A coding supervisor must determine the number of full time equilvalents (FTEs) needed to code 500 discharges per week. If it takes an average of twenty minutes to code each record and each coder works 7.5 productive hours per day, how many FTEs will the coding supervisor need?
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To determine the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) needed to code 500 discharges per week, we need to calculate the total coding time required per week and divide it by the productive hours worked by each coder per week.
Step 1: Calculate the total coding time required per week:
Since it takes an average of twenty minutes to code each record, we can calculate the total coding time required per week as follows:
Total coding time per record = 20 minutes = 20/60 hours = 1/3 hours
Total coding time per week = Total coding time per record * Number of discharges per week
= 1/3 hours * 500 discharges
= 500/3 hours
Step 2: Calculate the productive hours per coder per week:
Since each coder works 7.5 productive hours per day, we can calculate the productive hours per coder per week as follows:
Productive hours per coder per week = 7.5 hours/day * 5 days/week
= 37.5 hours/week
Step 3: Calculate the FTEs needed by dividing the total coding time required per week by the productive hours per coder per week:
FTEs = Total coding time per week / Productive hours per coder per week
= (500/3 hours) / 37.5 hours/week
= (500/3) / 37.5
= 500/3 ÷ 37.5/1
= (500 * 1) / (3 * 37.5)
= 500 / 112.5
≈ 4.44
Therefore, the coding supervisor will need approximately 4.44 FTEs to code 500 discharges per week.