Gestão de arquivos médicos: uma análise dos arquivos médicos das universidades federais da Região Sul do Brasil

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the processes of management used in university hospitals, establishing management options and comparing the technical and procedures. As a general objective, we sought to examine the management of medical records from the Federal Universities in the South, being chosen the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC. We also sought to understand the basic concepts, laws and issues related to managing medical records, examined the existence of interventions in archival collections, analyze those involved in activities of the collections, both qualitatively and quantitatively, to analyze the file management of medical records and administrative hospital, analyze and compare the processes in place by universities to verify the existence of Archival Management Tools and the Electronic Document Management - EDM, and finally, propose improvements, if needed. The importance of this work was justified by the need to establish standards for information management and documentation within public institutions, since their activities are basically the same. It was observed in this work, it is possible to standardize the management of HUF's documentary, since its administrators provide adequate and that the use of electronic medical records is an imminent reality.