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Ugeskr Laeger
; 175(25): 1794-6, 2013 Jun 17.
Article
in Danish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23773219
ABSTRACT
The tracer method, which was launched by The Joint Commission in 2004 is used for quality assessment in the health-care system. Common tracers are system tracers, e.g. medication management and patient tracers. The method is used and recommended by several accreditation organisations, among these The Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare (IKAS). However, based on the existing literature there is no evidence for the use of the method. Further research is needed in order to evaluate the efficacy of the method and to assure that compliance to all quality standards is assessed.