. Holden
   • Gregory B. Gravel
   • Deborah A. Viens

   Articles Pages: 71 - 77

8. Update on federal system audit

   Update Pages: 79 - 80

9. The growth of medical information systems in the United States

   • Ralph R. Grams

   Book Review Pages: 81 - 81

10. Computer effectiveness-bridging the management/technology gap

    • Richard P. Covert

    Book Review Pages: 83 - 83

11. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 85 - 88