Tracer Methodology and the quality of care: integrative literature review.

Autor: Meireles VC; Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil., Labegalini CMG; Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil., Baldissera VDA; Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
Jazyk: Portuguese; English
Zdroj: Revista gaucha de enfermagem [Rev Gaucha Enferm] 2019 Oct 14; Vol. 40, pp. e20180142. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 14 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1590/1983-1447.2019.20180142
Abstrakt: Objective: To analyze the scientific literature about the Tracer Method in the area of nursing.
Method: Integrative literature review with 22 articles from the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS); Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online(Medline/PubMed); Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO); Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Web of Science. The search strategy included descriptors and keywords, as follows: Método Tracer, Método Traçador, Método Rastreador, Método de Avaliação, Usuário Guia amd Enfermagem correlated and combined with Boolean operators.
Results: Data was organized according to the scenarios where the method was applied, namely: health condition as a tracer condition for assessing the quality of care, compliance and non-compliance regarding the institutional protocols, reflection and training for accreditation.
Conclusion: The Tracer Methodology is used for evaluating and improving the quality of care.
Databáze: MEDLINE