UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
                              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               SEPTEMBER 16, 1998
                                (Date of Report)

                               SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
                        (Date of earliest event reported)


                            -------------------------

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-26816

                             IDX SYSTEMS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           VERMONT                                     03-0222230
    (State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

                               1400 SHELBURNE ROAD
                           SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (802-862-1022)









                          Exhibit Index on Page 2 of 5


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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     On September  11, 1998,  the Company  entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger  ("Agreement")  with EDiX  Corporation  ("EDiX"),  a provider  of medical
transcription  services to hospitals and large  physician group  practices.  The
merger,  which has been approved by the Board of Directors of each  company,  is
subject to regulatory and EDiX shareholder approval.  The Agreement provides for
the  shareholders  and  optionholders of EDiX to receive an aggregate of between
approximately  415,000  and  498,000  shares of IDX common  stock,  based on the
average closing sale price of IDX's common stock on the five consecutive trading
days ending three  business  days prior to the closing,  subject to the downward
adjustment in the event of certain contingencies.  Based on the closing price of
the IDX  common  stock on  September  10,  1998,  the  transaction  is valued at
approximately $20.0 million, plus the assumption of EDiX debt. In addition,  IDX
has agreed to loan EDiX up to $5.0 million,  subject to certain  conditions,  to
finance  EDiX working  capital  requirements  prior to the  closing.  Management
expects that the merger, if consummated, will be accounted for under the pooling
of interests method.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

        (c)  Exhibits.

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             99                        IDX News Release dated              4
                                       September 11, 1998

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                      IDX SYSTEMS CORPORATION
                                      (Registrant)



Date:  September 16, 1998             /s/ John A. Kane 
                                      __________________________________________
                                      John A. Kane
                                      Vice President, Finance and Administration
                                      Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
































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UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
                              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               SEPTEMBER 16, 1998
                                (Date of Report)

                               SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                            -------------------------

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-26816

                             IDX SYSTEMS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           VERMONT                                     03-0222230
    (State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

                               1400 SHELBURNE ROAD
                           SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (802-862-1022)

                          Exhibit Index on Page 2 of 5
ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     On September  11, 1998,  the Company  entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger  ("Agreement")  with EDiX  Corporation  ("EDiX"),  a provider  of medical
transcription  services to hospitals and large  physician group  practices.  The
merger,  which has been approved by the Board of Directors of each  company,  is
subject to regulatory and EDiX shareholder approval.  The Agreement provides for
the  shareholders  and  optionholders of EDiX to receive an aggregate of between
approximately  415,000  and  498,000  shares of IDX common  stock,  based on the
average closing sale price of IDX's common stock on the five consecutive trading
days ending three  business  days prior to the closing,  subject to the downward
adjustment in the event of certain contingencies.  Based on the closing price of
the IDX  common  stock on  September  10,  1998,  the  transaction  is valued at
approximately $20.0 million, plus the assumption of EDiX debt. In addition,  IDX
has agreed to loan EDiX up to $5.0 million,  subject to certain  conditions,  to
finance  EDiX working  capital  requirements  prior to the  closing.  Management
expects that the merger, if consummated, will be accounted for under the pooling
of interests method.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

        (c)  Exhibits.
EXHIBIT NO.               DESCRIPTION                         PAGE
             -----------               -----------                         ----
99                        IDX News Release dated              4
                                       September 11, 1998
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                      IDX SYSTEMS CORPORATION
                                      (Registrant)

Date:  September 16, 1998             /s/ John A. Kane 
                                      __________________________________________
                                      John A. Kane
                                      Vice President, Finance and Administration
                                      Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

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