EXHIBIT 23.2



                        Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP






                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
HCIA Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
33-98328)  on Form S-8 of HCIA  Inc.  of our  reports  dated  January  23,  1997
relating to the consolidated  balance sheets of HCIA Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December  31,  1995  and  1996  and  the  related  consolidated   statements  of
operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996 and the related schedule, which
reports appear in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of HCIA Inc.


                                       KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP

Baltimore, Maryland
May 5, 1997