We are lumped in with the entire lab.  It's all done through the number of
billable tests and the cost per test.  The workload in Pathology has
steadily increased over the last 5 years.

Tom Mc Nemar
Pathology Supervisor
Licking Memorial Hospital
Newark, Ohio

> -----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
> > > > 
> >