EXHIBIT 23.1


              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE

MEDE America Corporation
East Meadow, New York

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of MEDE America Corporation
on Form  S-1 of our  report  dated  May 8,  1998  (June  2,  1998 as to Note 13)
relating to the consolidated financial statements of MEDE America Corporation as
of June 30,  1996 and 1997 and March 31, 1998 and for each of the three years in
the  period  ended  June 30,  1997 and the nine  months  ended  March  31,  1998
appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of this Registration Statement, and
to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.

Our audits of the consolidated  financial statements of MEDE America Corporation
referred to in our aforementioned  report also included the financial  statement
schedule  of MEDE  America  Corporation  listed in Part II at Item  16(b).  This
financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's  management.
Our  responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion
such  financial  statement  schedule,  when  considered in relation to the basic
financial  statements  taken  as a  whole,  presents  fairly,  in  all  material
respects, the information set forth therein.

Jericho, New York
June 2, 1998