RE: Workload/Productivity

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From:"Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}" <JUDI.FORD@ROCHE.COM>
To:"'Weems, Joyce'" <JWEEMS@sjha.org>, "'MacDonald, Jennifer'" <jmacdonald@sach.org>, "Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}" <JUDI.FORD@ROCHE.COM>, 'Histonet' <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>, "'Tom T. McNemar'" <TMcNemar@lmhealth.org>
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Back when we were a lab of 12 people we used to use CAP workload units to
each task also.  In addition each tech was required to hand in a log of the
tissues/blocks/slides/sections they worked up each month.  We were downsized
to five people a few years ago and that method of keeping track of
productivity flew out the window.  It was too time consuming, in other
words, a big hassle.  Today, when assignments are completed all data
concerning numbers of tissues/blocks/etc. are entered into our database (by
the tech doing the work) and totals are calculated each month by the
supervisor.  As far as I know we just average the amount of work with the
number of techs doing the work. The department admin people then put the
data into a graph which shows totals each month for the past five years.
This graph, along with a summary table, is passed on to the Director of our
unit. I guess this is whatt they use to justify people/equipment in our
unit.

Judi Ford
Palo Alto, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Weems, Joyce [SMTP:JWEEMS@sjha.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 19, 2000 11:56 AM
> To:	'MacDonald, Jennifer'; Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}; 'Histonet'; 'Tom
> T. McNemar'
> Subject:	RE: Workload/Productivity
> 
> This is one thing I'm trying to find out!!
> Joyce Weems
> Pathology Manager
> Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> 
> 
> 	----Original Message-----
> 	From:	MacDonald, Jennifer [SMTP:jmacdonald@sach.org]
> 	Sent:	Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:02 PM
> 	To:	Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}; Weems, Joyce; 'Histonet'; 'Tom
> T. McNemar'
> 	Subject:	RE: Workload/Productivity
> 
> 	How do you corelate workload to FTEs?  ie. How many people are
> required per
> 	slides cut, etc.
> 
> 	Jennifer MacDonald
> 
> 	> ----------
> 	> From: 	Tom T. McNemar[SMTP:TMcNemar@lmhealth.org]
> 	> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:15 AM
> 	> To: 	Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}; 'Weems, Joyce'; 'Histonet'
> 	> Subject: 	RE: Workload/Productivity
> 	> 
> 	> We used to assign CAP workload units to each task.  It was a
> hassle.  The
> 	> past several years I have just tracked the number of:
> 	> 	Blocks processed each month
> 	> 	Slides cut
> 	> 	Frozen sections performed
> 	> 	Specimens received
> 	> 	Special stains performed
> 	> 	IHC cases and # of antibodies used
> 	> 	Thinprep PAPs processed vs. conventional smears
> 	> This has proven to be sufficient justification of
> people/equipment.
> 	> 
> 	> Tom Mc Nemar
> 	> Pathology Supervisor
> 	> Licking Memorial Hospital
> 	> Newark, Ohio
> 	> 
> 	> > -----Original Message-----
> 	> > From:	Ford, Judi {Path~Palo Alto}
> [SMTP:JUDI.FORD@ROCHE.COM]
> 	> > Sent:	Tuesday, July 18, 2000 4:40 PM
> 	> > To:	'Weems, Joyce'; 'Histonet'
> 	> > Subject:	RE: Workload/Productivity
> 	> > 
> 	> > Okay!  Our lab is a research facility.  The way we measure
> productivity
> 	> is
> 	> > to count the number of tissues/blocks/slides and sections
> produced each
> 	> > month by the lab as a whole.  We also count the number of
> special stain
> 	> > slides and sections, which isn't very high as we don't do that
> many.
> 	> Hope
> 	> > this helps.
> 	> > 
> 	> > Judi Ford
> 	> > Palo Alto, CA  
> 	> > 
> 	> > > -----Original Message-----
> 	> > > From:	Weems, Joyce [SMTP:JWEEMS@sjha.org]
> 	> > > Sent:	Monday, July 17, 2000 1:51 PM
> 	> > > To:	'Histonet'
> 	> > > Subject:	Workload/Productivity
> 	> > > 
> 	> > > Let's have an exciting discussion about workload! 
> 	> > > How is everyone counting it and measuring productivity? TIA,
> j:>) 
> 	> > > Joyce Weems
> 	> > > Pathology Manager
> 	> > > Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> 	> > > 
> 	> 



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