HIM department at Community Hospital will experience a 15 percent increase in the number of discharges coded per day as the result of opening a cardiac clinic in the facility. The 15 percent incrase is projected to be 100 additional records per day. The standard time to code this type of record is 10 minutes. Compute the number of FETs required to handle this increased volume in coding based on a seven-hour productive day.

To compute the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) required to handle the increased volume in coding, we need to determine the total time required for coding and divide it by the standard time to code a record.

1. Start by calculating the total additional time required for coding:
Additional time = Number of additional records per day x Time to code a record
Additional time = 100 additional records x 10 minutes per record

2. Convert the additional time into hours:
Additional time in hours = Additional time in minutes / 60 minutes per hour
Additional time in hours = (100 records x 10 minutes) / 60 minutes per hour

3. Calculate the total productive hours in a day:
Total productive hours = Number of productive hours per day x Number of productive days
Total productive hours = 7 hours per day

4. Calculate the number of FTEs required:
FTEs required = Additional time in hours / Total productive hours
FTEs required = (100 records x 10 minutes) / (60 minutes per hour x 7 hours per day)

Now we can plug in the values into the equation to calculate the number of FTEs required:
FTEs required = (100 x 10) / (60 x 7)