MORNING REPORT IN THE COMPUTER ERA - TRADITION MEETS TECHNOLOGY

A survey of North American neurology residency programs revealed that nearly three-quarters of them hold some form of 'morning report', a re gularly conducted conference in which residents and at least one atten ding physician exchange information on recently evaluated patients. Ho wever, only a small fraction of these programs was able easily to retr ieve the data for later use. Since few neurology residency programs ap pear to be utilizing this potential resource for accessing and managin g information on patients with neurological disorders, we present our experience and methods for entering patient data into a computerized d atabase with minimal financial, manpower or mental stress and without altering the morning report's primary educational value.