Table 1.

Estimated Costs in the Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine Clinic Associated with Screening Using the Newest Vital Sign

DescriptionOne-time Start-up and Training Costs ($)*Annual Maintenance Costs ($)
Personnel
    Salary and fringe benefits for Intake Coordinator at 0.25 FTE to score and input NVS into EMR11,500
    Intervention training (grand rounds)5000
    Refresher training100
    IT add field to EMR to capture NVS score1500
Materials
    American Medical Association health literacy training kits (∼$35 each)1500
    Photocopies300
Total800011,800
  • * Estimated costs based on Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine clinic with 45 intake and clinical personnel.

  • Includes photocopying, honorarium (optional), and participation incentives (optional).

  • Calculated on $46,000 Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine full-time equivalent. Costs may be considerably lower if conducted as part of routine intake using existing personnel.

  • FTE, full-time equivalent; NVS, newest vital sign; EMR, electronic medical record; IT, information technology.