Exhibit 23.2

              CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements of Access Health,
Inc. of our report dated October 31, 1996, except for Note 8 as to which the
date is November 18, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of Access Health, Inc. included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended September 30, 1996, and our report dated October 31, 1996,
except for Note 2 as to which the date is November 18, 1996, with respect to the
supplemental consolidated financial statements of Access Health, Inc. included
in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 6, 1997, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                             ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                                                         /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Sacramento, California
March 31, 1997