EXHIBIT 4.7


THE SECURITIES  REPRESENTED BY THIS  CERTIFICATE  HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
EITHER THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"),  OR APPLICABLE
STATE  SECURITIES  LAWS (THE  "STATE  ACTS") , AND  SHALL NOT BE SOLD,  PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED,   DONATED   OR   OTHERWISE   TRANSFERRED   (WHETHER   OR  NOT  FOR
CONSIDERATION)  BY THE HOLDER EXCEPT BY REGISTRATION OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM  REGISTRATION  UPON THE  ISSUANCE TO THE ISSUER OF A  FAVORABLE  OPINION OF
COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE  REASONABLY  SATISFACTORY  TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT
THAT ANY SUCH  TRANSFER  SHALL NOT BE A VIOLATION  OF THE 1933 ACT AND THE STATE
ACTS.

                                                                New York, N.Y.
                                                                July 17, 1998

                                     WARRANT

                                   to Purchase

                                    1,250,000

                                     Shares

                                       of

                    Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share)

                                       of

                            MEDE AMERICA CORPORATION

       at a price per share equal to the Warrant Price (as defined herein)









                  MEDE  AMERICA   CORPORATION.,   a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Issuer"),  certifies that, for value received,  MEDIC COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., a
North  Carolina  corporation,   or  an  affiliated  entity  (collectively,   the
"Investor"),  is  entitled  to  purchase,  until  the close of  business  on the
Termination Date (as defined in Section 1) 1,250,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share,  of the Issuer (the "Common  Stock") at a price per share
equal to the Warrant Price (as defined in Section 1); subject,  however,  to the
provisions and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

                  1.  Definitions.  Capitalized  terms  used  and not  otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective  meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Investment  Agreement,  dated as of July 17,  1998,  between  the Issuer and the
Investor  (the  "Investment  Agreement").  The  following  terms  shall have the
following meanings:

                           "affiliate"  shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
                  Rule  12b-2  under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
                  amended.

                           "Average  Market Price" shall mean the average of the
                  daily reported closing sales prices, regular way, per share of
                  the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq"),  or
                  if the Common Stock is not principally traded on Nasdaq,  such
                  other   market  on  which  the  Common   Stock  is  listed  or
                  principally traded, for the ten (10) days prior to the date of
                  determination; provided that if the Common Stock is not traded
                  on any market or exchange,  the "Average  Market  Price" shall
                  mean the fair market value of the Common  Stock as  determined
                  by an independent  investment banking firm mutually acceptable
                  to  the   Issuer  and  the   Investor,   the  costs  of  which
                  determination  shall be borne  equally  by the  Issuer and the
                  Investor.

                           "Change of Control"  shall have occurred when (a) any
                  person or group of  affiliated  persons  shall have  acquired,
                  directly or  indirectly,  beneficial  ownership of thirty-five
                  percent (35%) or more of the then outstanding voting shares or
                  share  equivalents  of the Issuer,  provided that none of such
                  persons  and  no   combination   of  such  persons  and  their
                  respective  affiliates  beneficially owns thirty-five  percent
                  (35%)  or more  of the  outstanding  voting  shares  or  share
                  equivalents  of the Issuer as of the date of this Warrant;  or
                  (b) any person or group of affiliated persons[2]

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                  commences a tender offer or an exchange offer for  thirty-five
                  percent  (35%) or more of the  outstanding  voting  shares  or
                  share equivalents.

                           "Final Date" shall mean March 31, 1999.

                           "IPO"  shall mean an initial  public  offering by the
                  Issuer of the Common Stock.

                           "Processing  Agreement"  shall  mean the  Transaction
                  Processing  Agreement,  dated  the date  hereof,  between  the
                  Issuer and the Investor.

                           "Termination  Date"  shall mean (a) in the event that
                  the IPO has been  completed by the Final Date,  July 17, 2003,
                  and (b) in the event  that the IPO has not been  completed  by
                  the Final Date,  July 17,  2005;  provided,  that in the event
                  that the  Processing  Agreement  is  terminated  by the Issuer
                  pursuant  to clause  (iv),  (vi) or (viii)  of  Section  18(a)
                  thereof,   then  notwithstanding   anything  to  the  contrary
                  contained herein,  the "Termination Date" shall be the date of
                  termination of the Processing  Agreement,  and thereafter this
                  Warrant shall be void and of no effect..

                           "Transaction"  shall  mean a  merger,  consolidation,
                  sale  of all or  substantially  all  of the  Issuer's  assets,
                  recapitalization   of  the  Common  Stock  or  other   similar
                  transaction, in each case if the previously outstanding Common
                  Stock is acquired for cash or changed  into or  exchanged  for
                  different   securities  of  the  Issuer  or  changed  into  or
                  exchanged  for  common  stock or other  securities  of another
                  corporation  or interests in a  non-corporate  entity or other
                  property  (including  cash) or any  combination  of any of the
                  foregoing.

                           "Warrant  Price" shall mean (a) in the event that the
                  IPO has been  completed by the Final Date, the price per share
                  at which the Issuer's  shares were sold to the public pursuant
                  to such IPO,  and (b) in the  event  that the IPO has not been
                  completed by the Final Date, $8.00,  subject in either case to
                  the adjustments set forth in Section 6 hereof.

                  2.  Exercisability  of  Warrant.  (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions  set forth herein,  this Warrant may be exercised (i) with respect to
up to 50% of the shares

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of Common Stock subject to this Warrant,  at any time on or after July 17, 1999,
and before the Termination  Date, and (ii) with respect to the remaining  shares
of Common Stock subject to this Warrant,  at any time on or after July 17, 2000,
and before the Termination  Date, by presentation  and surrender of this Warrant
as specified in Section 3 below.

                           (b)  Notwithstanding  anything in this Warrant to the
contrary, in the event of a Change of Control, this Warrant shall be immediately
exercisable  with respect to all of the shares of Common  Stock  subject to this
Warrant,  and shall be  exercisable  at any time  before the  Termination  Date;
provided that in the event of a Change of Control specified in clause (b) of the
definition  of  "Change of  Control,"  if the  tender or  exchange  offer is not
consummated,  the  Issuer  and  the  Investor  will  take  such  action  that is
reasonably necessary (including,  without limitation,  refunding to the Investor
an amount equal to the payment made pursuant to Section 3(a)(i)) to exchange the
shares of Common  Stock  issued upon  exercise  of the Warrant  pursuant to this
Section 2(b) for a warrant identical to this Warrant.

                  3.       Method of Exercise; Payment; Issuance of New Warrant.

                           (a) This Warrant may be exercised by the Investor, in
whole or in part,  subject to the  provisions  of Section 2, by the surrender of
this Warrant,  with the form of  subscription at the end hereof (or a reasonable
facsimile thereof) (the "Subscription Notice") duly executed by the Investor, to
the Issuer at its principal office,  and by (i) the payment to the Issuer of the
then  applicable  Warrant  Price of the Common  Stock  being  purchased  or (ii)
notification  of Cashless  Exercise by the  Investor as provided in Section 3(d)
below.

                           (b) Each  exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to
have been  effected  immediately  prior to the close of business on the business
day on which this Warrant shall have been  surrendered to the Issuer as provided
in this Section 3, and at such time the Investor  shall be deemed to have become
the holder of record thereof.


 
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                           (c)  In  the  event  of any  exercise  of the  rights
represented  by this  Warrant,  certificates  for the shares of Common  Stock so
purchased shall be delivered at the Issuer's  expense  (including the payment by
the Issuer of any  applicable  issuance  taxes) to the Investor  within five (5)
business  days after the rights  represented  by this Warrant shall have been so
exercised,  and unless  this  Warrant has  expired,  a new Warrant of like tenor
representing the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, with respect to which
this  Warrant  shall not then have been  exercised,  shall also be issued to the
Investor within such time.

                           (d) Upon any exercise of this  Warrant,  the Investor
may, at its option,  instruct the Issuer, by appropriate designation in the Form
of Subscription  accompanying  the surrender of this Warrant at the time of such
exercise, to apply to the payment of the aggregate Warrant Price to be paid upon
such  exercise such number of shares of Common Stock  otherwise  issuable to the
Investor upon such exercise as shall be specified in such Form of  Subscription,
in which case an amount  equal to the  excess of the  aggregate  Average  Market
Price of such  specified  number of  shares of Common  Stock on the date of such
exercise  over the portion of the  aggregate  Warrant Price to be paid upon such
exercise  which is  attributable  to such  specified  number of shares of Common
Stock  shall be deemed to have been paid to the  Issuer and the number of shares
of Common Stock  issuable upon such exercise  shall be reduced by such specified
number (a "Cashless Exercise").

                  4.  Stock  Fully  Paid;  Reservation  of  Shares.  The  Issuer
covenants  and agrees that all shares  which may be issued upon the  exercise of
the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance,  be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens. The Issuer
further  covenants  and agrees  that during the period  within  which the rights
represented by this Warrant may be exercised,  the Issuer will at all times have
authorized,  and  reserved  for the  purpose of the issue upon  exercise  of the
purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant, at least the maximum number of shares
of its  Common  Stock  as are then  issuable  upon the  exercise  of the  rights
represented  by this  Warrant.  The Issuer  further  agrees that it will not, by
amendment  of  its  Certificate  of  Incorporation  or  through  reorganization,
consolidation,  merger, dissolution or sale of assets, or by any other voluntary
act,  avoid  or  seek to  avoid  the  observance  or  performance  of any of the
covenants,  stipulations or conditions to be observed or performed  hereunder by
the Issuer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,  the Issuer agrees
that  before  taking any action  that would  cause an  adjustment  reducing  the
Warrant  Price below the then par value of Common Stock  issuable  upon 

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exercise  hereof,  the  Issuer  will  from  time to time  take all  such  action
necessary in order that the Issuer may validly and legally  issue fully paid and
nonassessable shares of such Common Stock at the Warrant Price as so adjusted.

                  5.  Fractional  Shares.  No fractional  shares of Common Stock
will be issued in connection  with any exercise  hereunder,  but in lieu of such
fractional  shares, the Issuer shall make a cash payment therefor upon the basis
of the Average Market Price of the Common Stock.

                  6. Antidilution Provisions.  The number and price of shares of
Common  Stock  receivable  upon the  exercise  of this  Warrant  is  subject  to
adjustment upon the happening of certain events specified in this Section 6. The
holder of this Warrant shall,  upon exercise hereof,  be entitled to receive the
number of shares of Common Stock  determined by multiplying the number of shares
of Common Stock which would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 6)
be issuable  upon such  exercise by a fraction of which (A) the numerator is the
Warrant  Price  specified  in  Section  1  (but  without  giving  effect  to any
adjustments)  and (B) the denominator is the Warrant Price in effect at the time
of such  exercise.  The price to be paid for each such share of Common  Stock by
the Investor shall be the Warrant Price as adjusted  pursuant to this Section 6,
provided  that the price paid by the holder for any shares of Common  Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant shall never be less than the par value per share of the
Common Stock,  and provided  further that in no event will any adjustments  made
pursuant to this Section 6 cause any increase or decrease the aggregate price to
be paid for all shares of Common  Stock  subject to this  Warrant.  The  Warrant
Price shall be subject to adjustment as follows:

                           (a) Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, Etc. If the Issuer
at any time or from time to time after the date hereof  shall  issue  additional
shares of Common Stock as a result of the  declaration  or payment of a dividend
on the Common Stock payable in Common Stock,  or as a distribution to holders of
Common  Stock,  or as a result of a  subdivision  of the  outstanding  shares of
Common   Stock   into  a  greater   number   of  shares  of  Common   Stock  (by
reclassification  or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common
Stock),  then,  and in each such case, the Warrant Price then in effect shall be
reduced,  concurrently  with the issuance of such shares, to a price (calculated
to the nearest cent)  determined by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction
(i) the  numerator  of which  shall be the  number of  shares  of  Common  Stock
outstanding  immediately  prior to such issuance of additional  shares of Common
Stock, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding  immediately after such issuance,  provided that, for purposes
of this Section 6(a), (x)  additional  shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to
have  been  issued  (A) in  the  case  of any  such  dividend  or  distribution,
immediately after the close of business on

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and (ii) the  denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such issuance, provided that, for purposes of this
Section 6(a), (x) additional shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been
issued (A) in the case of any such dividend or distribution,  immediately  after
the close of business on the record date for the determination of holders of any
class of securities  entitled to receive such dividend or distribution or (B) in
the  case  of any  such  subdivision,  at the  close  of  business  on the  date
immediately prior to the day upon which such corporate action becomes effective,
(y) immediately  after any additional  shares of Common Stock are deemed to have
been  issued,  such  additional  shares  of Common  Stock  shall be deemed to be
outstanding, and (z) treasury shares shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

                           (b) Extraordinary Dividends and Distributions. If the
Issuer shall distribute to all holders of its outstanding Common Stock evidences
of indebtedness of the Issuer,  cash (other than a cash  distribution  made as a
dividend payable or to be payable at regularly  scheduled  intervals and payable
out of earnings or earned surplus legally available for the payment of dividends
under  the  laws of the  State of  Delaware,  but  only to the  extent  that the
aggregate of all such  dividends paid or declared after the date hereof does not
exceed the consolidated  net income of the Issuer earned  subsequent to the date
hereof,  as  determined  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles,  consistently applied) or assets or securities other than its Common
Stock  (including  stock  of a  subsidiary  or  securities  convertible  into or
exercisable for such stock but excluding dividends or distributions  referred to
in Section 6(a) above) (any such  evidences  of  indebtedness,  cash,  assets or
securities,  the "assets or securities"),  then, in each case, the Warrant Price
shall be adjusted by subtracting from the Warrant Price then in effect the value
of the assets or securities  that the holder would have been entitled to receive
as a result of such distribution had the Warrant been exercised and the relevant
shares of Common Stock issued in the name of the holder immediately prior to the
record date for such distribution; provided that if, after giving effect to such
adjustment,  the  Warrant  Price  would be less  than the then par  value of the
Common  Stock,  the Issuer shall  distribute  such assets or  securities  to the
holder as if the holder had exercised the Warrant and the shares of Common Stock
had been issued in the name of the holder  immediately  prior to the record date
for such  distribution.  Any  adjustment  required by this Section 6(b) shall be
made whenever any such  distribution is made, and shall become  effective on the
date of  distribution  retroactive to the record date for the  determination  of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.


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                           (c)  Combinations,  Etc. If the Issuer at any time or
from  time to time  after the date  hereof  shall  combine  or  consolidate  the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock, by  reclassification  or otherwise,  into a
lesser  number of  shares of Common  Stock,  then,  and in each such  case,  the
Warrant  Price  then  in  effect  shall  be  increased,  concurrently  with  the
effectiveness of such combination or  consolidation,  to a price  (calculated to
the nearest one cent) determined by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction
(i) the  numerator  of which  shall be the  number of  shares  of  Common  Stock
outstanding  immediately  prior  to the  effectiveness  of such  combination  or
consolidation and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding  immediately after such  effectiveness,  provided that,
for purposes of this Section 6(c), (x) such combination or  consolidation  shall
be deemed to have  occurred  at the close of  business  on the date  immediately
prior to the day upon which such combination or consolidation  becomes effective
and (y) treasury shares shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

                           (d) Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock. In
case the  Issuer at any time or from time to time  after the date  hereof  shall
issue or sell  additional  shares of Common  Stock  ("Additional  Shares") for a
consideration per share less than 90% of the Average Market Price (or if the IPO
has not occurred by the time of  determination,  less than the Warrant Price) in
effect on the  earlier  of (i) the date on which the Issuer  enters  into a firm
contract  for the  issuance  and sale of such  Additional  Shares  (unless  such
contract  specifies  that the sale  price  for such  Additional  Shares  will be
determined at a later date, then such later date shall apply to this clause (i))
or (ii) the date of actual issuance or sale of such Additional Shares,  then, in
each such case, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such date shall
be reduced,  concurrently  with such issuance or sale, to a price (calculated to
the nearest one cent) determined by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction
(x) the  numerator  of which  shall be the sum of (A) the  number  of  shares of
Common Stock  outstanding  immediately prior to such issue or sale, plus (B) the
number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate  consideration  received by
the  Issuer  for the total  number of such  Additional  Shares so issued or sold
would purchase at such Average  Market Price or Warrant  Price,  as the case may
be,  and (y) the  denominator  of which  shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock  outstanding  immediately  after  such  issue or sale,  provided  that (a)
treasury  shares  shall not be deemed to be  outstanding  for  purposes  of this
Section  6(d) and (b) the shares of Common Stock then  issuable  pursuant to the
terms of this Warrant shall be deemed to be outstanding immediately prior to and
after  such  issue or sale.  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  herein to the
contrary,  no  adjustment  to the Warrant  Price shall be 

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made pursuant to this Section 6(d)  following the issuance of Additional  Shares
pursuant  to (I)  Section  6(a)  hereof,  (II) the  exercise  of any  options or
issuance of any shares  under any  options or purchase or other  rights that are
outstanding on or prior to the date hereof and that were issued  pursuant to any
of the Issuer's  employee  stock option,  appreciation  or purchase right plans,
(III) the exercise of any options or purchase or other rights or the issuance of
any shares  under any options or rights that are granted  after the date hereof,
whether  in  accordance  with the terms of any of the  Issuer's  employee  stock
option,  appreciation  or  purchase  right  plans or  otherwise,  so long as the
exercise price of any such option,  warrant,  subscription  or purchase right is
not less than the Average  Market  Price on the date that such grant is approved
by the Issuer's Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or, if
later,  the date that such exercise price is  established,  (IV) the exercise of
any other options, warrants or other subscription or purchase rights outstanding
on or prior to the date hereof, including without limitation,  this Warrant, (V)
the exercise of any conversion or exchange rights outstanding on or prior to the
date  hereof  issued by the  Issuer,  (VI) the  exercise  of any  conversion  or
exchange  rights  issued by the  Issuer  after the date  hereof,  so long as the
conversion  or exchange  price is not less than the Average  Market Price on the
date  that  such  issuance  is  approved  by the  Board of  Directors  or a duly
authorized  committee  thereof or, if later,  the date that such  conversion  or
exchange price is established or (VII) the issuance or sale of Additional Shares
pursuant to a firmly underwritten public offering of such shares.

                           (e)  Accountants'  Report as to Adjustments.  In each
case of any adjustment or readjustment  in the Warrant Price,  the Issuer at its
expense will promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with
the terms hereof and, upon the reasonable request of the holder of this Warrant,
cause independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected by
the Issuer  (which may be the  regular  auditors  of the  Issuer) to verify such
computation  and  prepare  a  calculation   setting  forth  such  adjustment  or
readjustment and showing in reasonable detail the method of calculation  thereof
and the facts upon which such adjustment or  readjustment is based,  including a
statement of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  or deemed to
be outstanding  and (ii) the Warrant Price in effect  immediately  prior to such
adjustment  or  readjustment  and as adjusted  and  readjusted  (if  required by
Section 6) on account  thereof.  The Issuer will  forthwith  mail a copy of each
such report to the holder of this  Warrant.  The Issuer will also keep copies of
all  such  reports  at its  principal  office,  and  will  cause  the same to be
available for  inspection at such office  during  normal  business  hours by any
holder of this Warrant.


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                           (f) No Dilution or  Impairment.  The Issuer will not,
by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation  or through any  consolidation,
merger,  reorganization,  transfer  of  assets,  dissolution,  issue  or sale of
securities or any other voluntary action,  avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance  of any of the terms hereof,  but will at all times in good faith
assist  in the  carrying  out of all such  terms  and in the  taking of all such
action as may be necessary or  appropriate in order to protect the rights of the
Investor against dilution,  or to accord to the Investor the protections against
dilution, as provided herein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the  Issuer  (i) will not  permit  the par value of any  shares of Common  Stock
receivable  upon the  exercise of any Warrant to be  increased to an amount that
exceeds the amount payable therefor upon such exercise,  (ii) will take all such
action as may be necessary or  appropriate  in order that the Issuer may validly
and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable  shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant  from time to time and (iii) will not take any action  which  results in
any  adjustment  of the  Warrant  Price if the total  number of shares of Common
Stock  issuable after such action upon the exercise of this Warrant would exceed
the total  number of shares of Common  Stock  then  authorized  by the  Issuer's
Certificate  of  Incorporation  and available for the purpose of issue upon such
exercise.

                           (g) Additional  Reductions.  The Issuer may make such
reductions in the Warrant Price, in addition to those required by Sections 6(a),
(b), (c) and (d) hereof, as it considers to be advisable in order that any event
treated for Federal  income tax  purposes as a dividend of stock or stock rights
shall not be taxable to the recipients.

                  7.  Preemptive  Rights.  If at any time after the date of this
Warrant but prior to the IPO the Issuer shall  propose to sell or issue for cash
in a transaction, the principal purpose of which is to raise capital, any equity
securities or options, warrants (other than the Warrant being issued on the date
hereof),  rights or other securities  exercisable for or convertible into equity
securities of the Issuer,  the Issuer shall offer to sell or issue to the holder
of this  Warrant,  on the same  terms and condi  tions as the  proposed  sale or
issuance,  the  respective  numbers  of  such  securities  which,  if  all  such
securities  were  purchased,  would result in the holder of this Warrant and its
affiliates holding that percentage of such securities equal to the percentage of
Common Stock on a fully  diluted  basis owned by such holder and its  affiliates
immediately prior to such sale or issuance.  In the event the Issuer proposes to
issue two or more  securities as a unit, the preemptive  rights  available under
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exercised to purchase such units. The Issuer shall deliver to the holder of this
Warrant a written  notice (a "Purchase  Notice") of a proposed  sale pursuant to
this Section 7 no later than 10 days prior to the proposed closing thereof. Such
notice shall make reference to the holders' rights  hereunder and shall describe
in  reasonable  detail (i) the total amount of equity  securities to be sold and
(ii) the terms and conditions of the purchase, including the consideration to be
paid  therefor.  The  holder  of  this  Warrant  shall  exercise  its  right  to
participate in the purchase of equity  securities  pursuant to this Section 7 by
delivering to the Issuer a written notice (a  "Subscription  Response")  stating
its election to do so and  specifying  the amount of equity  securities  it will
purchase no later than 30 days after receipt of the Purchase Notice.  Failure to
provide  a  Subscription  Response  in such  30-day  period  shall be  deemed to
constitute an election by such holder not to participate, and the holder's right
to elect to purchase  equity  securities  in  connection  with the proposed sale
shall terminate at the end of the thirtieth day.

                  8.  Exercise  of  Warrant  in the  Event  of a  Consolidation,
Merger, Sale of Assets, Reorganization, Etc.

                  (a) In case at any  time  the  Issuer  shall be a party to any
Transaction,  then (i) upon the  consummation  thereof this Warrant shall become
exercisable  with respect to all shares of Common Stock covered hereby  (whether
or not it has otherwise become  exercisable with respect to such shares pursuant
to Section 2) and shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Investor without
any act on the part of the  Investor and without any  obligation  on the part of
the  Investor to pay the  exercise  price  until  presentation  of this  Warrant
pursuant to clause (ii) below,  and (ii) this Warrant shall  represent the right
of the  Investor  to receive  (upon  presentation  of this  Warrant on or within
twenty (20) days after the date of such  consummation  together  with payment of
the  aggregate  exercise  price  payable  at the  time of such  consummation  in
accordance  with  Section 3 for all shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon such
exercise  immediately prior to such  consummation),  in lieu of the Common Stock
issuable  upon exercise of this Warrant  prior to such  consummation,  the cash,
securities  and other  property to which the Investor  would have been  entitled
upon the  consummation  of the  Transaction  if the Investor had exercised  this
Warrant immediately prior thereto.

                  (b) The Issuer will not effect any Transaction  unless,  prior
to the consummation  thereof, each corporation or entity (other than the Issuer)
which may be required to deliver any cash, securities or other property upon the
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Warrant as provided herein shall assume, by written instrument  delivered to the
Investor,  the  obligation to deliver to the Investor  such cash,  securities or
other property as, in accordance with the foregoing provision,  the Investor may
be entitled to receive.

                  9.  Notices  of  Corporate   Action.   In  the  event  of  any
anticipated  (i) taking by the Issuer of a record of the holders of any class of
securities for the purpose of determining  the holders  thereof who are entitled
to receive  any  dividend  or other  distribution  on such  securities,  or (ii)
Transaction,  or (iii)  voluntary or  involuntary  dissolution,  liquidation  or
winding-up  of the Issuer,  the Issuer will mail to the holder of this Warrant a
notice  specifying  (A) the date or expected date on which any such record is to
be taken for the  purpose of such  dividend or  distribution  or (B) the date or
expected  date on  which  any  such  Transaction,  dissolution,  liquidation  or
winding-up is to take place and the time, if any such time is to be fixed, as of
which the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange  their
shares of Common Stock for the  securities or other  property  deliverable  upon
such Transaction,  dissolution,  liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be
mailed at least  twenty (20) days prior to the date  therein  specified,  in the
case of any date referred to in the foregoing  clause (A), and at least ten (10)
days prior to the date therein specified, in the case of the date referred to in
the foregoing clause (B).

                  10.  Amendments  and Waivers.  Any term of this Warrant may be
amended or modified or the  observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived
(either generally or in a particular  instance) only with the written consent of
the Issuer and the holder of this Warrant.

                  11. Successors and Assigns;  Transfers. The provisions of this
Warrant  shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the  original  holder
hereof, its successors and assigns by way of merger,  consolidation or operation
of law, and any  affiliate of the Investor to whom this Warrant is  transferred.
This Warrant shall not be  transferable  by the Investor except to any affiliate
of the original holder hereof,  or otherwise by way of merger,  consolidation or
operation of law.

                  12.  Exchange of Warrant.  Upon surrender for exchange of this
Warrant,  properly endorsed, for registration of transfer or for exchange at the
principal office of the Issuer, the Issuer at its expense will issue and deliver
to or upon the order of the Investor a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in
the name of the Investor or, subject to Section 11 above,  as the Investor (upon
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applicable  transfer taxes) may direct,  calling in the aggregate on the face or
faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face of
this Warrant.

                  13.   Replacement   of  Warrant.   Upon  receipt  of  evidence
reasonably  satisfactory  to the  Issuer  of the  loss,  theft,  destruction  or
mutilation  of any  Warrant  and,  in  the  case  of any  such  loss,  theft  or
destruction  of  any  Warrant,  upon  delivery  of an  indemnity  bond  in  such
reasonable  amount as the Issuer may  determine  (or, in the case of any Warrant
held by the original holder hereof or any affiliate thereof,  of an affidavit of
an authorized officer of such holder, setting forth the fact of such loss, theft
or  destruction,  which shall be  satisfactory  evidence  thereof and no further
indemnity  shall be required as a condition of the  execution  and delivery of a
new Warrant), or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon the surrender of such
Warrant for  cancellation to the Issuer at its principal  office,  the Issuer at
its expense will execute and deliver,  in lieu thereof,  a new Warrant,  of like
tenor.  Any  Warrant in lieu of which any such new  Warrant has been so executed
and delivered by the Issuer shall not be deemed to be an outstanding Warrant for
any purpose.

                  14. Remedies.  The Issuer  stipulates that the remedies at law
of the holder of this  Warrant in the event of any  default by the Issuer in the
performance  of or in  compliance  with any of the terms of this Warrant are not
and will not be adequate,  and that such terms may be specifically enforced by a
decree for the specific  performance of any agreement  contained herein or by an
injunction  against a violation of any of the terms hereof or otherwise  without
the requirement of the posting of a bond.

                  15. No Rights or Liabilities as Stockholder. Nothing contained
in this  Warrant  shall be construed as  conferring  upon the holder  hereof any
rights as a  stockholder  of the Issuer  (except to the  extent  that  shares of
Common Stock are issued to such holder  pursuant to this Warrant) or as imposing
any liabilities on such holder to purchase any securities or as a stockholder of
the Issuer,  whether such liabilities are asserted by the Issuer or by creditors
or stockholders of the Issuer or otherwise.

                  16. Notices.  All notices and other  communications under this
Warrant shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, or by facsimile transmission,  addressed (a) if to the
holder, at the registered  address or the facsimile number of such holder as set
forth in the register kept at the principal office of the Issuer,  and (b) if to
the Issuer, to the attention of the Secretary at 

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its principal office, or to its facsimile number, Attention: Secretary, provided
that the  exercise  of any Warrant  shall be effected in the manner  provided in
Section 2.

                  17. Legends.  The shares of Common Stock issuable  pursuant to
the terms of this Warrant shall  contain the legend set forth in Section  3.4(d)
of the Investment Agreement.

                  18.  Miscellaneous.   THIS  WARRANT  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  AND
ENFORCED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
The headings in this  Warrant are for  purposes of reference  only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

                  DATED as of July 17, 1998.

                                            MEDE AMERICA CORPORATION

                                            By:
                                               --------------------------
                                               Name:
                                                    ---------------------
                                               Title:
                                                    ---------------------

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                              FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION

                [To be signed only upon exercise of the Warrant]

TO MEDE AMERICA CORPORATION

                  The  undersigned,  the  holder of the within  Warrant,  hereby
irrevocably  elects to exercise the purchase  right  represented by such Warrant
for,  and to  purchase  thereunder,  _________*  shares of Common  Stock of MEDE
AMERICA  CORPORATION and herewith makes payment of $______  therefor or elects a
Cashless  Exercise **, and  requests  that the  certificates  for such shares be
issued in the name of, and delivered to, ________________________________, whose
address is ________________________________________________________________.


Dated:  _________________

                                                -----------------------------
                                                (Signature must conform in all
                                                respects to name of holder as
                                                specified on the face of the
                                                Warrant)


                                                -----------------------------
                                                   (Address)

- --------------------
*        Insert here the number of shares  called for on the face of the Warrant
         (or, in the case of a partial exercise, the portion thereof as to which
         the  Warrant is being  exercised),  in either case  without  making any
         adjustment for additional shares of the Common Stock or any other stock
         or  other  securities  or  property  or  cash  which,  pursuant  to the
         adjustment  provisions  referred to in the Warrant,  may be deliverable
         upon exercise. In the case of a partial exercise, a new Warrant or


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         Warrants will be issued and  delivered,  representing  the  unexercised
         portion of such Warrant, all as provided in the Warrant.

**       Indicate  here the  election  of a  Cashless  Exercise  of the  Warrant
         pursuant to _______.


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                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

                [To be signed only upon transfer of the Warrant]

                  For value received,  the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto  _____________________________________  the rights represented by
the within  Warrant to purchase  _______  shares of Common Stock of MEDE AMERICA
CORP.    to    which    the    within    Warrant    relates,     and    appoints
__________________________________ Attorney to transfer such rights on the books
of MEDE AMERICA CORP. with full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated:  _________________

                                               ------------------------------
                                               (Signature must conform in all
                                               respects to name of holder as
                                               specified on the face of the
                                               Warrant)

                                               ------------------------------
                                                     (Address)

Signed in the presence of:


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