The HIM department at community hospital will experience a 15 percent increase in the number of discharges coded per day as a result of opening a cardic clinic in the facility. The 15 percent increase is projected to be 100 additional records per day. The standard time to code this type of record is 10 minutes. Compute the of FTEs required to handle this increase volume in coding based on a seven-hour productive day.
(100*10)/(7*60) = ?
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To compute the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) required to handle the increase in volume of coding, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Calculate the total number of records after the increase:
Number of additional records per day = 100
Total number of records after the increase = number of additional records per day + current number of records per day
Step 2: Calculate the total coding minutes required:
Total coding minutes required per day = Total number of records after the increase * standard time to code this type of record
Step 3: Convert coding minutes to coding hours:
Total coding hours required per day = Total coding minutes required per day / 60
Step 4: Divide the total coding hours required per day by the productive hours per day:
FTEs required = Total coding hours required per day / Productive hours per day
Let's plug in the provided values and calculate the FTEs required:
Number of additional records per day = 100
Current number of records per day = (Total number of records after the increase) - (Number of additional records per day)
Standard time to code this type of record = 10 minutes
Total number of records after the increase = (Number of additional records per day) * (100/15)
Total number of records after the increase = 100 * (100/15) = 666.67 (rounded to 2 decimal places)
Total coding minutes required per day = (Total number of records after the increase) * (Standard time to code this type of record)
Total coding minutes required per day = 666.67 * 10 = 6666.67 (rounded to 2 decimal places)
Total coding hours required per day = (Total coding minutes required per day) / 60
Total coding hours required per day = 6666.67 / 60 = 111.11 (rounded to 2 decimal places)
Productive hours per day = 7
FTEs required = (Total coding hours required per day) / (Productive hours per day)
FTEs required = 111.11 / 7 = 15.87 (rounded to 2 decimal places)
Therefore, approximately 15.87 Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) would be required to handle this increased volume in coding.
To compute the Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) required to handle the increase volume in coding, we need to follow these steps:
1. Calculate the total additional records per day: Multiply the projected increase (100 records) by the percentage increase (15%).
100 records * 0.15 = 15 additional records per day.
2. Calculate the total time required to code the additional records: Multiply the additional records per day by the standard coding time for each record.
15 additional records * 10 minutes per record = 150 minutes per day.
3. Convert the total time to hours: Divide the total time (in minutes) by 60.
150 minutes / 60 = 2.5 hours per day.
4. Calculate the number of FTEs required: Divide the total time (in hours per day) by the number of productive hours per day. In this case, we have a seven-hour productive day.
2.5 hours / 7 hours = 0.36 FTEs.
Therefore, based on a seven-hour productive day, the HIM department at Community Hospital would need approximately 0.36 FTEs to handle the increase in coding volume resulting from the opening of the cardiac clinic.