title: Continuous improvement as an ideal in health care.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Community Health Plan, Brookline, MA 02146.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Berwick
mesh_terms: D008332:Management Quality Circles; D010819:Physician's Role; D011590:Psychology, Industrial; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States