You are the coding Supervisor of a medium sized community hospital. You are staffed with 2 inpatient coders. Your current productivity level for your coders is 3 charts per hour. Your hospital discharges has increased to an average of 75 charts per day. How many staff members do you need Compose a request for additional coding staff. Validate your proposal with productivity statistics.

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You are the coding Supervisor of a medium sized community hospital.  You are staffed with 2 inpatient coders. Your current productivity level for your coders is 3 charts per hour. Your hospital discharges has increased to an average of 75 charts per day. How many staff members do you need  Compose a request for additional coding staff.  Validate your proposal with productivity statistics.

Ms. Sue · Answer

You'll need 25 hours a day for this task. How many hours a day does each coder work?

Beth · Answer

Ms. Sue, Each coder works 7.5 hours a day

Ms. Sue · Answer

25/7.5 = 3 1/3 coders total I don't know whether you want to ask for 1 additional full time coder and 1 part-time coder.

Beth · Answer

Thank You

Ms. Sue · Answer

You're welcome.