Are there any groups that have policies around when documents within the EMR must be signed.
I would be interested in this as well. What is your policy and how do you enforce it?
As a residency... we have to keep the residents in check, not just the attendings.
We given then x# of days, to complete the notes, and if they aren't caught up before vacation, they get to stay home and finish before they go. Bit of a stick, but it seems to be working. We also have someone who cracks the whip and reminds folks every week - with the help of a dashboard that everone can access to monitor these metrics.
It helped to make the data public. It trends over time, so folks can see how you've done in the past.
We try and ask our Dr's to have them signed daily, open Office Notes count for and against their MU's.