“Glidepath” is a project management technique that ensures there will be time to detect and repair problems as the project comes to completion. And as our guest blogger and project management software designer Phil Dodds explains in his post, “there is little true glidepath planned with 5010 and none with ICD-10.” 

As these deadlines loom before us – for both 5010 and ICD-10 - healthcare organizations have a lot to accomplish.  But, as you will read here on the HIMSS Blog, “the problem is not that we were not given enough time to succeed. The official lead times for 5010 and ICD-10 have been years. Organizations have had time to take this effort seriously and get their portions completed. However, there is a potential problem coming for provider organizations that is out of their control…”

So, learn more about establishing industry glidepaths for 5010 and ICD-10 in 5010, ICD-10: Establishing Industry Glidepaths. Scroll down to the middle of the newsletter to this article, which first appeared in the HIMSS Business Edge enewsletter in September.  Juliet A Santos, MSN, CCRN, FNP-BC, Senior Director, Business-Centered Systems, HIMSS