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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.4





                MEDAPHIS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
                       HEALTH DATA SCIENCES CORPORATION


Atlanta, Georgia (July 1, 1996) - Medaphis Corporation (NASDAQ - MEDA) today
announced that it has completed the acquisition of Health Data Sciences
Corporation ("HDS") in exchange for 6,212,000 shares of Medaphis common stock
and assumption by Medaphis of stock options representing an additional 433,000
shares of Medaphis common stock.

Randolph G. Brown, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medaphis noted,
"HDS represents a watershed event for Medaphis.  Systems integration is the
corner stone of the ULTICARE(R) system.  Utilizing a common patient database,
a single application support environment and programming language, and a unified
hardware environment, data entered anywhere in the system or in a legagy system
connected to ULTICARE(R) is immediately available to all authorized users. 
Not only does this improve communications throughout the healthcare
enterprise, it eliminates duplicative data entry and it does it all in real
time.  I am thrilled for both the employees of HDS and Medaphis, as together we
work to elevate automation in the healthcare industry to a new level."

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Medaphis is a leading provider of business
management and information technology services primarily to the healthcare
industry.






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