SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     
                         Washington, D.C. 20549
     
                                FORM 8-K
     
                             CURRENT REPORT
     
                Filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
     
                   THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
     
                     September 12, 1997 (September 10, 1997)
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             Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
     
                     PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.
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           (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     
     
                                New Jersey
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             (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
     
     
                                 0-19666
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                        (Commission File Number)
     
     
                                22-2485688
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                    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
     
                          1200 The American Road
                      Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
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                (Address of principal executive officers)
     
     
     
                             (201) 490-3100
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               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

     
     ITEM 5.   Other Events
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               On September 10, 1997, the Registrant entered into a
     Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") with Lehman Commercial Paper
     Inc., as the arranger and syndication agent, Fleet Bank, N.A., as
     the administrative agent, and a group of banks and financial
     institutions pursuant to which it established a senior secured
     revolving credit facility of $110,000,000.  The term of such
     revolving credit facility is four years.  The facility is
     available to provide financing for acquisitions, working capital
     and general corporate purposes.
     
     
     
               (c)  Exhibits.
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               Exhibit 1 -- Press Release dated September 11, 1997.
     
               Exhibit 2 -- Credit Agreement dated as of September 10,
     1997, among Physician Computer Network, Inc., Lehman Commercial
     Paper Inc., as Arranger and Syndication Agent, Fleet Bank, N.A.,
     as administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to
     time parties thereto.
     
               Exhibit 3 -- Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated
     as of September 10, 1997, among Physician Computer Network, Inc.
     and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of Fleet Bank, N.A., as
     Administrative Agent.
          

     
                                SIGNATURE
     
               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
     Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
     signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
     authorized.
     
     
                                   PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.
                                             (REGISTRANT)
     
     
     Date:  September 11, 1997     By: /s/ John F. Mortell
                                      John F. Mortell
                                      Executive Vice President
                                      and Chief Operating Officer