the him department at the 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 increase in projected to be 100 additional records per day. the standard time to code this type of record is 10 minutes. compute the number of FTES required to handle this increased volume in coding based on a seven hour productive day

1.78

To compute the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) required to handle the increased volume in coding, we need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Calculate the total number of additional records per day due to the 15% increase:

Number of additional records per day = 15% of current number of discharges per day
= 15% of X

We are given that the 15% increase is projected to be 100 additional records per day. So, we can set up the equation:

100 = 0.15 * X

To solve for X, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.15:

X = 100 / 0.15
X = 666.67 (approximately)

This means that the current number of discharges per day is around 666.67.

Step 2: Calculate the total number of minutes required to code the additional records:

Total minutes required = Number of additional records per day * Time to code one record

Number of additional records per day = 100 (given)
Time to code one record = 10 minutes (given)

Total minutes required = 100 * 10
Total minutes required = 1000

Step 3: Calculate the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) required:

Number of FTEs required = Total minutes required / (Productive minutes per day * Number of productive hours per day)

Given that it is a seven-hour productive day, we need to calculate the total productive minutes:

Productive minutes per day = Number of productive hours per day * 60

Productive minutes per day = 7 * 60
Productive minutes per day = 420

Now, we can calculate the number of FTEs required:

Number of FTEs required = 1000 / 420
Number of FTEs required = 2.38 (approximately)

Therefore, approximately 2.38 Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) would be required to handle the increased volume in coding based on a seven-hour productive day. Since FTEs cannot be fractional, this would round up to 3 FTEs.