EXHIBIT 23.01



              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
Integrated Health Services, Inc.:

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the registration  statements on
Forms  S-3  or S-4  (Nos.  33-87890,  33-66126,  33-68302,  33-77380,  33-81378,
33-98764,  333-4053 and  333-12685) and on Forms S-8 (Nos.  33-44648,  33-44649,
33-44650,  33-44651, 33-44653, 33-53912, 33-53914, 33-53916, 33-86684, 33-97190,
333-1432,  333-28289,  333-28293,  333-28317 and 333-28321) of Integrated Health
Services,   Inc.  of  our  report  dated  October  17,  1996,  relating  to  the
consolidated  balance sheets of First American Health Care of Georgia,  Inc. and
Subsidiaries  as of  December  31, 1995 and 1994,  and the related  consolidated
statements  of  earnings,  stockholders'  deficit and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in
the Amendment  No.1 to Form 8-K/A dated  October 17, 1996 of  Integrated  Health
Services, Inc.

Our report  contains an explanatory  paragraph  regarding the  uncertainty  with
respect to certain  contingent  payments which may be payable under a settlement
agreement with the Health Care Financing Administration.



                                              /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Baltimore, Maryland
July 10, 1997