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Tracer Methodology and the quality of care: integrative literature review
Viviani Camboin Meireles1, Célia Maria Gomes Labegalini1, Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi Baldissera1
1Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
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.
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