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Review the list of brainstormed solutions, and put them into the appropriate categories as listed below to create an affinity diagram. Potential Solutions (take each of these solutions and insert into a category) • Implement computer assisted coding (CAC) • Send coders home to work remotely • Implement flex time • Perform a work imaging study to see how the coders are spending their time a • Hire a coding support person to handle the clerical activities • Have all coders code only one patient type (.e., inpatients, outpatients, emergency room, ancillary) • Hire more coders • Provide more coding training • Change encoders • Change the coding workflow Train coders to code more than one patient type • Send all coders to a regional coding meeting Categories. These are examples. You can come up with your own if they fit better) Workflow Training Staffing