7.1 A mammography center performs eleven different procedures. The volume of each procedure during an eight-month period and the standard hours per procedure are shown in Table EX 7.1. Table EX 7.1 Procedure Description Volume Standard Hours SC BX Breast IM Guide 220 0.20 SC PLC CLIP Breast 195 0.25 SC PLC Wire Breast 121 0.50 SC PLC Wire Breast Add 24 0.60 Mammogm Spec Board 103 0.75 Mammogm DIAG UNI 1,494 0.25 Mammogm DIAG BI 1,505 0.33 Mammogm SCR BI 8,924 0.33 XR NDL/WIRE Breast LOC 136 0.45 XR Surgical Specimen 318 0.75 XR STERO Breast BIOP 226 0.75 The target utilization rate for the center is 85 percent. Indirect support time is 0.20 hours per procedure, and total administrative hours by all staff average ten hours per day. The fringe benefits comprising total administrative hours by all staff average ten hours per day. The fringe benefits comprising vacation/holiday/sick compensation amount to 10 percent of required FTEs. a. Calculate the standard hours per month. b. Determine the indirect support hours per month. c. Determine the variable hours per month. d. Normalize the variable hours per month. e. Determine the total required hours. f. Determine the target FTE level. g. Determine the required FTEs with fringe benefits. 7.9 In the emergency department of a medical center, the requirement for staff MDs' time is estimated to be 330 hours per day. The utilization target for MDs is 95 percent. The medical center's benefit plan for staff MDs includes ten holidays, ten sick days, and twenty-one paid vacation days per year. a. Determine the core level of MD FTEs for the emergency department. b. Determine the final core level of MD FTEs if all staff are scheduled for eight-hour shifts, using a 5/40 scheduling plan. c. Determine the final core level of FTEs if MDS work on a 4/40 scheduling plan.