title: No Toyota yet, but a start. A cadre of providers seeks to transform an inefficient industry--before it's too late.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, USA.
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berwick
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabcenell
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nolan
mesh_terms: D001336:Automobiles; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards; D007564:Japan; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States