A importância das espécies e tipologias documentais para a mediação dos procedimentos assistenciais e administrativos nos organismos produtores de serviços de atenção à saúde

Abstract

Introduction: The treatment and organization of health records and information are essential for promotion, prevention and health care. These records are considered organic information in health and are configured through documentary typologies. Objective: The objective of this article is to map the species and the documentary typologies existing in hospitals that are most used to clarify doubts, to share information and those that contribute most to the development of labor procedures. Method: The research is exploratory and descriptive with a qualitative approach. The technique of analysis of the information collected in the field was descriptive statistics. Results: The results reveal the scarce use of the archival management tools in the Health Service Agency Producing Organizations (OPSAS) analyzed, which provides the disorderly accumulation of documents. Conclusion: It is concluded that there is a need to raise the awareness of policymakers and managers of OPSAS to assimilate archival procedures and techniques in the organizational processes of these workplaces in order to enhance the decision-making processes and the transparency of their actions.