title: Pursuing perfection: an interview with Don Berwick and Michael Rothman. Interview by Andrea Kabcenell and Jane Roessner.
abstract: Don Berwick and Michael Rothman discuss the Pursuing Perfection initiative, which is intended to help health care organizations integrate improvement work into day-to-day life, with systemwide changes in infrastructure, project management, care, and leadership.
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berwick
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005582:Foundations; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States