EXHIBIT 5.1

                                 March 31, 2000

Board of Directors
MedicaLogic, Inc.
20500 NW Evergreen Parkway
Hillsboro, OR 97124

         We have acted as counsel for MedicaLogic, Inc., an Oregon corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, covering 25,350,569 shares of common stock of the Company (the
"Shares") to be issued in connection with the Agreement of Reorganization and
Merger among the Company and Medscape, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Medscape"), and the Agreement of Reorganization and Merger among the Company
and Total eMed, Inc. a Delaware corporation ("Total eMed") (collectively the
"Merger Agreements"). We have reviewed the corporate actions of the Company in
connection with this matter and have examined the documents, corporate records
and other instruments we deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion.

         Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Company is a
corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of Oregon.

         We are further of the opinion that all action necessary to make valid
the proposed issuance of the Shares by the Company will have been taken when:

          (1)  the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, shall have been
               declared effective;

          (2)  for each of the respective mergers, a Certificate of Merger shall
               have been filed in accordance with the laws of the State of
               Delaware;



          (3)  the respective Merger Agreements shall have been approved by the
               requisite votes of the shareholders of the Company and of
               Medscape or Total eMed, as the case may be;

          (4)  all other conditions to the consummation of the mergers
               contemplated by the respective Merger Agreements shall have been
               satisfied or waived; and

          (5)  the Shares shall have been appropriately issued and delivered for
               the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity
               with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

         We are further of the opinion that when the steps set forth in the
immediately preceding paragraphs shall have been taken, the Shares will have
been duly issued and be validly outstanding and all of the Shares will be fully
paid and non-assessable.

         We consent to the use of our name in the Registration Statement and in
the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus filed as a part thereof, and to the filing of
this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/ STOEL RIVES LLP

                                                     STOEL RIVES LLP