HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES INC
10-K, 1997-03-24
ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 10-K
                       FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
                    PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                        15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                           FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996

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                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-27056

                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            GEORGIA                                      58-2112366
(State or other jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)

1850 PARKWAY PLACE, SUITE 1100                                 30067
        MARIETTA, GEORGIA                                   (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (770) 423-8450
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:

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               SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF
         THE ACT: Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (together with
                  associated preferred stock purchase rights)

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X  No 
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         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained,
to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. / /

         The aggregate market value of the registrant's Common Stock (based
upon the mean of the closing high and low sales price reported by NASDAQ) held
by nonaffiliates as of March 14, 1997 was approximately $97,782,745.

         As of March 14, 1997, 20,187,197 shares of the registrant's Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share (together with associated preferred stock
purchase rights), were outstanding.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

         Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 1997
Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III.


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                                     PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION

         Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. ("HIE" or the "Company") is a
leading provider of enterprise-wide clinical information management solutions
to emerging integrated healthcare delivery networks ("IDNs"). The Company
employs advanced technology to develop the software tools and applications that
enable the creation of the computerized patient record ("CPR") and
enterprise-wide decision support systems, and which leverage investments in
existing information systems. The Company's tools, products and services
provide: (i) enterprise-wide integration of information systems and indexing of
patient records; (ii) clinical information integration and decision support at
the point-of-care; and (iii) management decision support systems based upon
access to comprehensive enterprise-wide clinical, financial and other
information. The Company's solutions enable its customers to reduce the cost of
delivering healthcare through increased productivity and to improve the quality
of care through analysis of outcomes and continuous improvement of patient care
processes.

          HIE was incorporated in Georgia on June 15, 1994 and was a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Healthdyne, Inc. ("Healthdyne") until November 6,
1995 at which time Healthdyne distributed all of the outstanding shares of HIE
to Healthdyne's shareholders (the "Spin-Off"). HIE's common stock is publicly
traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "HDIE."  In conjunction
with its subsidiaries Healthcare Communications, Inc. ("HCI") and Integrated
Healthcare Solutions, Inc. ("IHS") and its affiliate Criterion Health
Strategies, Inc. ("CHS"), the Company is a leading provider of enterprise-wide
clinical information solutions for emerging IDNs. Each subsidiary and the
affiliate are referred to by the Company as an Enterpreneurial Business Unit
("EBU").

INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

         Over the past two decades, healthcare costs have risen dramatically
relative to the overall rate of inflation, exceeding $1 trillion in 1995.
Historically, reimbursement for healthcare services provided by hospitals,
physicians, clinics and other healthcare organizations has been based on a
fee-for-service model of payment. With increasing pressure to reduce costs,
managed care organizations and other payers are shifting the economic risk of
the delivery of care to providers through alternative reimbursement models,
including capitation and fixed fees. In response to the changing reimbursement
environment, healthcare organizations such as hospitals, multi-specialty
physician groups, laboratories, pharmacies, home health services and nursing
homes are integrating horizontally and vertically to create IDNs. IDNs, often
dominated by large hospitals, are designed to serve all of the healthcare needs
of regional populations while achieving economies of scale. Large metropolitan
areas are increasingly being served by only a few IDNs where once many
hospitals and physicians competed for patients.

         In order for IDNs to lower healthcare delivery costs while improving
the quality of patient care, they need access to detailed clinical and
management information that enables providers within the IDN to (i) manage the
patient care process across multiple delivery sites; (ii) analyze the
appropriateness of diagnoses, treatments and resource utilization; (iii)
compare provider practices and clinical outcomes; (iv) monitor performance
under managed care contracts; (v) monitor practice patterns of providers; and
(vi) support communications among members of the care team. An integral element
of this process is the CPR, an electronic patient record that resides in a
system specifically designed to support users by providing access to complete
and accurate data, alerts, reminders, clinical decision support systems, links
to medical libraries and other aids. Creation of the CPR requires three key
technologies: integration of disparate information systems; indexing of patient
information across the IDN; and decision support systems that access
information at the point-of-care and on an enterprise-wide level. With the
development of the CPR and related management decision tools, providers will
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patient care information across multiple delivery sites to guide them in
controlling healthcare costs, improving patient outcomes and facilitating
responsiveness to competitive and regulatory challenges in the healthcare
market. The implementation of a multi-entity, multi-site CPR is extremely
complex given the different technologies, information strategies and legacy
systems of the entities comprising an IDN.

HIE'S HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS

         The Company's tools, products and services directly address the
healthcare industry's need for the creation of the CPR and decision support
systems based on comprehensive, enterprise-wide clinical, financial and other
information. The Company's use of advanced technology and an open architecture
allows its customers to leverage investments in existing information systems
and employ best-of-breed technology strategies. The Company believes that it is
well-positioned to meet the information needs of emerging IDNs and furthermore
that its tools, products and services will serve as a platform from which the
next generation information systems will be created.

         The Company offers comprehensive system design, implementation,
integration, and other services related to its software tools and products. The
Company believes that each customer's needs will vary according to its existing
technology infrastructure and healthcare delivery requirements. As a result,
the Company's philosophy is to work jointly with each customer to identify the
tools and products needed to develop the solution best suited to its needs. The
Company seeks to establish long-term relationships with its customers,
providing a high level of services and obtaining recurring revenue from
multiple projects undertaken with each customer.

     The Company's tools, products and services fall into three broad areas,
each of which represents a critical component of the CPR: (i) integration and
patient indexing tools, which provide enterprise-wide communication and
connectivity; (ii) clinical workstation tools, which bring clinical information
to the providers at the point-of-care; and (iii) enterprise management tools,
which create decision support systems based on comprehensive enterprise-wide
clinical, financial and other information. HIE provides a variety of services,
including consulting, system design, implementation, integration, support and
education, in each of the areas listed above and described below, using
highly-skilled specialists who are experts in using both the Company's
proprietary tools and third-party software tools, to help customers help
themselves create solutions to customer-specific information needs.

         Integration Tools. In order to create the comprehensive CPR, it is
necessary to draw together a diverse range of data distributed throughout a
multitude of computer applications within an IDN. The Company's integration
tools and services enable providers to access heterogeneous clinical
information located on multiple disparate systems throughout the IDN and
elsewhere on a cost-effective, real-time basis. The Company's Community Person
Index ("CPI"), working with an integration engine, enables the provider to
retrieve patient-specific clinical information from disparate systems and
reduce the number of redundant patient records.

         Clinical Workstation Tools. A second critical element of the CPR is
the capability to provide access to patient clinical data from a workstation at
the point-of-care or elsewhere. The Company has designed its tools, products
and services to allow a physician to access clinical information from a single
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voice or touch screen. The Company's workflow tools and imaging technologies
provide a paper-less environment in which physicians can order, monitor and
control medical services such as lab tests and pharmacy orders. The Company's
workflow products operate over local and wide area networks, intranets and the
Internet. A physician with access to such clinical information would be aware
of each patient's complete medical history on demand at the point-of-care or
elsewhere. The Company believes that providers can use such information to
reduce unnecessary treatment, duplicate diagnostic testing and related costs as
well as to improve outcomes.

         Enterprise Management Tools. A third critical element of the CPR is
accessible decision support systems. In order to develop enterprise-wide
decision support systems, IDNs need tools to (i) extract and analyze financial,
operational, clinical and other available data; (ii) deploy the results of the
analyses as feedback to physicians to improve protocols, practice standards and
guidelines; and (iii) provide feedback to operations managers and executives to
monitor and improve operational and financial performance. The Company is
designing its enterprise management tools to support financial, operational and
clinical analyses including advanced capabilities for automated management,
scheduling, and distribution of such information and analyses. The Company
believes that these tools can enable provider organizations to both measure and
improve the cost efficiency and quality of care.

STRATEGY

         The Company's objective is to become the leading provider of advanced
clinical information solutions, tools and related services for the evolving
healthcare market. The following are key elements of the Company's strategy:

         Capitalize on Emergence of IDNs. The Company believes that the
anticipated rapid growth in clinical information systems expenditures will
result from the ongoing formation and growth of IDNs in response to the
changing dynamics of the healthcare industry. The Company further believes that
the rapid expansion of IDNs heightens the need for clinical information systems
and network integration tools and services. The Company will continue to target
the physicians, hospitals and medical centers around which IDNs are forming.

         Focus on High Value Solutions. The decision by a healthcare provider
to replace or substantially upgrade its information systems typically involves
a major commitment of capital and an extended review and approval process. The
Company's sales philosophy is to shorten the sales process with a "small win"
sales strategy. The Company breaks large healthcare information systems
projects into small projects and helps the customer prioritize the smaller
projects according to value as measured by return on investment. By
demonstrating its capabilities to initially implement smaller projects, the
Company believes that its customers will be more likely to retain the Company
to implement larger healthcare information systems projects.

         Expand Three-Tiered Distribution. The Company relies on three
distribution channels, consisting of direct sales forces at both the HIE and
the EBU level and third-party distributors, to sell its tools, products and
services. The HIE sales force, which the Company refers to as "client
partners," are responsible for initiating or expanding customer relationships
with the top executives within an organization by identifying one or more
projects that would enable HIE to demonstrate the capabilities of its tools,
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primarily focused on its tools, products and services. The EBUs' direct sales
forces are capable of presenting the entire HIE portfolio of tools, products
and services to sales prospects, which can lead to cross-selling opportunities.
The Company intends to aggressively pursue the expansion of its distribution
channels by adding additional select third-party channel partners with
complementary tool, product and service offerings.

         Provide Technologically Advanced Open Solutions. The Company is
committed to being a leading provider of advanced technology solutions and to
maintaining its open architecture product strategy. The Company has employed
several advanced technologies including object-oriented programming, object
management, workflow computing and data warehousing and mining in the
development of its CPI, CASS and COPPS tools and products. The Company's tools
and products are designed to work in conjunction with a customer's existing
systems infrastructure. As a result, customers can readily implement specific,
single-product solutions to immediate, or tactical, information systems needs.
HIE intends to continue investing in advanced technology solutions that meet
the changing information needs of its customers.

         Establish New EBUs through Acquisitions or Internal Development. The
Company believes that it is well-positioned to capitalize on the significant
growth opportunities which exist in the healthcare information systems
industry. In pursuit of such growth opportunities, the Company has established
EBUs both through acquisitions and through internal development. Each EBU is a
stand-alone business focused on the delivery of specific parts of the Company's
overall solutions in a coordinated effort with the other EBUs. The Company
believes that the coordinated autonomy of the EBU structure (i) enhances market
awareness and presence on multiple fronts; (ii) provides the Company with
multiple entry points to sales opportunities; (iii) promotes the rapid
development and deployment of new, open architecture core technology that is
not burdened by the evolution of legacy system technology; (iv) broadens
customer relationships; and (v) facilitates the recruitment of entrepreneurial
executive talent. The Company will continue to evaluate potential acquisitions
and to consider the development of businesses internally which would enable the
Company to continue to improve its information systems solutions for its
customers by leveraging existing strengths, adding core technological
competencies and expanding its product offerings.

TOOLS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

     While the general information needs of IDNs are similar, the individual
tools, products and services needed to accomplish specific local community
integration are quite diverse. This diversity is due to, among other things, the
existing information system infrastructure and the number and capability of
technical resources available in the network. Accordingly, HIE offers a modular
solution to meet the specific clinical information needs of a particular IDN.
One network may only require integration services. Another network may only need
clinical imaging. A third network may require HIE's entire clinical information
solution. In all situations, HIE helps customers to evaluate their existing
information systems and to develop solutions that leverage those systems and
technologies and best fit the customers' needs. These solutions can then form
the foundation for the customer's next generation clinical information system.
The Company's software tools and products are sold on a per seat, processor
and/or site basis and range in unit price from less than $1,000 to $500,000,
with the price sometimes varying with the volume of data processed. The median
price is approximately $100,000. The Company prices its services on a per hour
or fixed fee basis at hourly rates depending upon the skills of the applicable
service personnel and the estimated duration of the service engagement. The
following table describes the status, features and benefits of the tools and
products with which HIE solutions can be built:





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         TOOL OR PRODUCT             RELEASE DATE                             FEATURES/BENEFITS
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                                       HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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CLOVERLEAF INTEGRATION ENGINE                                    Connectivity via standard protocols; data recoverability; system 
(UNIX)                                 January 1995              monitoring; support for Tcl scripting language.
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COMPASS SCREEN SCRAPER                 June 1995                 Non-invasive integration with non-message based systems.
(Windows)                          
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EXPRESS SINGLE LOG-ON                  June 1996                 Terminal emulator which provides enterprise-wide single log-on
(UNIX/NT, Windows)                                               on function with robust security features.
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                                       INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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COMMUNITY PERSON INDEX                 October 1996              Integrates master patient indices and demographic data across 
("CPI")                                                          disparate systems.
(UNIX/Windows)                                                    
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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND                May 1996                  Access of clinical  information from disparate systems and 
SUPPORT SYSTEM ("CASS")                                          decision support tools and documentation of the patient  
(NT)                                                             encounter from the point-of-care.
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DOCUMENT IMAGE                         August 1995               Access to reports,  documents and clinical images across the
MANAGEMENT (Windows)                                             network; management of claims processing.
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WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT                    August 1995               Improves efficiency of the process of providing health care;
(UNIX/NT)                                                        reduces paper work; collects metrics.
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INTRANET AND INTERNET                  February                  Provides workflow tools and standard user interface for
WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT                    1996                      applications across the intranet; Internet Cooperative.
(NT, Windows)                                                    
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DESKTOP INTEGRATION                    June 1996                 Organizes enterprise applications into graphical menus;
(Windows)                                                        provides single point of security log-ons and centralized control
                                                                 of end-user desktops; allows desktops to be easily customized.
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TELERADIOLOGY COMPUTER                                           FDA-approved system for point-to-point capture and 
SYSTEM                                                           transmission of April 1989 radiological images.
(Windows)
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CLINICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT              April 1996                Capture, indexing, storage, retrieval, transmission and 
(Windows)                                                        management of images from  radiology,  cardiology,  pathology
                                                                 and other telemedicine multimedia systems throughout the IDN.
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                                       CRITERION HEALTH STRATEGIES, INC.
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COPPS INFORMATION                      May 1996                  Manages the consolidation of a variety of enterprise data,
MANAGEMENT                                                       including financial, clinical and other relevant data,  into one
TOOLS (UNIX, NT)                                                 point of access.
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COPPS CONSOLE                          May 1996                  Deploys key information analyses throughout the IDN to 
(Windows, NT Deskstation)                                        complete the feedback loop in improving a provider's financial 
                                                                 and clinical performance.
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COPPS SURVEY ENGINE                    May 1996                  A tool to collect opinion based information from patients,
(Windows, NT Deskstation)                                        physicians and employees; provides an IDN with patient 
                                                                 feedback on the quality of care.
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INTEGRATION TOOLS

         The Company's integration tools link the information systems of
physicians, practice groups, hospitals, payers and other healthcare
constituents within local and regional IDNs. The Company's integration tools
and products include:

         Cloverleaf Integration Engine. The` Cloverleaf integration engine
provides a tactical solution for replacing individual system-to-system
interfaces inside a single medical facility. The Company believes that as
provider networks move beyond a single hospital or medical facility, the
integration engine will evolve to become the strategic hub for the IDN's next
generation information system. Cloverleaf has the capability of connecting
message streams and data structures from disparate systems both locally and
over wide area networks. It facilitates data interchange by connecting
different applications and hardware together via an open architecture concept
involving standard protocols. This interface, integration and migration tool
routes and reformats data, changes communications protocols and combines and
explodes messages to keep network systems synchronized.

         The integration engine improves the accuracy, delivery, availability
and recoverability of clinical information through the following advantages:
information pooling of all system data for better analysis and quality of
patient care; integration and communication of binary, x-ray, digital and other
sources of data; and security defined on a per connection basis with
multi-level audit trails for any or all transactions. Cloverleaf reduces
ongoing support costs with a graphical user interface that allows users to
easily design their own integration interfaces.

         Compass Screen Scraper. The Compass screen scraper facilitates data
interchange with legacy healthcare information systems which do not use
standard protocols. It connects systems by reading data streams as they come
from the mainframe and automatically translates the character-based information
into a graphical interface. The features of Compass include easy configuration
using point-and-click methods; support of data storage and retrieval in a
variety of relational data models through storage-independent libraries; and an
application programming interface for original equipment manufacture
development of new user applications which interoperate with other
applications. The Company's screen scraper technology is licensed from ICS
(Sales) Ltd. See "--Licenses and Distribution Agreements."

         Express Single Log-On. Express Single Log-On is a terminal emulator
which allows a provider to log onto disparate healthcare information systems
from a single dumb terminal or a personal computer running Windows or NT. In
addition to eliminating unnecessary hardware, Express Single Log-On saves a
physician the time of logging into multiple security systems of an IDN.

         Community Person Index. Each healthcare information system typically
has its own master patient index ("MPI") as a key to information contained in
its database. The CPI integrates MPIs of multiple disparate information systems
so that a physician or other healthcare provider can request from or link to
clinical information on these systems. IDNs use the CPI as a tactical tool to
minimize duplicate patient records, improve data access time and ensure
accurate linkages of disparate clinical information. The Company believes that
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strategic tool to lay the foundation for the CPR by establishing the
enterprise-wide shared MPI for a system comprised of multiple information
systems.

         The CPI is both vendor and interface engine independent. Its
advantages include a cross-referenced index which can be used as a foundation
for an enterprise-wide data repository or warehouse; duplicate record detection
and resolution functions; remote system indexing and data location information
to link disparate systems; management of demographic information; support of
customer-defined event history; and scaleable distributed architecture to
support a larger IDN.

CLINICAL WORKSTATION TOOLS

         The Company's clinical workstation tools enable the efficient
collection, indexing, storage and retrieval of clinical and other data from
disparate systems in a multi-user environment. The Company has integrated its
CASS tool with the CPI so that an HIE healthcare information solution can
efficiently direct the Cloverleaf integration engine to retrieve clinical
information requested by a provider. The requested information can take a
variety of forms called "objects." Objects may be data, such as patient
demographic information from a hospital information system; clinical images,
such as an x-ray from an orthopedic surgeon's office; document images, such as
scanned copy of a hard-copy lab report; signals, such as an EKG; videos from a
telemedicine encounter; or voices, such as a radiologist's comments on an MRI.
HIE's clinical workstation can capture, index and store the requested objects.
In addition, the Company's object management tools maximize the efficiency of a
paper-less patient care process by using third-party licensed workflow software
tools which optimize the flow of objects and eliminate unnecessary human
intervention with such objects.

         Clinical Assessment and Support System. CASS is an intuitive,
interactive tool used by the physician at the point-of-care not only to access
clinical information about the patient, but also to document the clinical
aspects of the patient encounter and to assist the physician with patient
assessment, diagnosis and care planning. CASS is designed to be tailored to the
user's specifications. The physician can use his own protocols and care plans,
tailor those from other physicians or use those provided by his affiliated
provider organization or others. Aside from its ease of use and ease of
customization, CASS features include "Heads Up Display" problem lists or alerts
for medical history complications, medications and allergies; question drivers
for recording comprehensive medical history and risk management information
about the patient; results tracking with flags and reminders; voice annotation
to elaborate on findings; pharmacy and formulary tools with allergy and
drug-to-drug interaction warnings; and menu-driven diagnosis and care planning
tools to easily document each patient encounter. CASS also provides a
Subjective Objective Assessment Plan ("SOAP") to assist the provider with
documentation and assessment of the patient's condition through subjective
questions and objective findings, analysis of data, formulation of a diagnosis
and development of a longitudinal care plan.

         Document Image Management. The document image and object management
tools enhance the management of all information within the enterprise. The
features of these tools include on-line processing of reports, documents and
clinical images across the network, reduced paper handling and streamlined
business processes. These features allow the healthcare enterprise to operate
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using the Company's imaging and object management tools can improve access to
patient medical records and data; reduce lost documents; decrease storage space
costs; remotely access information; and concurrently access information and
images. These tools incorporate document image and object management technology
from InterTech, Inc. and Network Imaging Corporation and the OPEN IMAGE/OPEN
COLD software from Wang Laboratories, Inc. ("Wang").

         Workflow Management. The workflow tools allow providers to
workflow-enable key business processes by integrating multiple disparate
systems across the enterprise into a system designed to improve the efficiency
of each process and reduce related paperwork. In addition, the workflow
software collects and analyzes metrics which reveal bottlenecks and identify
business rules so that a provider can intelligently reengineer key business
processes. Providers using the Company's workflow tools can integrate
information from disparate systems; integrate clinical imaging, voice and video
with traditional data and documents; streamline business processes; improve
internal and external communications; and improve customer satisfaction. These
tools incorporate imaging and workflow technologies from Wang.

         Intranet and Internet Workflow Management. The Company has combined
internet technologies with imaging and workflow technologies to deliver timely,
accurate information from disparate systems to the desktop using an industry
standard user interface. These tools provide an "Internet Cooperative" which
allows customers to share applications thereby reducing each customer's
investment in the development of these applications. The Company also provides
the following intranet applications which leverage investment in existing
systems by implementing internet technologies within an organization on the
provider's existing network: policy and procedures manual, employee handbook,
patient referrals, physician directory and enterprise-wide calendar of events
and phone book. These intranet tools also eliminate support costs related to
adding new software to client personal computers and reduce of other support
and maintenance costs because application software can be developed and
maintained in a central location. These tools incorporate intranet and internet
workflow management technology from Action Technologies, Inc.

         Desktop Integration. The Company's desktop integration tools create a
single point of access for all applications in the enterprise. In addition,
they provide enterprise-wide access to objects other than applications. As a
result, project plans, spreadsheets, word processing documents and other
objects may be shared among groups of users across the enterprise for
collaborative computing and decision making. The desktop integration tools also
secure the desktop by enforcing a single point of system log-on. This log-on is
verified at a central location and, if successful, allows the end-user to
access an individually customized desktop configuration. This configuration is
tailored specifically to the person accessing the system and grants only those
privileges necessary for the user to operate the system.

         Teleradiology Computer Systems. The Company believes that the
migration by providers to IDNs is creating a demand for a CPR that incorporates
clinical images, diagnostic impressions and other non-text data from disparate
systems and applications. The Company provides teleradiology tools that allow
the instant capture and transmission of medical images throughout the IDN
involving radiology, cardiology, pathology and other telemedicine data objects.
These FDA-approved tools can be linked to a personal computer in a physician's
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to provide teleradiology connectivity between rural hospitals and larger
medical centers. The features and benefits of these tools include transmission
of images over standard telephone modems, T1-T2 lines and ISDN; TIFF format for
maximum image quality; transmission of black and white as well as color images;
a database to archive images and diagnostic records; and voice recording for
dictation of patient reports. These tools incorporate teleradiology technology
from DataView. See "-- Licenses and Distribution Agreements."

     Clinical Image Management. The key features of the clinical image
management tools include a diagnostic viewing station, an internal networking
system, film printing, a Dicom interface providing a universal file format for
connectivity to other core systems, televideo and teleconferencing and an
archival system for patient records. These tools incorporate clinical image
management technology from DataView Imaging International, Inc. ("DataView").
See "-- Licenses and Distribution Agreements."

ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT TOOLS

         The Company's enterprise management tools, which it licenses from CHS
(see "--Licenses and Distribution Agreements"), access data that exist in a
variety of databases across an IDN (including clinical workstations) to provide
consolidated mission-critical information as the basis for more comprehensive
analysis. With such enterprise-wide consolidated information, customers can
better analyze and understand key relationships between the various dimensions
of their business, especially clinical and financial performance. The Company's
enterprise management tools include the following:

         COPPS Information Management Tools. With the COPPS Information
Management Tool Set, an organization can access financial, operational,
clinical and other data stored in a variety of databases across the enterprise,
and consolidate identified mission-critical information into a business data
model which reflects the key information requirements of the various business
disciplines. The COPPS tool set manages (i) the complex task of consolidating
data from the source systems, (ii) the mapping and transformation of data into
the customer's business data model, and (iii) the changes to the business data
model as the customer's information needs change. The COPPS Information
Management Tool Set manages the consolidation of a variety of enterprise data,
including physician practice management, financial, clinical, contract
management and other data from disparate systems to one point of access. CHS
licenses its information management technology from Fiserv CIR, Inc. See
"--Licenses and Distribution Agreements."

         COPPS Console. The COPPS Console, a sophisticated workstation tool,
provides customers with the ability to analyze and report on mission-critical
information in the way that they want it presented. Through advanced scheduling
and distribution capabilities, the COPPS Console can fully automate analysis
and report production and then route the results to key information users to
most effectively deploy information throughout the organization on a timely
basis. These capabilities can satisfy individuals' information needs without
requiring every individual to be capable of running a workstation. For example,
as organizations broadly implement clinical workstation tools, the COPPS
Console can automatically complete the feedback loop necessary for improving
the delivery of cost-effective quality health care by providing the customer
with information necessary to assess protocols, standards or guidelines.



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         COPPS Survey Engine. The COPPS Survey Engine was developed as a data
collection tool to enable providers to collect direct patient feedback about
the patient's perception of the quality of care they are receiving. Other
information can be collected directly from patients using the COPPS Survey
Engine, such as their own assessment of their physical mobility, emotional
well-being and pain management. Additionally, opinion information from other
sources such as physicians and IDN employees can be captured using this tool
set. The data collected automatically populates the business data model with
important data that are not generally being collected at the present time. This
information is valuable feedback to IDNs and an increasingly important factor
in the measurement of quality health care.

SERVICES

     HIE is a solutions company comprised of EBUs that each provide both
software tools and services. HCI is primarily a software tools company that also
provides implementation, support and education services related to its software
tools. IHS and CHS are primarily service companies that also provide consulting,
system design, implementation, integration, support and education services and
typically use proprietary and/or third-party software tools to develop
solutions.

     HIE believes that each customer's needs will vary according to its existing
technology infrastructure and healthcare delivery requirements. As of December
31, 1996, the Company employed 59 people in services. Consistent with the
Company's philosophy of helping customers help themselves, HIE will perform the
requisite services for the customer, supervise the customers' resources in
conducting system design, implementation and integration projects and/or educate
the customers' resources to implement the Company's tools and products.

SALES AND MARKETING

         The Company sells the tools, products and services comprising the
Company's healthcare information solutions through three distribution channels
consisting of direct sales forces at both the HIE and the EBU level and
third-party distributors.

         As of December 31, 1996, the Company has 22 sales and marketing
personnel, of whom 14 are direct sales personnel. Three of the 14 direct sales
personnel are senior-level "client partners" of HIE. The client partners are
individuals who have extensive executive experience in the healthcare
information technology industry and numerous, long-standing relationships with
chief executive, financial and information officers within the industry. The
client partners are responsible for initiating or expanding customer
relationships with the top executives within an organization by identifying one
or more projects that would enable HIE to demonstrate the capabilities of its
tools, products or services. The remaining 11 of the 14 direct sales personnel
are employed by various EBUs and are primarily focused on selling the tools,
products and services of the EBU employing them. The EBUs' direct sales forces
are capable of presenting the entire HIE portfolio of tools, products and
services to sales prospects, which can lead to cross-selling opportunities. All
of the direct sales personnel are paid a base salary plus commissions at
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         Third-party distributors of the Company's tools and products include,
among others, system integrators, original equipment manufacturers and software
vendors. For example, HCI's Cloverleaf engine is distributed by International
Business Machines Corporation, Science Applications International Corporation,
Emtek Healthcare Systems, Inc., Triple P Management B.V. and others. The
Company intends to aggressively pursue the expansion of its distribution
channels by adding additional select third-party channel partners with
complementary tool, product and service offerings, including, among others,
original equipment manufacturers, other healthcare information systems vendors,
physician practice management information systems vendors, physician practice
management companies, consulting firms and systems integration companies.

         While the Company has primarily marketed and sold its tools, products
and services in the United States, the Company also intends to pursue
international sales opportunities in select countries that are aggressively
trying to control the cost of providing quality healthcare. For example, the
Company has established a distribution network in German-speaking countries for
one or more of its software tools with several healthcare information system
vendors, including Data-Plan Software GmbH, debis Systemhaus SFI GmbH,
Gesellschaft Fuer Systemforschung und Dienstleistungen im Gesundheitswesen
GmbH, and Triple P Management B.V., in addition to other distributors with
worldwide distribution rights, such as Emtek Healthcare Systems, Inc., IDX
Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation and Science
Applications International Corporation.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

         HIE's research and development effort is an ongoing process of working
with customers to identify and address the present and future information needs
of the emerging IDNs. The Company anticipates that it will address those
identified information needs through joint development activities with
customers, internal development activities or acquired technology, depending on
such factors as customer resource availability, the number of high priority
needs, the number and type of technical skills required and market timing
considerations. As of December 31, 1996, the Company employed 32 people in
research and development. The Company spent approximately $1.6 million, $1.9
million and $192,000 on research and development for the years ended December
31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 (date of incorporation)
to December 31, 1994, respectively.

         The Company has developed internally the following tools and
technologies: the Cloverleaf Integration Engine, the Express Terminal Emulator,
CPI, CASS and the Desktop Engine. CHS has developed the COPPS Console and
Survey tools.

         The Company believes that an open computing architecture gives
healthcare provider organizations maximum freedom in customizing information
systems to their own specific needs. This freedom fits the Company's product
strategy in several ways. First, the Company's products allow customers to
leverage their existing investment in information technology resources by
connecting different legacy healthcare information systems together via an open
architecture concept involving standard protocols. Second, the ability to link
legacy systems with other applications through the Company's products enables
customers to make gradual system upgrades which avoids major capital
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approval complications. This ability also allows customers to pursue
best-of-breed product strategies. Finally, the Company has minimized the
dependence of its products on any one third-party vendor by using industry
standard open architecture such as the UNIX operating systems and SQL
databases. The Company intends to continue to develop new tools and products in
an open architecture format that relies on an object-oriented programming
approach for speed of development.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

         The Company currently relies solely on common law copyrights and trade
secrets for proprietary protection of its tools and products. HIE does not
currently have patent protection with respect to any aspect of its tools or
products. In the absence of meaningful intellectual property protection, the
Company may be vulnerable to competitors who could lawfully attempt to copy the
Company's products. Moreover, there can be no assurance that other competitors
may not independently develop the same or similar technology. The Company
routinely applies for trade and service mark protection as appropriate.

         The Company is dependent upon third-party suppliers to license to it
necessary technology that is incorporated into certain of the Company's
products. The Company has less control over the scheduling and quality of work
of third-party suppliers than its employees. Furthermore, the Company's
agreements to license certain third-party technology will terminate after
specified dates unless renewed. To the extent possible, the Company has
determined that the third-party intellectual property used in its products is
public domain or used in accordance with licensed terms, including the license
terms of freeware used in its products. However, while HIE believes that it has
all rights necessary to market and sell its solutions without infringement of
intellectual proprietary rights held by others, the Company typically has not
filtered third-party software through a clean room procedure and it has not
conducted a formal infringement search so that there can be no assurance that
such conflicting rights do not exist. There can be no assurance that such use
is in compliance with such licenses or that the Company will not become the
subject of infringement claims or legal proceedings by third parties with
respect to current or future products and that such claims or proceedings will
not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition or results of operations. An adverse outcome in litigation or similar
adversarial proceedings could subject the Company to significant liabilities to
third parties, require expenditure of significant resources to develop
non-infringing technology, require disputed rights to be licensed from others
or require the Company to cease the marketing or use of certain products, any
of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations. As the number of software
products in the industry increases and the functionality of these products
further overlaps, the Company believes that software developers may become
increasingly subject to infringement claims. To the extent the Company wishes
or is required to obtain licenses to patents or proprietary rights of others,
there can be no assurance that any such licenses will be made available on
terms acceptable to the Company, or at all.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE -- ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS UNITS

         HIE works with operationally independent, interrelated entities
referred to by the Company as EBUs. Each EBU is a stand-alone business
specializing in one or more parts of the 



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tools, products and services that collectively create HIE's clinical
information solutions. The Company's organizational structure is both a
function of and a strategy for meeting the challenges of the evolving
healthcare industry, particularly in the context of emerging IDNs. Each EBU
focuses upon developing its particular area of expertise, thereby enabling it
to offer the high level of technological sophistication, customer support and
education which are critical for growing and adapting to changes in its
customers' needs. The Company also believes that the EBU structure facilitates
the hiring and retention by the EBUs of highly qualified personnel, who can be
offered incentives which are tied to that EBU's business and future prospects.

     The original investment in each EBU other than IHS was made by Healthdyne,
which was the sole shareholder of the Company until the Spin-Off. Since
Healthdyne transferred its interest in the EBUs to HIE prior to the Spin-Off,
the following summary of the Company's current investment in and relationship
with the various EBUs refers to HIE rather than Healthdyne. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations--Overview" regarding HIE's relationship with DataView, a former EBU.

         Healthcare Communications, Inc.

         The Company initially acquired a 44% equity interest in HCI in October
1994 and increased its interest to 57% effective January 1, 1995. The Company
further increased its ownership interest in HCI effective December 31, 1995, by
purchasing the remaining 43% of the outstanding shares of HCI common stock from
certain HCI shareholders. The Company now operates HCI as a wholly-owned
subsidiary.

         Integrated Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

         IHS is an internally developed, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company
which has been in existence since May 30, 1995.

         Criterion Health Strategies, Inc.

         Pursuant to an Incorporation Agreement dated as of October 21, 1994
(as subsequently amended on December 4, 1995, the "Incorporation Agreement"),
by and among CHS, Healthdyne, Brenton L. Teveit and J. Edward Pearson, Jr.
(Messrs. Teveit and Pearson, collectively, the "CHS Shareholders"), the Company
received 10 shares of the 260,010 shares of CHS common stock outstanding,
representing less than 1% of the outstanding shares, valued at the Company's
pro rata portion of CHS' organization costs, and agreed to make loans to CHS up
to a maximum of $4.0 million. Such loans were evidenced by an 8% convertible



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debenture due December 31, 2005 (the "Convertible Debenture"), convertible at
the Company's option at any time on or after October 21, 1996 and prior to
December 31, 2005 into 64% of the CHS common stock on a fully diluted basis.

         On December 4, 1995, Massey Burch Capital Corp. ("Massey Burch") of
Nashville, Tennessee, an unrelated third party venture capital fund that
specializes in the healthcare industry, invested in CHS by acquiring one-half
of the CHS common stock held by HIE and one-half of the rights and obligations
of HIE on a pari passu basis under said agreements referred to above, including
a commitment to loan CHS up to a maximum of $2.0 million. In connection with
this transaction, each of the Company and Massey Burch was issued an 8%
convertible debenture (the "New Convertible Debentures") due June 30, 2004,
convertible into 32% of the CHS common stock on a fully diluted basis, and the
Convertible Debenture was canceled. Massey Burch will make loans to CHS until
the later of December 31, 1996 or such time as Massey Burch has loaned $1.3
million to CHS, after which time HIE and Massey Burch will make loans to CHS on
an equal basis until such time as HIE and Massey Burch have each loaned a total
of $2.0 million to CHS.

     On December 18, 1996, the Company and Massey Burch entered into an
agreement whereby the Company acquired an option to acquire Massey Burch's
investment in CHS. The option is exercisable at any time during the period from
December 31, 1996 through June 30, 1997, with the option exercise price to be
payable through the issuance of the greater of 416,666 shares of the Company's
Common Stock or the equivalent number of shares having a fair market value of
$2.0 million at the time the option is exercised. This option, if exercised,
must be exercised simultaneously with HIE's option to purchase from the CHS
Shareholders their 26% equity ownership interest. In consideration for the grant
of this option, the Company issued to Massey Burch a warrant to purchase 50,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock at fair market value as of the date of
grant. The agreement granted registration rights to Massey Burch with respect to
both the shares of Common Stock underlying the warrant and the shares issuable
upon the Company's exercise of the option. Massey Burch continued to be subject
to its commitment to fund CHS up to a maximum of $2.0 million. Massey Burch has
loaned $2.0 million to CHS as of December 31, 1996.

         On November 13, 1996, HIE and the CHS Shareholders entered into an
agreement in principle which contemplates the granting of an option, at no cost
to HIE: (a) to acquire the 26% equity ownership interest in CHS held by the CHS
Shareholders for 240,000 shares of HIE's Common Stock and (b) to convert the
10% equity ownership interest reserved for CHS stock options to a HIE tandem
stock option program. This proposed option, if exercised, must be exercised
simultaneously with HIE's option to acquire from Massey Burch a promissory note
convertible into 32% ownership interest in CHS. As discussed above, the Massey
Burch option is exercisable between December 31, 1996 and June 30,1997. The
agreement in principle further contemplates that the CHS Shareholders will
periodically vest through June 30, 1999 in an increasing ownership interest
percentage of the HIE shares issuable to them upon the Company's exercise of
the proposed option. Finally, the agreement in principle contemplates that the
CHS Shareholders will be granted certain registration rights with respect to
those shares. The transaction contemplated by the agreement in principle is
subject to negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement and other
customary conditions. There can be no assurance that a definitive agreement
will be entered into or, even if entered into, that the transaction will be
consummated as described above or that the Company would exercise an option to
acquire Massey Burch's interest in CHS.

         CHS, the Company, Massey Burch and the CHS Shareholders are parties to
a shareholders agreement, as amended December 4, 1995 (the "CHS Shareholders
Agreement"), which contains certain rights of first refusal and preemptive
rights as well as a step-up purchase option. Under the terms of the step-up
option, each of the Company and Massey Burch has the right to acquire an
additional 18% of the shares of the common stock of CHS on a fully diluted
basis at a formula purchase price after December 31, 1999.



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         The Incorporation Agreement also includes certain covenants of CHS,
the Company and Massey Burch relative to the management of CHS. The parties
have agreed, until the earlier of either the Company's or Massey Burch's
conversion of the New Convertible Debentures, the redemption of the CHS
Shareholders' shares or the exercise of the step-up option, to maintain a
five-member Board of Directors, which shall consist of each of the CHS
Shareholders, one nominee of the Company, one nominee of Massey Burch, and one
nominee designated by the CHS Shareholders and approved by the Company and
Massey Burch. Any increases in the size of the Board must be effected so as to
maintain the foregoing relative representation. In addition, special voting
approval provisions are applicable to certain defined material corporate
transactions (defined to include mergers, consolidations, sales or other
dispositions of all or substantially all the assets of CHS, certain
transactions resulting in a change of control, and liquidation or dissolution).

LICENSES AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS

         On May 25, 1995, HIE entered into a Corporation Reseller Agreement
with InterTech Imaging Corporation ("InterTech"), under which the Company has
made a $500,000 license prepayment. The agreement grants HIE the non-exclusive
right to distribute InterTech's DocuPACT software world-wide in the healthcare
market and a right of first refusal on any proposed InterTech
healthcare-related exclusive joint venture or exclusive healthcare licensing
agreement with a third party. The agreement is automatically renewed each May
25th unless terminated by either party upon sixty days written notice. The
DocuPACT software is incorporated into the Company's document imaging tools.
See "-- Tools, Products and Services -- Clinical Workstation Tools."

         On September 12, 1995, HCI entered into a Technology License Agreement
with ICS (Sales) Ltd ("ICS"), under which the Company paid $400,000 upon
delivery of source code and documentation. HCI has an 18 month exclusive,
nontransferable license to market and sell ICS software in the healthcare
market in Canada, the United States and Mexico. HCI also has a five year
non-exclusive, nontransferable license elsewhere in the world, excluding the
healthcare market in the United Kingdom, to enter into sub-licenses with
respect to ICS products. A version of the ICS TALK software has been modified
by HCI to operate in conjunction with the Cloverleaf integration engine and is
marketed and licensed by HCI as its Compass screen scraper. See "-- Tools,
Products and Services -- Integration Tools."

         On October 13, 1995, CHS entered into a Distribution Agreement with
Fiserv CIR, Inc. ("Fiserv"), which grants perpetual exclusive rights to CHS
throughout the world to market, distribute and license an information system
application owned by Fiserv currently known as InformEnt to end users and
through distributors in the healthcare industry. The agreement defines the term
"healthcare industry" as entities that provide healthcare medical services to
patients including, but not limited to, hospitals, physicians, managed care
organizations, IDNs, federal, state and local government health services
agencies, associations whose membership is predominately healthcare
professionals, home healthcare companies, insurance companies and federal,
state and local governments. CHS's exclusive rights over all countries except
the U.S. shall be automatically revoked in the event CHS does not establish a
written licensing agreement with at least one international entity by December
31, 1999. CHS must pay Fiserv the greater of (i) 6% of revenues from end users
for Fiserv's software or (ii) base license fees of $300,000, 



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$240,000, $400,000 and $560,000 for 1995 through 1998, respectively. The annual
base license fee for each year beginning 1999 shall be $560,000. CHS may elect
to terminate the agreement after December 31, 1999 upon six months prior
written notice and payment of $280,000 plus any outstanding amounts due
pursuant to the agreement. Said distribution agreement is automatically and
irrevocably assigned to HIE in the event of the failure of CHS to pay the
license fees when due to Fiserv. The Fiserv software is incorporated into CHS's
COPPS Information Management Tool Set. See "-- Products -- Enterprise
Management Tools."

         On December 4, 1995, HIE entered into a Software Licensing and
Distributorship Agreement with CHS which grants HIE a worldwide non-exclusive,
nontransferable license to market, sub-license, install and support the COPPS
Console, COPPS Survey Engine and COPPS Information Management Tool Set. The
products marketed and sub-licensed are solely for internal use by third party
customers of HIE whose business is the performance of healthcare services. The
Company has a Most Favored Nations pricing status with respect to CHS products
and tools. See "-- Tools, Products and Services -- Enterprise Management
Tools."

         On June 12, 1996, HIE entered into a ten-year agreement with DataView
which grants to the Company a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, worldwide license to use DataView's clinical image management
software in the Company's service business to the extent that said use does not
directly compete with one of DataView's products. In addition to its
royalty-free distribution rights status, the Company has a Most Favored Nations
pricing status with respect to the teleradiology and the Mini-PACS product
fees. See "-- Tools, Products and Services -- Clinical Workstation Tools."

CUSTOMERS

         HIE's customers are generally the constituents of an IDN who have
taken a leadership role in the formation or maintenance of the network or who
have a vested interest in the successful operation of the network. The
constituents include hospitals, physicians, physician groups, independent
practice associations, physician-hospital organizations, health maintenance
organizations, clinics, labs, imaging centers, home health care and other
alternate site providers, management service organizations, employers, payers
and others. One customer accounted for approximately 25% of the Company's
revenue in the year ended December 31, 1996. No single customer accounted for
more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenue for the year ended December
31, 1995 or for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994. In
addition, one distributor provided customers to the Company that accounted for
approximately 18% of the Company's revenue in 1995. No single distributor
provided customers to the Company that accounted for more than 10% of the
Company's revenue for the year ended December 31, 1996 or for the period from
June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994.

         HCI has granted approximately 300 licenses for the use of its
integration engine. IHS and CHS have current customer bases of 20 and 5,
respectively.

BACKLOG

         The Company has contracts for the delivery of certain tools, products
and services, generally within 12 months of the contract dates, totaling
approximately $7.5 million and $4.0 




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million as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Of the backlog as of
December 31, 1996, approximately $2.1 million was attributable to the Company's
largest customer.

COMPETITION

         The Company does not believe it has any direct competitors who can
provide the overall comprehensive clinical information solutions which the
Company offers. However, because the Company also provides products, tools and
services related to the various elements comprising its solutions -- such as
systems and network integration, object and workflow management, patient
indexing, clinical data measurement and analysis and information network design
and management components of those solutions -- HIE has a large number of
competitors with respect to these individual areas. The Company competes with,
among others, (i) healthcare information systems vendors, such as HBO &
Company, Shared Medical Systems Corporation and Cerner Corporation; (ii)
integration engine companies, such as Software Technologies Corporation,
Century Analysis Incorporated and HUBLink, Inc.; (iii) image management
companies, such as IMNET Systems, Inc. and LanVision Systems, Inc.; (iv)
healthcare database reference companies, such as HCIA Inc.; (v) consulting
firms, such as Ernst & Young LLP; (vi) original equipment manufacturers, such
as International Business Machines Corporation; (vii) systems integration
firms, such as Science Applications International Corporation; and (viii)
internal MIS departments of providers. A competitor of the Company with respect
to one aspect of the Company's business may serve as a distributor for the
Company with respect to other products, tools or services.

         In general, the Company's competitors have greater financial,
technical, research and development and marketing resources and more extensive
business experience than the Company. Although the Company believes that its
solutions have advantages over competing tools, products and services currently
being marketed, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to
continue to compete effectively in the marketplace if its present and potential
competitors are able to duplicate or improve upon its tools, products, services
or marketing strategy.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

          The United States Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has issued
a draft guidance document addressing the regulation of certain computer products
as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the "FDC
Act"). To the extent that computer software is a medical device under the
policy, the manufacturers of such products could be required, depending on the
product, to: (i) register and list their products with the FDA; (ii) notify the
FDA and demonstrate substantial equivalence to other products on the market
before marketing such products; or (iii) obtain FDA approval by filing a
premarket application that establishes the safety and effectiveness of the
product. The Company expects that the FDA is likely to become increasingly
active in regulating computer software that is intended for use in healthcare
settings. The FDA, if it chooses to regulate such software, can impose extensive
requirements governing pre- and post-market conditions such as device
investigation, approval, labeling and manufacturing. In addition, such products
would be subject to the FDC Act's general controls, including those relating to
good manufacturing practices and adverse experience reporting. The FDA currently
regulates the medical imaging capability that the Company provides with the
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EMPLOYEES

         As of December 31, 1996, HIE and its subsidiaries HCI and IHS employed
a total of 114 persons and CHS employed 17 persons. Of these employees, 22 were
engaged in sales and marketing, 32 in research and development, 59 in services
and 18 in general and administrative functions. None of these employees is
represented by a labor union or subject to any collective bargaining agreement,
nor has the Company experienced any work stoppages. The Company believes that
its relations with its employees are good.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES

          The Company leases approximately 1,250 square feet of office space in
Marietta, Georgia for its principal executive and administrative offices and its
corporate sales and marketing facilities. This lease, which expired in February
1997, currently requires monthly rental payments of $1,710. HCI leases
approximately 8,000 square feet and 2,300 square feet of office space in a
building in Dallas, Texas, for its operations, for monthly rental payments of
$11,635 and $2,000, respectively, under leases expiring in November 2000. IHS'
business is conducted from leased facilities of approximately 8,000 square feet
located in Marietta, Georgia and approximately 3,000 square feet located in
Alpharetta, Georgia, under a lease which expired in February 1997 and a lease
which expires in December 1999, respectively, and require monthly rental
payments of $11,036 and $3,570, respectively.

          The Company believes that its facilities are adequate through the
above-indicated lease expiration periods. The leases that expired during
February 1997 have been extended on a month-to-month basis.

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

         As of the date hereof, there are no material legal proceedings pending
against the Company.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

         No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the
quarter ended December 31, 1996.




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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

         The following sets forth certain information with respect to the
executive officers of the Company.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         NAME                       AGE              POSITION WITH THE COMPANY
         ----                       ---              -------------------------

         <S>                        <C>              <C>                     
         H. Darrell Young           48               President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

         Joseph G. Bleser           51               Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer,
                                                     Treasurer and Secretary
</TABLE>

         The executive officers of the Company are elected annually and serve
at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

         H. Darrell Young has served as a director and the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company since June 1994. From January 1992 to June
1993, Mr. Young was Chairman and a principal investor in Transtel Corp., a
start-up telecommunications company that manufactured stationary wireless voice
and data products, and from 1977 through 1991 he was employed by HBO & Company,
a publicly-traded, international healthcare information systems and services
provider ("HBO"), in various management positions, including serving as Vice
President of Research and Development from 1984 to 1986, President of Product
Group from 1986 to 1987, and President and Chief Executive Officer of its
subsidiary, HBO & Company of Georgia, from 1987 to 1991.

         Joseph G. Bleser has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company since March 20, 1995 and as Vice President-Finance, Treasurer and
Secretary of the Company since August 10, 1995. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Bleser served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of Allegiant Physician Services, Inc., a physician practice
management company, from May 1993 until March 17, 1995. He was previously
employed by HBO as Senior Vice President-Finance, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary and Chief Financial Officer from 1992 to 1993 and as Vice President,
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 1983 to 1992.




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                                    PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED 
         STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

         The Company's Common Stock has been quoted and traded under the symbol
"HDIE" in the over-the-counter market on the OTC Bulletin Board from November
7, 1995 to May 22, 1996, on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market System from May 23, 1996
to October 29, 1996 and on the Nasdaq National Market System since October 30,
1996. The high and low sales prices of the Common Stock for the period from
November 7, 1995 to December 31, 1995 and for each quarter during 1996 are
shown in the table below. The approximate number of holders of record of the
Company's Common Stock at March 14, 1997 was 2,205.

         HIE Stock Price Per Share Information:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               PERIOD                                 PRICE PER SHARE
         ------------------------------------------           --------------------------------
                    FROM                    TO                   LOW                    HIGH
         <S>      <C>                  <C>                    <C>                       <C> 
         1995:    November 7           December 31            $1.125                    $2.50
         1996:    January 1            March 31               $1.875                    $4.312
                  April 1              June 30                $3.50                     $7.75
                  July 1               September 30           $3.50                     $5.875
                  October 1            December 31            $3.50                     $6.00
</TABLE>

         The Company has never paid any cash dividends with respect to its
Common Stock and does not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable
future. The Company currently intends to retain all earnings, if any, for use
in the expansion of the Company's business. The payment of dividends, if any,
in the future with respect to the Company's Common Stock is within the
discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on the Company's earnings,
capital requirements, financial condition and other relevant factors.




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ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

         The selected financial data is presented below for the years ended
December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 (date of
incorporation) through December 31, 1994. The data should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements, related notes and other
financial information contained herein.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      FOR THE
                                                  FOR THE                     FOR THE              PERIOD FROM
                                                YEAR ENDED                   YEAR ENDED          JUNE 15, 1994 TO
                                                DECEMBER 31,                DECEMBER 31,           DECEMBER 31,
                                                   1996                         1995                   1994
                                                ------------                ------------           ------------
                                                        (Amounts in thousands, except for per share data)
<S>                                              <C>                           <C>                   <C>        
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue                                          $16,151                       $  8,700              $    153   
Operating Earnings (Loss)                        $ 1,486                       $ (8,953)*            $ (1,270)  
Net Earnings (Loss)                              $ 1,183                       $ (9,983)*            $ (1,265)  
Net Earnings (Loss) Per Share                    $  0.06                       $  (0.64)*            $  (0.08)  
Weighted Average Number of                                                                           
  Common Shares and Common
  Share Equivalents Outstanding                   18,876                         15,653                15,500
</TABLE>


*Includes $5,335 pre-tax and after-tax expense or $(0.34) net loss per share
related to purchased in-process research and development expense ($3,605),
goodwill impairment expense ($1,430), and an investment option reserve ($300).




<TABLE>
                                                  AS OF                           AS OF
                                            DECEMBER 31, 1996               DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                            -----------------               -----------------
                                            (Amounts in thousands, except for per share data)
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
<S>                                              <S>                             <C>
Total Assets                                     $31,802                         $21,734
Long-Term Obligations                            $ 4,265                         $ 5,549
</TABLE>




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ITEM 7.   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL 
          CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

         Except for the historical information contained herein, this report
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The
Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not
limited to, the Company's limited operating history and lack of profitability
in 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994, limitations
and potential costs inherent in the Entrepreneurial Business Unit ("EBU")
operational structure, market acceptance of new products and services offered
by the Company, limited capital resources, and competitive factors, such as new
technologies and pricing pressures, as well as factors discussed or identified
from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

OVERVIEW

         Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. ("HIE" or the "Company") was
incorporated in Georgia on June 15, 1994 and was a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Healthdyne, Inc. ("Healthdyne") until November 6, 1995 at which time Healthdyne
distributed all of the outstanding shares of HIE to Healthdyne's shareholders
(the "Spin-Off"). HIE's common stock is publicly traded on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol "HDIE". In conjunction with its subsidiaries Healthcare
Communications, Inc. ("HCI") and Integrated Healthcare Solutions, Inc. ("IHS")
and its affiliate Criterion Health Strategies, Inc. ("CHS"), the Company is a
leading provider of enterprise-wide clinical information management solutions
for emerging integrated healthcare delivery networks ("IDNs"). Each subsidiary
and the affiliate are referred to by the Company as an EBU.

         The Company generates revenue from licensing clinical information
software tools and products and providing related system design, integration,
implementation, support, education and consulting services as discussed below.

         HCI. HCI presently contributes the majority of HIE's revenue through
Cloverleaf integration engine software license fees and related implementation,
maintenance and education fees. Software licenses are granted on a perpetual
basis for a one-time, up-front fee. Implementation fees are based on actual
hours of implementation service at standard hourly rates. Software maintenance
agreements are generally one-year renewable service contracts for a prepaid
standard fee. HCI charges a standard per-student amount for its education
classes.

         IHS. IHS' revenue contribution to HIE has rapidly increased since its
formation in early 1995. IHS provides clinical and other information solutions
through the use of both proprietary and third-party software tools and by
providing related system design, integration and consulting services. Software
licenses and sub-licenses are generally granted on a perpetual basis for a
one-time, up-front fee. Services are generally provided for a fixed fee based
on estimated hours of service to be provided at standard hourly rates.

         CHS. CHS provides enterprise management and other decision support
products through the use of both proprietary and third-party software tools.
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consolidate the operating results of CHS. However, on November 7, 1996 and
December 18, 1996, the Company entered into an agreement in principle and a
separate definitive agreement with the CHS Shareholders and Massey Burch,
respectively, which together would enable the Company to acquire a 100%
ownership interest in CHS. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included in the accompanying HIE Consolidated Financial Statements.

          On June 12, 1996, the Company entered into an agreement effective
April 1, 1996, with DataView, a former majority-owned subsidiary, providing for
a restructuring of the relationship between HIE and DataView as discussed in
Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the
accompanying HIE Consolidated Financial Statements. Subsequent to March 31,
1996, DataView's financial position, results of operations and cash flows are no
longer included in HIE's Consolidated Financial Statements.

         The Company expects the following external factors to affect the
market for healthcare information systems tools, products and services in
future years: (1) the continued and accelerated emergence of IDNs; (2) the
shift from the traditional fee-for-service reimbursement system to the
capitated (fixed fee) payment system for healthcare services; (3) the growing
importance of comprehensive clinical information in the managed patient care
environment; (4) the introduction of cost accounting to the healthcare delivery
system; and (5) the growing world-wide need to control the cost of quality
healthcare.

         Software revenue is generally recognized upon shipment in accordance
with Statement of Position 91-1, Software Revenue Recognition. Service revenue
is recognized as the work is performed or, in the case of a fixed fee contract,
on the percentage of completion basis, even though some services are prepaid.

         The Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets include assets designated as
purchased software and capitalized software development costs. Purchased
software originates from purchases by HIE of proprietary software tools
developed by third parties and prepaid license fees for software tools to be
distributed by HIE on a non-exclusive basis. Certain costs of HIE proprietary
software developed internally are capitalized in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. The costs of individual software tools or
products are being amortized ratably based on the projected revenue associated
with the related software or on a straight-line basis over not more than five
years, whichever method results in a higher level of amortization.

         The excess of cost over net assets of businesses acquired (goodwill)
is being amortized over a period of fifteen years. At each balance sheet date,
the Company assesses the recoverability of this intangible asset by determining
whether the amortization of the goodwill balance over its remaining life can be
recovered through undiscounted future operating cash flows of the acquired
operation. The amount of goodwill impairment, if any, is measured based on
projected discounted future operating cash flows using a discount rate
reflecting the Company's average cost of funds.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated: (1) the relative
significance of each EBU to the Company as a whole and (2) the percentage of
total revenue for each component included in the Company's Consolidated
Statements of Operations:


                        PERCENT OF REVENUE (UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                    FOR THE PERIOD FROM
                                                                                                    JUNE 15, 1994 (DATE
                                                    YEAR ENDED                YEAR ENDED           OF INCORPORATION) TO
                                                 DECEMBER 31, 1996         DECEMBER 31, 1995         DECEMBER 31, 1994
                                                 -----------------         -----------------         -----------------
<S>                                                 <C>                          <C>                     <C>       
Total HIE revenue (in 000's)                        $ 16,151                     $ 8,700                 $ 153     
                                                    ========                     =======                 =====     
                                                                                                                         
HCI (1)                                                   57%                         75%                    0%    
IHS (2)                                                   42%                         18%                    3%    
DataView (3)                                               1%                          7%                   97%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                      Total HIE revenue                  100%                        100%                  100%    
                                                    ========                     =======                 =====    
                                                                                                                   
Revenue:                                                                                                           
     Software                                             44%                         59%                  100%    
     Services                                             56%                         41%                    0%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                          Total revenue                  100%                        100%                  100%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                                                                                                                   
Cost of revenue                                                                                                    
     Software                                             13%                         10%                   42%    
     Services                                             53%                         58%                    0%    
                  Total cost of revenue                   35%                         30%                   42%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                                                                                                                   
Gross profit                                              65%                         70%                   58%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                                                                                                                   
Operating expenses:                                                                                                
     Sales and marketing                                  22%                         40%                  122%    
     Research and development                             10%                         22%                  125%    
     General and administrative                           24%                         50%                  641%    
     Other (4)                                             0%                         61%                    0%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
               Total operating expenses                   56%                        173%                  888%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                                                                                                                   
Operating earnings (loss)                                  9%                       (103%)                (830%)   
                                                                                                                   
Losses of affiliate                                        0%                        (13%)                (102)%   
Minority interest                                          0%                          2%                    0%    
Interest income (expense), net                            (2%)                        (2%)                   4%    
Equity in earnings of affiliate (1)                        0%                          0%                  101%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                                                                                                                   
Earnings (loss) before taxes                               7%                       (116%)                (827%)   
Income tax benefit                                         0%                          1%                    0%    
                                                    --------                     -------                 -----     
                                                                                                                   
Net earnings (loss)                                        7%                       (115%)                (827%)   
                                                    ========                     =======                 =====     
</TABLE>




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Notes:

  (1)   HCI has been in business since 1991. HIE acquired 100% ownership
        interest in HCI through a three-step acquisition of a 44% interest in
        October 1994, an additional 13% interest in May 1995 and the remaining
        43% interest effective December 31, 1995. Accordingly, HCI's 1994
        operating results were not consolidated with those of HIE in 1994, but
        were included in HIE's 1995 Consolidated Financial Statements effective
        January 1, 1995.

  (2)   IHS was incorporated on May 30, 1995, but the above table reflects its
        operating results for its start-up activities during the periods from
        June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994 and from January 1, 1995 to May 29,
        1995 with the results for such latter period being included in the
        results for the year ended December 31, 1995.

  (3)   DataView has been in business since 1990. See Note 3 of Notes to
        Consolidated Financial Statements included in the accompanying HIE
        Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the restructuring of the
        relationship between the Company and DataView.

  (4)   Other operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 1995 include
        (a) $3.6 million or 41% of revenue related to purchased in-process
        research and development expense and (b) $1.7 million or 20% of revenue
        related to goodwill impairment expense and an investment option
        reserve. See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
        included in the accompanying HIE Consolidated Financial Statements.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 1996 and 1995

        Revenue. Total revenue was $16.2 million in 1996 compared to $8.7
million in 1995, an increase of 86% even though DataView's revenue is no longer
included in the Company's consolidated revenue effective April 1, 1996 as
discussed above. While HCI contributed most of the Company's revenue in both
1996 and 1995, IHS contributed most of the revenue growth between 1995 and
1996. Since most of HCI's revenue was derived from integration engine software
license fees and most of IHS' revenue was derived from system design,
implementation and integration services, the mix of revenue shifted to more
service than software between 1995 and 1996. Even though software revenue
declined as a percent of total revenue in 1996, it still increased 40% between
1995 and 1996 due primarily to the continued growth of integration engine
license fee revenue supplemented by software license fee revenue from the
Clinical Assessment and Support System ("CASS") and the Community Person Index
("CPI") software tools, both of which were released for general availability to
the market by IHS during the second half of 1996. Service revenue grew 152% in
1996 due to the continued growth in HCI's maintenance, implementation and
education services related to the integration engine software tool and, more
significantly, the demand by IDNs for system design, implementation and
integration services of imaging, workflow, internet, CPI and CASS software
tools provided by IHS.

        Cost of revenue. The cost of revenue was $5.7 million in 1996 compared
to $2.6 in 1995, an increase of 117%, substantially all of which is related to
the growth in revenue. The increase in cost of revenue from 30% of revenue to
35% between 1995 and 1996 is primarily attributable to the shift in revenue mix
toward service, which typically has a higher cost of revenue than 



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software. The increase in cost of software revenue as a percent of software
revenue is due to the Company sub-licensing more third-party imaging, workflow
and internet software tools than it did during 1995. Third-party software tools
typically have a higher relative cost than the Company's proprietary software
tools, such as the Cloverleaf integration engine, CPI and CASS. The decrease in
cost of services revenue as a percent of services revenue is due to productivity
improvements at IHS as its relatively new service organization matured during
the year.

         Gross profit. The Company's gross profit was $10.5 million in 1996
compared to $6.1 million in 1995, an increase of 72%, due primarily to the
revenue growth discussed above. Gross profit as a percent of revenue decreased
from 70% in 1995 to 65% in 1996. The revenue mix shifted from 59% software and
41% services in 1995 to 44% software and 56% services in 1996. The main reason
for the shift was the increase in system design, implementation and integration
services provided by IHS. As discussed above, while software revenue, which has
relatively high gross profit margins, increased 40%, services revenue, which
normally has lower gross profit margins than software, increased 152% between
1995 and 1996.

         Sales and marketing. Sales and marketing expense was $3.5 million in
1996 and $3.4 million in 1995. The slight increase is due primarily to the net
effect of increased sales personnel costs, sales commissions and travel
expenses associated with increased sales staffing and the increase in revenue,
offset somewhat by the exclusion of DataView from the Company's consolidated
operating results for the last three quarters of 1996 as discussed above and
secondarily to utilization of a more cost-effective international distribution
network in 1996. Sales and marketing expense as a percent of revenue decreased
from 40% in 1995 to 22% in 1996, reflecting the increased productivity of the
Company's internal sales force and its distributors.

         Research and development. Research and development expense was $1.6
million in 1996 compared to $1.9 million in 1995, a decrease of 18%, due
primarily to the capitalization of internally developed software costs totaling
$789,000, which represented 33% of research and development expenditures in
1996, and secondarily to the exclusion of DataView from the Company's
consolidated operating results for the last three quarters of 1996 as discussed
above. No such costs qualified for capitalization under generally accepted
accounting principles in 1995.

         General and administrative. General and administrative expense was
approximately $3.9 million in 1996 compared to $4.3 million in 1995, a decrease
of 10%. The decrease of $425,000 between the two periods was primarily due to
the net effect of (1) decreased staffing, outside service expense and other
administrative costs at HCI resulting from cost control measures initiated
during the fourth quarter of 1995 and the first quarter of 1996; and (2) the
exclusion of DataView from the Company's consolidated operating results for the
last three quarters of 1996 as discussed above; both somewhat offset by (3)
increased goodwill amortization related primarily to the step acquisition of
HCI during 1995 (as discussed below); (4) identifiable expenses of being a new
public company; and (5) increased IHS administrative staffing costs to support
current and projected growth of IHS.

         Other. Other operating expenses in 1995 were attributable to purchased
in-process research and development expense of $3.6 million related to the HCI
acquisition, goodwill 



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impairment expense of $1.4 million and an option reserve of $300,000, both
related to a change in the Company's strategic direction with respect to
DataView.

         Losses of affiliate. Losses of affiliate, which resulted from the
Company's commitment to fund CHS, totaled $1.1 million in 1995. The December
1995 transaction with Massey Burch, which provided for a sharing of the
Company's funding commitment to CHS, had the additional result of relieving the
Company of the requirement to report a loss from CHS in 1996.

         Minority interest. The minority interest in net loss of subsidiary
totaling $142,000 in 1995 related to HCI, and such minority interest is no
longer applicable as a result of HIE's increased ownership interest in HCI to
100% effective December 31, 1995.

         Interest expense, net. Net interest expense was $303,000 in 1996
compared to $168,000 in 1995, an increase of 80%, due primarily to the net
effect of (1) increased interest associated with financing the increased HCI
ownership interest referred to above; and (2) reduced HCI interest expense
under a financing agreement renegotiated at a lower interest rate effective
January 1, 1996.

         Income tax benefit. The Company has no provision for income taxes in
1996 due to the utilization of available net operating loss carryforward
benefits. The income tax benefit of $140,000 in 1995 relates to HCI, which
filed a separate income tax return prior to HIE increasing its ownership
interest in HCI to 100% effective December 31, 1995.

Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 1995 to the Period from Inception (June
15, 1994) to December 31, 1994

         Revenue. HIE's consolidated revenue for the year ended December 31,
1995 increased to $8.7 million due primarily to the acquisition of HCI, which
had revenue of $5.1 million for 1994, and secondarily to the growth of both HCI
and IHS. Consolidated revenue for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31,
1994 was $153,000, due primarily to the July 1994 acquisition of the
teleradiology computer system operations of DataView.

         Cost of Revenue. The cost of revenue was $2.6 million in the year
ended December 31, 1995 compared to $65,000 for the period from June 15, 1994
to December 31, 1994, representing a decrease in cost of revenue to 30% of
revenue in the year ended December 31, 1995 from 42% of revenue for the period
from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994. This decrease was attributable to the
net effect of the addition of HCI's relatively low-cost software revenue in
1995, offset somewhat by the addition and growth of both HCI's and IHS' service
businesses in 1995.

         Gross Profit. HIE's gross profit was $6.1 million in the year ended
December 31, 1995 compared to $88,000 for the period from June 15, 1994 to
December 31, 1994, representing an increase in gross profit as a percent of
revenue to 70% for the year ended December 31, 1995 from 58% for the period
from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994, due primarily to the higher margin HCI
business being included in the 1995 operating results.

         Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense was $3.4 million in
the year ended December 31, 1995 compared to $186,000 for the period from June
15, 1994 to December 31, 




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1994, representing an increase of $3.2 million. The majority of this increase
was attributable to the consolidation of HCI's operating results with HIE
effective January 1, 1995 pursuant to HIE's acquisition of a majority interest
in HCI during 1995. Even though HCI's operating results were not consolidated
with HIE for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994, HCI's sales
and marketing expense increased between 1994 and 1995 due to (1) the increased
size of the internal sales force to supplement the efforts of the distributor
channel; (2) increased domestic and international market research expense; (3)
increased sales and marketing collateral material expense; and (4) increased
sales-related expenses, such as sales commissions and travel, associated with
HCI's $1.6 million increase in revenue. IHS increased sales and marketing
expense between 1994 and 1995 due to increased staffing of its direct sales
force and increased sales commissions and sales-related expenses, such as
travel, advertising and brochures, related to a $1.6 million increase in its
revenue. The remainder of the increased sales and marketing expense was due to
the timing of the Company's acquisition of DataView in 1994.

         Research and Development. Research and development expense was $1.9
million in the year ended December 31, 1995 compared to $192,000 for the period
from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994, representing an increase of $1.7
million. The majority of the increase was attributable to the consolidation of
HCI's operating results with HIE effective January 1, 1995 pursuant to HIE's
acquisition of a majority interest in HCI during 1995. Even though HCI's
operating results were not consolidated with HIE for the period from June 15,
1994 to December 31, 1994, the increase in HCI's research and development
expense between 1994 and 1995 was due to increased staffing associated with
porting HCI's Cloverleaf integration engine to several other platforms. IHS
increased research and development expense due to increased staffing for the
CASS software tool development. The remainder of the increased research and
development expense was due to the timing of the Company's acquisition of
DataView in 1994.

         General and Administrative. General and administrative expense was
$4.3 million in the year ended December 31, 1995 compared to $980,000 for the
period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994, representing an increase of
$3.4 million. A majority of the increase was attributable to the consolidation
of HCI's operating results with HIE effective January 1, 1995 pursuant to HIE's
acquisition of a majority interest in HCI during 1995. Even though HCI's
operating results were not consolidated with HIE in 1994, HCI's general and
administrative expense increased between 1994 and 1995 due primarily to
increased general and administrative infrastructure expense to handle
anticipated future growth. HIE's general and administrative expense increased
due to increased goodwill amortization related to the acquisitions of HCI and
DataView and the increased cost of building the HIE corporate infrastructure,
including allocated general and administrative expenses from Healthdyne. The
remainder of the increased general and administrative expense was due to the
cost of building the IHS general and administrative infrastructure to handle
anticipated future growth and the timing of the Company's acquisition of
DataView in 1994.

         Purchased In-Process Research and Development. In conjunction with
HIE's 43% increase in its ownership interest in HCI to 100% effective December
31, 1995, approximately $3.6 million of the purchase price was allocated to
purchased in-process research and development and expensed during the year
ended December 31, 1995 in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.



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        Goodwill Impairment and Investment Option Reserve. At the end of 1995,
goodwill of $1.4 million attributable to DataView was written off to reflect an
impairment of such goodwill resulting from a change in HIE's strategic
direction with respect to DataView. For the same reason, HIE established a
$300,000 reserve to fully reserve the cost of HIE's option to increase its
ownership interest in DataView to 100%.

         Losses of Affiliate. CHS was a development stage enterprise with no
history-to-date revenue through early 1996. CHS was solely funded by loans from
HIE until early December 1995, at which time Massey Burch began to share HIE's
funding commitment to CHS. Accordingly, all of CHS's operating losses up to
HIE's $1.3 million then history-to-date advances to CHS were recorded by HIE as
losses of affiliate. The substantial increase in losses of affiliate during
1995 was due to the fact that the Company's investment in CHS occurred near the
end of 1994.

         Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense relates primarily to an HCI
vendor agreement for the prior year development of its integration engine
technology. The interest income relates primarily to interest earned on
consolidated cash balances.

         Income Taxes. HIE's income tax benefit for the year ended December 31,
1995 represents the income tax benefit that was realized by HCI through
carry-back claims against HCI's 1994 income taxes paid.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     The Company historically financed both its operations since inception and
its investments in EBUs primarily through equity investments totaling $22.0
million by Healthdyne. Following the Spin-Off, Healthdyne had no obligation or
intention to make additional advances or equity infusions in the Company. During
November 1996, the Company sold 2.75 million shares of its Common Stock in a
public offering and received proceeds of $10.3 million, after deducting all
offering-related expenses. On November 15, 1996, the Company used $800,000 to
prepay a portion of long-term debt at a discount. The Company intends to use the
remainder of the net proceeds of this offering for working capital and general
corporate purposes, including satisfaction of the Company's remaining funding
commitment of $700,000 to CHS. The Company's present financial condition and its
plans for future working capital and other capital requirements are further
discussed below.

         The Company has working capital of $12.4 million at December 31, 1996
compared to $2.7 million at December 31, 1995. Cash increased $6.7 million
between 1995 and 1996 for the reasons discussed below.

     Net cash provided by operating activities increased $6.2 between 1995 and
1996 due primarily to increased cash flow from the net earnings recorded in 1996
compared to the net loss recorded in 1995 and secondarily to various changes in
the components of working capital, most notably increased cash flow from
deferred revenue, accrued liabilities and accounts payable. This increase was
offset somewhat by increased trade accounts receivable due to increased revenue
and slightly higher days revenue in accounts receivable.




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     Net cash used in investing activities decreased $883,000 between 1995 and
1996 due primarily to the net effect of (1) no cash outflow for CHS funding in
1996, which cash outflow totaled $820,000 in 1995; (2) no cash outflow for
acquisitions in 1996, which cash outflow totaled $565,000 related to HCI in
1995; (3) a reduction of $245,000 in capital expenditures; and (4) an increase
in purchased and capitalized software of $859,000. The slight decrease in
capital expenditures reflects the Company's current preference for leasing
rather than purchasing computer equipment.

         Net cash provided by financing activities decreased $4.3 million
between 1995 and 1996 due primarily to the payment of maturing debt and the
prepayment of long-term debt discussed above. The proceeds from equity
transactions include capital contributions by Healthdyne totaling $10.9 million
in 1995, the net proceeds from the Company's secondary public stock offering of
$10.3 million in 1996 and relatively insignificant proceeds from the exercise
of employee stock options.

         As of December 31, 1996, the Company has $163,000 of debt financing
maturing over the next twelve months. During May 1996, HCI renewed its $1.0
million line of credit with a bank on essentially the same terms and conditions
as the expiring line of credit with said bank. Subsequent to year end, the
Company received a commitment for a $2 million unsecured line of credit from
another bank that requires the termination of the HCI line of credit referred
to above and the maintenance of certain financial covenants. The Company plans
to maintain a $2 million line of credit for unanticipated needs and financial
flexibility. Based on its current business plan and business model projections,
the Company believes that current available cash and anticipated cash flow from
operating activities will be sufficient to meet the Company's capital
requirements, including the payment of all maturing debt in cash and its
remaining funding commitment to CHS, for at least the next twelve months and
for the foreseeable future.

         In 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statements of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 ("SFAS 121"), Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to be Disposed of,
and No. 123 ("SFAS 123"), Accounting for Stock-based Compensation, both of
which standards were effective in 1996. The adoption of SFAS 121 and 123 did
not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements,
but the pro forma net earnings (loss) and related per share amounts required to
be disclosed in a note to the financial statements under SFAS 123 reflect
reductions (increases) to the related reported amounts in 1996 and 1995
presented in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. See Notes 1 and 8
to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the accompanying HIE
Consolidated Financial Statements.




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ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

    The following Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries and independent auditors' report thereon are included as pages F-1
through F-22 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Page
<S>                                                                                            <C>
Independent Auditors' Report...............................................................    F-1

Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 1996 and 1995...................................    F-2

Consolidated Statements of Operations - Years Ended
     December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period
     from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994...............................................    F-3

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity -
     Years Ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for
     the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994....................................    F-4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years Ended December 31, 1996 and 1995
     and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994............................    F-5


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................................................    F-7
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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc.:


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Healthdyne
Information Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'
equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for
the period from June 15, 1994 (date of incorporation) to December 31, 1994.
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the 1994 financial
statements of Healthcare Communications, Inc. (44% owned investee company
during 1994). The Company's equity in earnings in Healthcare Communications,
Inc. was $154,000 for the period ended December 31, 1994. The 1994 financial
statements of Healthcare Communications, Inc. were audited by other auditors
whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates
to the amounts included for this company for 1994, is based solely on the
report of the other auditors.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the report of the other
auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, the
consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Healthdyne Information
Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended December
31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.




                                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
January 28, 1997


                                      F-1
<PAGE>   34


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                          Consolidated Balance Sheets

                    (In thousands, except per share amounts)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 December 31,
                                                                          -------------------------
                                     Assets                                 1996             1995
                                     ------                               -------           -------
<S>                                                                       <C>            <C>      
Current assets:
    Cash and cash equivalents (note 10)                                   $  10,743      $   4,013
    Trade accounts receivable, less allowances of $165 and $85
      at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively                             5,260          2,966
    Other current assets                                                        963          1,020
                                                                          ---------      ---------
        Total current assets                                                 16,966          7,999

Notes receivable (note 11)                                                      333            417
Purchased software, net of accumulated amortization of $770
    and $150 at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively                      3,587          2,494
Capitalized software development costs, net of accumulated
    amortization of $39 at December 31, 1996                                    750           --
Property and equipment, net (note 4)                                          1,221          1,136
Excess of cost over net assets of businesses acquired, less accumulated
    amortization of $1,267 and $758 at December 31,
    1996 and 1995, respectively (note 3)                                      8,836          9,614
Other assets                                                                    109             74
                                                                          ---------      ---------

                                                                          $  31,802      $  21,734
                                                                          =========      =========

                      Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

Current liabilities:
    Current installments of long-term debt and obligations
      under capital leases (notes 6, 10, and 11)                          $     163      $   2,652
    Accounts payable, principally trade                                       1,019            547
    Accrued liabilities (note 5)                                                981            760
    Deferred service revenue                                                  2,418          1,297
                                                                          ---------      ---------
        Total current liabilities                                             4,581          5,256

Long-term debt and obligations under capital leases, excluding
    current installments (notes 6, 10, and 11)                                4,265          5,382
Other liabilities                                                              --              167
                                                                          ---------      ---------
        Total liabilities                                                     8,846         10,805
                                                                          ---------      ---------

Shareholders' equity (notes 6, 8, and 11):
    Preferred stock, without par value. Authorized 20,000
      shares; designated Series A cumulative preferred stock
      500 shares; issued none                                                  --             --
    Common stock, $ .01 par value.  Authorized 50,000 shares;
      issued and outstanding 20,172 and 16,503 shares at
      December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively                                  202            165
    Additional paid-in capital                                               32,819         22,012
    Accumulated deficit                                                     (10,065)       (11,248)
                                                                          ---------      ---------
        Total shareholders' equity                                           22,956         10,929

Commitments (notes 9 and 11)

                                                                          $  31,802      $  21,734
                                                                          =========      =========
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


                                      F-2
<PAGE>   35


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                     Consolidated Statements of Operations

                    (In thousands, except per share amounts)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   For the Period from
                                                           Years ended             June 15, 1994 (date
                                                           December 31,            of incorporation) to
                                                              1996         1995     December 31, 1994
                                                              ----         ----     -----------------
<S>                                                        <C>           <C>             <C>       
Revenue (note 12):
    Software                                               $   7,169     $   5,136       $     153
    Services                                                   8,982         3,564            --
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------
        Total revenue                                         16,151         8,700             153
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------

Cost of revenue (note 2):
    Software                                                     907           536              65
    Services                                                   4,765         2,082            --
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------
        Total cost of revenue                                  5,672         2,618              65
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------

        Gross profit                                          10,479         6,082              88

Operating expenses (note 2):
    Sales and marketing                                        3,505         3,435             186
    Research and development                                   1,576         1,928             192
    General and administrative (including related
      party expenses of $51, $325, and $164
      for the respective periods)                              3,912         4,337             980
    Purchased in-process research and development
       (note 3)                                                 --           3,605            --
    Goodwill impairment and investment option                                              
      reserve (note 3)                                          --           1,730            --
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------
        Operating earnings (loss)                              1,486        (8,953)         (1,270)

Losses of affiliate (note 11)                                   --          (1,144)           (156)
Minority interest in net loss of subsidiary                     --             142            --
Interest expense                                                (552)         (303)           --
Interest income                                                  249           135               7
Equity in earnings of affiliate (note 3)                        --            --               154
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------
        Earnings (loss) before income taxes                    1,183       (10,123)         (1,265)

Income tax benefit (note 7)                                     --             140            --
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------

        Net earnings (loss)                                $   1,183     $  (9,983)      $  (1,265)
                                                            =========     =========      ==========
                                                    
Net earnings (loss) per common share and
    common share equivalent                                $     .06     $    (.64)      $    (.08)
                                                           =========     =========       ==========

Weighted average number of common shares
    and common share equivalents outstanding                  18,876        15,653          15,500
                                                           =========     =========       =========
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                      F-3
<PAGE>   36


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity

                                 (In thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                Common Stock         Additional                         Total
                                                ------------           paid-in     Accumulated      shareholders'
                                             Shares       Amount       capital      deficit            equity
                                             ------       ------       -------      -------            ------
<S>                                    <C>             <C>           <C>               <C>            <C>      
Balance, June 15, 1994                      --         $    --       $    --           $    --        $     -- 
Issuance of common stock (note 8)         15,500             155          --                --              155
Capital contribution                        --              --          10,847              --           10,847
Net loss                                    --              --            --              (1,265)        (1,265)
                                       ---------       ---------     ---------         ---------      ---------
Balance, December 31, 1994                15,500             155        10,847            (1,265)         9,737

Issuance of common stock                     615               6            (6)             --             --
Stock options exercised                      388               4           130              --              134
Capital contribution                        --              --          11,041              --           11,041
Net loss                                    --              --            --              (9,983)        (9,983)
                                       ---------       ---------     ---------         ---------      ---------
Balance, December 31, 1995                16,503             165        22,012           (11,248)        10,929

Issuance of common stock
    in public offering, net of
    offering expenses of $634              2,750              28        10,297              --           10,325
Stock options exercised                      905               9           452              --              461
Employee stock plan purchases                 14            --              58              --               58
Net earnings                                --              --            --               1,183          1,183
                                       ---------       ---------     ---------         ---------      ---------

Balance, December 31, 1996                20,172       $     202     $  32,819         $ (10,065)     $  22,956
                                       =========       =========     =========         =========      =========
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                      F-4

<PAGE>   37


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

                                 (In thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     For the Period from
                                                                  Years ended        June 15, 1994 (date
                                                                  December 31,       of incorporation) to
                                                               1996        1995      December 31, 1994
                                                               ----        ----       -------------------
<S>                                                        <C>           <C>             <C>           
Cash flows from operating activities:                                                                  
    Net earnings (loss)                                    $   1,183     $  (9,983)      $  (1,265)    
    Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss)                                                       
      to net cash provided by (used in) operating                                                      
      activities:                                                                                      
        Purchased in-process research and                                                              
          development (note 3)                                  --           3,605            --       
        Goodwill impairment (note 3)                            --           1,430            --       
        Investment option reserve (note 3)                      --             300            --       
        Losses of affiliate                                     --           1,144             156     
        Provision for doubtful accounts                           92            43            --       
        Depreciation and amortization                          1,623         1,080              80     
        Minority interest in net loss of subsidiary             --            (142)           --       
        Equity in earnings of affiliate                         --            --              (154)    
        Increase in trade accounts receivable                 (2,419)       (1,454)            (88)    
        Increase in other assets                                (212)         (477)            (28)    
        Increase in trade accounts payable                       531           204              53     
        Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities               687           223             (10)    
        Increase in deferred service revenue                   1,121           480            --       
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
              Net cash provided by (used in)                                                           
                 operating activities                          2,606        (3,547)         (1,256)    
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
                                                                                                       
Cash flows from investing activities:                                                                  
    Purchased software                                        (1,713)       (1,643)            (44)    
    Capitalized software development costs                      (789)         --              --       
    Capital expenditures                                        (427)         (672)           (148)    
    Investment in equity of affiliate                           --            --            (6,750)    
    Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired             --            (565)         (1,186)    
    Purchase of option to acquire business                      --            --              (300)    
    Decrease (increase) in notes receivable                      112          (820)           (746)    
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
              Net cash used in investing activities           (2,817)       (3,700)         (9,174)    
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
                                                                                                       
Cash flows before financing activities                          (211)       (7,247)        (10,430)    
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
                                                                                                       
Cash flows from financing activities:                                                                  
    Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt                      67           559            --       
    Principal payments on long-term debt                      (3,970)         (410)           (531)    
    Proceeds from capital contributions                         --          10,936          10,847     
    Proceeds from issuances of common stock                   10,844           134             155     
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
              Net cash provided by financing activities        6,941        11,219          10,471     
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
              Net increase in cash and cash                                                            
                 equivalents                                   6,730         3,972              41     
                                                                                                       
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period               4,013            41            --       
                                                           ---------     ---------       ---------     
                                                                                                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                 $  10,743     $   4,013       $      41     
                                                           =========     =========       =========     

                                                                                            (Continued)
</TABLE>                                                         

   
                                     F-5

<PAGE>   38


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

                                 (In thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        For the Period from
                                                                  Years ended           June 15, 1994 (date
                                                                  December 31,          of incorporation) to
                                                              1996          1995        December 31, 1994
                                                              ----          ----         -------------------
<S>                                                        <C>           <C>               <C>          
Supplemental disclosures of cash paid for:                                                              
    Interest                                               $     199     $     289         $    --      
                                                           =========     =========         =========    
                                                                                                        
    Income taxes                                           $    --       $     140         $    --      
                                                           =========     =========         =========    
                                                                                                        
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing                                                            
   and financing activities:                                                                            
      Equipment acquired under capital lease                                                            
        obligations                                        $      67     $     160         $    --      
                                                           =========     =========         =========    
                                                                                                        
      Equipment contribution received from                                                              
        Healthdyne                                         $    --       $     105         $    --      
                                                           =========     =========         =========    
                                                                                                        
      Deferred service revenue financed by a                                                            
        note receivable                                    $    --       $     417         $    --      
                                                           =========     =========         =========    
                                                                                                        
      Obligations incurred in connection with                                              
        acquisition of minority interest of
        subsidiary (note 3)                                $    --       $   6,162         $    --
                                                           =========     =========         =========
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                      F-6

<PAGE>   39
                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

                       December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994

                    (In thousands, except per share amounts)


(1)    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

      (a)  Business

           Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. ("HIE" or the "Company")
           was incorporated on June 15, 1994 in the State of Georgia and is
           headquartered in Marietta, Georgia. HIE was a wholly owned
           subsidiary of Healthdyne, Inc. ("Healthdyne") until November 6, 1995
           at which time Healthdyne distributed all of the outstanding shares
           of HIE to the Healthdyne shareholders (the "Spin-off"). The Company
           and its subsidiaries provide clinical information software tools and
           products and related services to integrated healthcare delivery
           networks and other healthcare providers and payors.

           The consolidated financial statements include the financial
           position, results of operations, and cash flows as of the dates and
           for the periods indicated for HIE and the following subsidiaries:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                HIE
                                             ownership                                                 State of
               Subsidiary                   percentage                   Nature of business          incorporation
               ----------                   ----------                   ------------------          -------------
           <S>                        <C>                            <C>                                <C>                   
           Healthcare,                44% from October 27,           Systems and network                Texas
           Communications,            1994 to December 31,           integration tools and
           Inc. (Dallas, Texas)       1994; 57% from January 1,      services
                                      1995 to December 31,
                                      1995; 100% effective
                                      December 31, 1995

           DataView Imaging           61% from July 22, 1994         Image management products,         Georgia
           International, Inc.        to March 31, 1996; 19%         tools and services
           (Norcross,                 Georgia) effective April 1,          
                                      1996 (see note 3)

           Integrated Healthcare      100% from May 30, 1995         Tools, products and services       Georgia
           Solutions, Inc.            (the date of incorporation)    for object, and work flow
           (formerly Clinical                                        management; patient
           Assessment Support                                        indexing; clinical assessment,
           System, Inc.)                                             measurement and analysis;
           (Marietta, Georgia)                                       and network design and
                                                                     management
</TABLE>




                                      F-7
<PAGE>   40


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


           HIE owns less than a 1% equity ownership interest in Criterion
           Health Strategies, Inc. ("CHS") of Nashville, Tennessee, a provider
           of healthcare enterprise management software tools and services.
           However, HIE holds a promissory note convertible into a 32% equity
           ownership interest in CHS; holds an option to acquire from Massey
           Burch Capital Corp. another promissory note convertible into an
           additional 32% equity ownership interest in CHS; and has entered
           into an agreement in principle for an option to acquire the
           remaining 36% equity ownership interest in CHS. HIE funded the
           operations of CHS through November 30, 1995; therefore, HIE recorded
           100% of the losses of CHS through that date (see note 11).

           During 1995, Healthcare Communications, Inc. ("HCI") made certain
           convertible loans totaling $301 to Perceptive Systems, Inc. ("PSI"),
           a software distributor, thereby making HCI the beneficial owner of
           PSI. Accordingly, PSI is consolidated with HCI.

      (b)  Basis of Financial Statement Presentation

           The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
           conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. In
           preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is
           required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
           amounts of assets and liabilities as of the dates of the
           consolidated balance sheets and income and expenses for the periods.
           Actual results could differ from those estimates.

           All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been
           eliminated in consolidation.

       (c) Cash and Cash Equivalents

           Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term investments
           with original maturities of three months or less.

      (d)  Revenue

           Revenue is derived from the sale of clinical information software
           tools and products, and from providing related implementation,
           support, training, and consulting services. Revenue from software
           licensing and support fees is recognized in accordance with Statement
           of Position 91-1, Software Revenue Recognition. Software revenue is
           recognized upon shipment since (i) collectibility of the related
           accounts receivable is typically probable, (ii) there are generally
           no obligations remaining under the related software license agreement
           after shipment, and (iii) customer acceptance is generally not
           contractually required. All service revenue is recognized as the work
           is performed or, in the case of a fixed fee contract, on the
           percentage-of-completion basis, even though some services are
           prepaid.




                                     F-8




<PAGE>   41


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


      (e)  Property and Equipment

           Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated
           depreciation. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method
           over an estimated useful life of five years. Amortization of
           leasehold improvements is recorded over the shorter of the lives of
           the related assets or the lease terms and is included in
           depreciation expense.

      (f)  Excess of Cost Over Net Assets of Businesses Acquired

           The excess of cost over net assets of businesses acquired (goodwill)
           is being amortized using the straight-line method over 15 years.
           Amortization expense related to acquired businesses amounted to $682
           and $708 for 1996 and 1995, respectively, and $50 for the period
           from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994. At each balance sheet date,
           the Company assesses the recoverability of this intangible asset by
           determining whether the amortization of the goodwill balance over
           its remaining life can be recovered through undiscounted future
           operating cash flows of the acquired operation. The amount of
           goodwill impairment, if any, is measured based on projected
           discounted future operating cash flows using a discount rate
           reflecting the Company's average cost of funds (see note 3).

      (g)  Purchased Software

           Purchased software includes the cost of purchased software tools and
           products developed by a third party for the Company to exclusively
           market and sell and the cost of software acquired in connection with
           business combinations. It also includes the cost of licenses to use,
           embed, and sell software tools and products developed by others.
           These costs are being amortized ratably based on the projected
           revenue associated with these purchased or licensed tools and
           products or the straight-line method over five years, whichever
           method results in a higher level of amortization. Amortization
           expense related to purchased software amounted to $620 and $150 for
           1996 and 1995, respectively, and $-0- for the period from June 15,
           1994 to December 31, 1994.

      (h)  Research and Development and Capitalized Software Development Costs

           Prior to the determination of technological feasibility for software
           products and tools, research and development costs are expensed as
           incurred. After determination of technological feasibility and
           before the release of the software tools and products for general
           availability, the development costs related to such tools and
           products are capitalized. These costs are being amortized ratably
           based on the projected revenue associated with these tools and
           products or the straight-line method over five years, whichever
           method results in a higher level of amortization. The Company
           capitalized $789 of software development costs during 1996. There
           were no capitalized software costs during any prior period.
           Amortization expense related to capitalized software development
           costs was $39 in 1996.
 



                                     F-9




<PAGE>   42




                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


      (i)  Income Taxes

           Prior to the Spin-off, the Company's and Integrated Healthcare
           Solutions, Inc.'s results of operations were included in the
           consolidated Federal income tax returns filed by Healthdyne. Under
           the tax sharing agreement between the Company and Healthdyne, income
           taxes were recorded by the Company as if it filed separate income
           tax returns.

           The Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability
           approach in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
           Standards No. 109 (SFAS 109). Under SFAS 109, deferred income taxes
           are recognized for the tax consequences of "temporary differences"
           by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years
           to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and
           the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. Additionally, the
           effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in
           earnings in the period that includes the enactment date. Income tax
           benefits are not recognized unless ultimate realization of such
           benefits is reasonably certain.

      (j)  Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed
           of

           The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 121, Accounting for
           the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be
           Disposed of, on January 1, 1996. This statement requires that
           long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles be reviewed
           for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
           that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
           Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a
           comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash
           flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are
           considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is
           measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets
           exceed the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are
           reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less
           costs to sell. Adoption of this statement did not have a material
           impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations,
           or liquidity.

      (k)  Stock Option Plans

           Prior to January 1, 1996, the Company accounted for its stock option
           plans in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles
           Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
           Employees, and related interpretations. As such, compensation
           expense to be recognized over the related vesting period would
           generally be determined on the date of grant only if the current
           market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price. On
           January 1, 1996, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
           Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
           (SFAS 123), which permits entities to recognize as expense over the
           vesting period the fair value of all stock-based awards on the date
           of grant. Alternatively, SFAS 123 also allows entities to continue to
           apply the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 and provide pro forma net
           earnings (loss) and pro forma earnings (loss) per share disclosures
           for employee stock option grants made in 1995 and future years as if
           the fair-value-based method defined in SFAS 123 had been applied. The
           Company has elected to continue to apply the provisions of APB
           Opinion No. 25 and provide the pro forma disclosure requirements of
           SFAS 123 (see note 8).




                                     F-10



<PAGE>   43


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


      (l)  Net Earnings (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

           Primary earnings (loss) per common share and common share equivalent
           are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding and
           common share equivalents derived from dilutive stock options. Fully
           diluted earnings per share are not significantly different from
           primary earnings per share.

(2)    Related Party Transactions

       Matria Healthcare, Inc. ("Matria"), which was formed in a merger
       involving Healthdyne in March 1996, provides certain legal, tax, data
       processing, personnel and accounting services to the Company. Amounts
       charged to the Company related to such services, which have been
       reflected as general and administrative expenses in the accompanying
       consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31,
       1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994
       were $51, $325, and $164, respectively. Charges for services provided by
       Matria to the Company are generally determined based on estimates of
       actual time in providing such services to the Company using actual costs
       without markup. To the extent that charges for such services and for
       costs incurred by Matria on the Company's behalf are allocations of
       common expenses, such allocations are based on one or more criteria such
       as asset or revenue size, relative transaction volume, employee
       headcounts, facility size, and other relevant criteria. The Company
       believes that such allocation methods result in reasonable approximations
       of the common expenses related to the Company.

       Prior to March 8, 1996, Matria also paid group health and property and
       casualty insurance on the Company's behalf. Amounts allocated to the
       Company for these premiums and included in cost of revenue and operating
       expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for
       the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period from June
       15, 1994 to December 31, 1994 were $10, $57, and $9, respectively.

(3)    Acquisitions

       On October 27, 1994, the Company acquired a 44% interest in HCI of
       Dallas, Texas for approximately $6,750 in cash. HCI is a provider of
       integration engine software. The investment was accounted for using the
       equity method of accounting and $154, representing HIE's share of HCI's
       net earnings, is included in equity in earnings of affiliate in the
       accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the period from
       June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994.



                                     F-11
<PAGE>   44


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


       On May 9, 1995, the Company purchased an additional 13% interest in HCI
       for approximately $3,061 in cash bringing the Company's total ownership
       interest to 57%. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase
       method of accounting with the results of operations of the business
       acquired included retroactively from January 1, 1995. The acquisition
       resulted in cost over net assets acquired of approximately $8,834.
       Effective December 31, 1995, HIE increased its ownership interest in HCI
       from 57% to 100% for approximately $6,162 in deferred payments financed
       by two promissory notes. The first promissory note for approximately
       $1,100 bore interest at 8% per annum, was secured by HCI's accounts
       receivable and was paid in full by the Company in April 1996. The second
       promissory note is an approximately $5,062 convertible debenture,
       bearing interest at 6.4% per annum, secured by a portion of HCI common
       stock, and is due January 2, 1998. Principal and accrued interest
       totaling $1,007 under this debenture were prepaid at a discount on
       November 15, 1996. The remaining principal and accrued interest under
       this debenture is convertible at the holders' option into shares of HIE
       common stock at $3.50 per share on January 2, 1998 (see note 6). The
       acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting.
       The acquisition resulted in purchased in-process research and
       development of approximately $3,605, which was expensed in 1995,
       purchased software of approximately $807, and additional cost over net
       assets acquired of approximately $1,169.

       On July 22, 1994, the Company acquired a 61% interest in DataView for
       approximately $1,250 in cash. DataView produces a system that captures
       and transmits radiology and other clinical images. The acquisition was
       accounted for using the purchase method of accounting with the results of
       operations of the business acquired included from the effective date of
       acquisition. The pro forma effect on earnings for the period prior to the
       acquisition is not significant. The acquisition resulted in cost over net
       assets acquired (goodwill) of approximately $1,799, which was reduced at
       the end of 1995 by $1,430 to reflect the impairment of such goodwill
       resulting from a change in HIE's strategic direction with respect to
       DataView. Further, in connection with the acquisition, the Company
       purchased an option for $300 to acquire the remaining 39% interest in
       DataView. In conjunction with the goodwill impairment charge referred to
       above, HIE also fully reserved the cost of this option at the end of
       1995. On June 12, 1996, HIE and DataView entered into an agreement (the
       "Agreement") providing for a restructuring of the relationship between
       the parties effective as of April 1, 1996. The Agreement provides, among
       other things, for (i) a modification of the existing funding agreement
       between the parties to limit the Company's lending commitment to DataView
       to a maximum of $2,042 (the balance due under such funding agreement as
       of March 31, 1996); (ii) the repayment by DataView of certain advances
       totaling at least $93 made by HIE subsequent to December 31, 1995; (iii)
       a reduction in HIE's equity interest in DataView from the current 61.5%
       to 19.5% through a stock repurchase by DataView financed by HIE under a
       $1,061 fully reserved promissory note; (iv) certain rights for HIE to use
       DataView's clinical image management technology in HIE's service business
       as well as nonexclusive product distribution rights; and (v) a reduction
       in HIE's representation on the DataView Board of Directors and a
       termination of HIE's executive management responsibilities with respect
       to DataView. Subsequent to March 31, 1996, DataView's financial position,
       results of operations, and cash flows are no longer consolidated with
       HIE due to the immateriality of DataView's current financial position
       and results of operations.




                                     F-12
<PAGE>   45


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


(4)    Property and Equipment

       Property and equipment are summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                December 31,
                                                                                ------------
                                                                              1996         1995
                                                                              ----         ----
         <S>                                                              <C>            <C>      
         Machinery and equipment                                          $   1,198      $   1,088
         Furniture and fixtures                                                 214            219
         Equipment under capital leases                                         227            160
         Leasehold improvements                                                  38             23
                                                                          ---------      ---------
                                                                              1,677          1,490
         Less accumulated depreciation and amortization                         456            354
                                                                          ---------      ---------

                    Net property and equipment                            $   1,221      $   1,136
                                                                          =========      =========

</TABLE>

(5)    Accrued Liabilities

       Accrued liabilities are summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                December 31,
                                                                                ------------
                                                                              1996         1995
                                                                              ----         ----
         <S>                                                              <C>            <C>
         Benefits and compensation                                        $     807      $     355
         Other                                                                  174            405
                                                                          ---------      ---------

                                                                          $     981      $     760
                                                                          =========      =========
</TABLE>




                                     F-13
<PAGE>   46


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


(6)    Long-Term Debt

       Long-term debt consists of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           December 31,
                                                                                           ------------
                                                                                        1996         1995
                                                                                        ----         ----
         <S>                                                                         <C>           <C>     
         Convertible debenture, interest at 6.4% payable at maturity; secured
             by a portion of HCI stock; convertible at the holders' option into
             the Company's common stock at $3.50 per share at maturity on
             January 2, 1998 (see note 3)                                            $  4,051      $  5,062  
         Note payable, interest at 8.0%; secured by HCI's accounts                                           
             receivable; paid in full during April 1996                                   --          1,100  
         Amount due under financing agreement, as amended,                                                   
             imputed interest of 25.9% through December 31, 1995                                             
             and 12.2% thereafter; paid in full during  November 1996                     --          1,037  
         Amount payable to bank under revolving credit agreement                                             
             (see description following)                                                  --            375  
         Note payable to former shareholder of HCI, principal                                                
             payable quarterly in amounts ranging from a minimum $25 to a                                    
             maximum of 20% of HCI's gross revenue from its Europe/Middle East                               
             sales territory, until paid in full                                          200           300  
         Obligations under capital leases - equipment leases; interest                                       
             ranging from 11.3% to 16.3% with various monthly                                                
             payments and maturing at various dates through                                                  
             May 1, 2001                                                                  177           160  
                                                                                     --------      --------  
                              Total long-term debt                                      4,428         8,034  
                                                                                                             
         Less current installments                                                        163         2,652  
                                                                                     --------      --------  
                                                                                                             
                              Long-term debt, excluding current installments         $  4,265      $  5,382  
                                                                                     ========      ========  
</TABLE>    
            
       In May 1995, HCI entered into an unsecured revolving credit agreement
       with a bank totaling $1,000, which expired in May 1996, but was renewed
       on similar terms and conditions through August 1997. Amounts outstanding
       under this agreement bear interest at the bank's prime rate plus 1%
       (9.25% at December 31, 1996) and are payable on demand.

       Approximate aggregate minimum annual payments due on long-term debt and
       capital leases for the five years subsequent to December 31, 1996 are as
       follows: 1997, $163; 1998, $4,222; 1999, $18; 2000, $16; and 2001, $9.


                                     F-14
<PAGE>   47


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


(7)    Income Taxes

       The components of income tax (expense) benefit are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          For the period from
                                      Years ended         June 15, 1994 (date
                                     December 31,         of incorporation) to
                                    1996       1995       December 31, 1994
                                    ----       ----       -------------------

<S>                                    <C>     <C>             <C>         
Current:
 Federal                               $  --   $ 163           $  --       
 State                                    --      --              --       
 Foreign                                  --     (23)             --       
                                       -----   -----           -----       
                                                                           
    Total income tax benefit           $  --   $ 140           $  --       
                                       =====   =====           =====       
</TABLE>
                                                               
       A reconciliation of the expected income tax (expense) benefit (based on
       the U.S. Federal statutory rate) to the actual income tax (expense)
       benefit is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  For the period from
                                                              Years ended         June 15, 1994 (date
                                                             December 31,         of incorporation) to
                                                             1996     1995        December 31, 1994
                                                             ----     ----        -----------------
<S>                                                        <C>      <C>                 <C>          
Computed expected income tax                                                                         
    (expense) benefit                                      $(414)   $ 3,543             $ 443        
Goodwill amortization and other                                                                      
    nondeductible expenses                                  (213)    (2,003)              (18)       
Losses utilized by Healthdyne                                --        (700)             (248)       
Losses in excess of allowable carrybacks                     (53)      (372)             (182)       
Utilization of prior year financial statement                                                        
    losses                                                   680         --                --        
Losses of affiliate                                           --       (400)               --        
Other                                                         --         72                 5        
                                                           -----    -------             -----        
                                                                                                     
                                                           $  --    $   140             $  --        
                                                           =====    =======             =====        
</TABLE>



                                     F-15
<PAGE>   48


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


       The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant
       portions of the deferred tax asset are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              December 31,
                                                                              ------------
                                                                           1996         1995
                                                                           ----         ----
<S>                                                                     <C>           <C>     
Deferred tax assets:
    Allowance for doubtful accounts                                     $     58      $     30
    Accruals and reserves not deducted for tax purposes                        9            78
    Net operating loss carryforwards                                       1,869           935
    Tax credit carryforwards                                                 157           107
                                                                        --------      --------
         Total gross deferred tax asset                                    2,093         1,150

Less valuation allowance                                                   2,093         1,150
                                                                        --------      --------

         Net deferred tax asset                                         $   --        $   --
                                                                        ========      ========
</TABLE>

       At December 31, 1996, the Company had the following estimated credits
       and net operating loss carryforwards available for Federal income tax
       reporting purposes to be applied against future taxable income and tax
       liabilities:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               Net           
                                Foreign        R&D          operating       
      Year of expiration       tax credit     credit          loss           
      ------------------       ----------     ------          ----           
           <S>                 <C>           <C>          <C>         
           1999                $       4     $    --      $    --     
           2000                       23          --           --     
           2009                     --              38          694   
           2010                     --              42          719   
           2011                     --              50        3,927   
                               ---------     ---------    ---------   
                                                                      
                               $      27     $     130    $   5,340   
                               =========     =========    =========   
</TABLE>
                               
       The net operating loss carryforward of $5,340 includes deductions of
       approximately $3,447 related to the exercise of stock options which will
       be credited to additional paid-in capital when recognized. The
       alternative minimum tax net operating loss carryforward approximates the
       regular net operating loss carryforward.


                                     F-16
<PAGE>   49


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


(8)    Shareholders' Equity

       Capitalization

       The Company was incorporated on June 15, 1994 and its articles of
       incorporation authorized 20,000 shares of common stock and 10,000 shares
       of preferred stock. The Company was initially capitalized on June 24,
       1994, with the issuance of 8,000 shares of common stock to Healthdyne.
       On December 12, 1994, the Company declared a 1.9375-for-one stock split
       effected in the form of a stock dividend. Shareholders' equity and all
       share and per share information in the accompanying consolidated
       financial statements and related notes have been restated to reflect
       this split. On August 10, 1995, the Company's Board of Directors
       approved an amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation which
       increased the number of authorized shares of common stock from 20,000 to
       50,000 and increased the number of authorized shares of preferred stock
       from 10,000 to 20,000. On November 6, 1995, Healthdyne distributed all
       of the 16,115 then-outstanding shares of the Company's common stock to
       the Healthdyne shareholders.

       Public Offering

       On November 4, 1996, the Company sold 2,750 shares of its common
       stock and received approximately $10,325, net of offering expenses of
       $634.

       Stock Option Plans

       The Company maintains five stock option plans for the benefit of key
       employees, nonemployee directors, and certain directors and employees of
       Healthdyne (with such Healthdyne-related plan being established pursuant
       to the Spin-off). A total of 5,268 shares of the Company's common stock
       have been authorized for issuance under these plans. Most of the stock
       options granted under these plans are exercisable in equal amounts over
       three years and expire in six years. Other terms of options granted
       under the plans are determined by the Stock Option Committee of the
       Company's Board of Directors, subject to the terms of the respective
       plans.

       The per share weighted-average fair value of stock options granted
       during 1996 and 1995 was $1.97 and $0.61, respectively, on the date of
       grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following
       assumptions:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              1996               1995         
                                              ----               ----         
    <S>                                       <C>              <C>            
    Expected volatility                            41%              46%       
    Expected dividend yield                      none             none        
    Risk-free interest rate                      6.25%             6.0%       
    Expected life of stock options            5 years          5 years        
</TABLE>


                                     F-17
<PAGE>   50


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


       The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 in accounting for its stock
       option plans and, accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized
       for its stock options in the financial statements. Had the Company
       determined compensation cost based on the fair value at the grant date
       for its stock options under SFAS 123, the Company's net earnings (loss)
       and related per share amounts would have been reduced (increased) to the
       pro forma amounts indicated below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               1996         1995
                                               ----         ----
<S>                                         <C>           <C> 
Net earnings (loss):
   As reported                              $  1,183      $ (9,983)
   Pro forma                                     385       (10,265)
Net earnings (loss) per share:
   As reported                              $    .06      $   (.64)
   Pro forma                                     .02          (.66)
</TABLE>

       Pro forma net earnings (loss) reflects only options granted in 1996 and
       1995. Therefore, the full effect of calculating compensation cost for
       stock options under SFAS 123 is not reflected in the pro forma net
       earnings (loss) and related per share amounts presented above because
       compensation cost is reflected over the vesting period of the options
       and compensation cost for options granted prior to January 1, 1995 is
       not considered.

       There was no stock option activity for the period from June 15, 1994 to
       December 31, 1994. A summary of stock option transactions under these
       plans during 1995 and 1996 is shown below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Option price per share
                                                                             ----------------------
                                                               Number                      Weighted
                                                              of shares       Range         average
                                                              ---------       -----         -------
   <S>                                                          <C>       <C>                <C>      
   Options outstanding at December 31, 1994                        -            -             -
       Granted (at fair market value on the dates
         of original grant)                                     3,242     $0.23 - $1.50      $0.90    
       Exercised                                                 (388)    $0.23 - $0.88      $0.35    
       Canceled or expired                                         --  
                                                               ------                                 
                                                                                                      
   Options outstanding at December 31, 1995                     2,854     $0.23 - $1.50      $0.98    
       Granted (at fair market value on the dates                                                     
         of original grant)                                     1,048     $2.37 - $5.88      $4.34    
       Exercised                                                 (905)    $0.23 - $1.50      $0.50    
       Canceled or expired                                       (169)    $0.23 - $4.81      $3.77    
                                                               ------                                 
                                                                                                      
   Options outstanding at December 31, 1996                     2,828     $0.23 - $5.88      $2.21    
                                                                =====                                 
                                                                                                      
   Options exercisable at December 31, 1995                     1,820     $0.23 - $1.50      $0.68    
                                                                =====                                 
                                                                                                      
   Options exercisable at December 31, 1996                     1,300     $0.23 - $1.50      $1.06    
                                                                =====                        
</TABLE>




                                     F-18

<PAGE>   51


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


       The following table summarizes information about stock options
       outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   Options outstanding                  Options exercisable
                                            -------------------------------------       -------------------
                                                           Weighted
                                                            average      Weighted                     Weighted
                                              Number       remaining      average        Number        average
                                            outstanding   contractual    exercise      exercisable    exercise
     Classification                         at 12/31/96      life          price       at 12/31/96      price
     --------------                         -----------      ----          -----       -----------      -----
       <S>                                      <C>           <C>          <C>             <C>          <C>  
       Healthdyne-related                       529           44           $0.41           529          $0.41
       Directors                                154           45           $1.90            35          $1.50
       Others                                 2,145           58           $2.68           736          $1.50
                                              -----                                     ------

                                              2,828           54           $2.21         1,300          $1.06
                                              =====                                      =====
</TABLE>

       Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan

       On October 20, 1995, the Company established a stock plan for
       non-employee directors whereby such directors may elect to receive all
       or a portion of their annual retainer fee in unrestricted shares of the
       Company's common stock. As of December 31, 1996, none of the 250 shares
       reserved for this plan have been issued.

       Stock Purchase Plan

       On July 1, 1996, the Company commenced an employee stock purchase plan
       for all eligible employees of HIE and designated subsidiaries.
       Participants may use up to 10% of their compensation to purchase the
       Company's common stock through payroll deductions for 85% of the lower of
       the beginning or ending stock price on a quarterly basis. Of the 200
       shares of the Company's common stock reserved for issuance under this
       plan, 14 were issued during 1996. Compensation cost related to this plan
       determined under SFAS 123 had an insignificant effect on the pro forma
       net earnings and pro forma net earnings per share for 1996 disclosed
       above.


                                     F-19
<PAGE>   52


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


       Shareholder Rights Plan

       On October 20, 1995, the Company's Board of Directors declared a
       dividend distribution of one purchase right for each share of the
       Company's common stock outstanding as of October 30, 1995. If a person
       or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Company's
       outstanding common stock or announces a tender offer or exchange that
       would result in the acquisition of a beneficial ownership right of 20%
       or more of the Company's outstanding common stock, the rights detach
       from the common stock and are distributed to shareholders as separate
       securities. Each right entitles its holder to purchase one one-hundredth
       of a share (a unit) of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, at a
       purchase price of $50 per unit. The rights, which do not have voting
       power, expire on October 23, 2005 unless previously distributed and may
       be redeemed by the Company in whole at a price of $.01 per right at any
       time before and within 10 days after their distribution. If the Company
       is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction, or
       50% of its assets or earnings power are sold at any time after the
       rights become exercisable, the rights entitle a holder to buy a number
       of common shares of the acquiring company having a market value of twice
       the exercise price of the right. If a person acquires 20% of the
       Company's common stock or if a 15% or larger holder merges with the
       Company and the common stock is not changed or exchanged in such merger,
       or engages in self-dealing transactions with the Company, each right not
       owned by such holder becomes exercisable for the number of common shares
       of the Company having a market value of twice the exercise price of the
       right.

(9)    Employee Benefit Plans

       The Company and HCI each maintain a 401(k) defined contribution plan for
       the benefit of their employees. Prior to June 1, 1996, the Company's
       obligation for contributions under its 401(k) plan is limited to the
       lesser of (i) one-half of each participant's contribution but not more
       than 2.5% of the participant's base salary or (ii) 20% of the Company's
       pretax earnings before consideration of this contribution. Subsequent to
       June 1, 1996, Company contributions are discretionary. The HCI plan
       provides for HCI contributions equal to one-half of each participant's
       contributions up to 3% of the participant's base salary. Contributions
       to the plans included in the consolidated statements of operations for
       the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period from June
       15, 1994 to December 31, 1994 were approximately $79, $81, and $-0-,
       respectively.

(10)   Fair Value of Financial Instruments

       Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, Disclosure about
       Fair Value of Financial Instruments, requires that the Company
       disclose estimated fair values for its financial instruments. Fair
       value estimates, methods, and assumptions are set forth below for the
       Company's financial instruments.

          (a)   Cash and Cash Equivalents

                The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the
                short maturity of these instruments.



                                     F-20


<PAGE>   53


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


           (b)  Long-Term Debt

                The Company estimates that the carrying amount of the Company's
                long-term debt approximates the fair value based on the current
                rates offered to the Company for debt of the same remaining
                maturities.

(11)   Commitments

       The Company is committed under noncancelable operating lease and capital
       lease agreements for facilities and equipment. The future minimum annual
       lease payments under these leases are summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Operating       Capital
      Year ending December 31,                        leases         leases
      ------------------------                        ------         ------

              <S>                                    <C>           <C>     
              1997                                   $    465      $     82
              1998                                        396            81
              1999                                        288            21
              2000                                        191            18
              Thereafter                                    9            10
                                                     --------      --------
                                      
                                                     $  1,349           212
                                                     ========
                                      
              Less interest                                              35
                                                                   --------
        Present value of future minimum
            capital lease payments                                 $    177
                                                                   ========
</TABLE>


       Rental expense for operating leases (except those with lease terms of a
       month or less that were not renewed) for the years ended December 31,
       1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994
       was $600, $362, and $37, respectively.

       HIE had committed to make loans up to $4,000 to CHS with such loans
       being convertible into a 64% ownership interest in CHS between October
       21, 1996 and December 31, 2005. On December 4, 1995, Massey Burch
       Capital Corp. ("Massey Burch") agreed to invest in CHS by acquiring
       one-half of HIE's rights and obligations under HIE's commitment. Under
       this agreement, Massey Burch committed to make loans to CHS until the
       later of December 31, 1996 or such time as Massey Burch had loaned
       $1,300 to CHS. At that point, HIE and Massey Burch will make loans to
       CHS until HIE and Massey Burch have each loaned a total of $2,000 to
       CHS, each loan convertible into a 32% ownership interest in CHS between
       October 21, 1996 and June 30, 2004. As of December 31, 1996 and 1995,
       loans by HIE to CHS totaled $1,300. The loans bear interest at 8%,
       payable annually, and are secured by CHS' accounts receivable, contract
       rights, equipment, inventory and intellectual property rights, and a
       pledge by the CHS shareholders of their shares of CHS common stock. The
       losses of CHS are netted against the notes receivable from CHS in the
       accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are shown as losses of
       affiliate in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.




                                      F-21
<PAGE>   54


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


       On December 18, 1996, the Company and Massey Burch entered into an
       agreement whereby the Company acquired an option to acquire Massey
       Burch's investment in CHS. Prior to this agreement, the Company and
       Massey Burch each held less than 1% of the common stock of CHS and an 8%
       convertible debenture which is convertible into 32% of the CHS common
       stock on a fully diluted basis. The option is exercisable at any time
       during the period from December 31, 1996 through June 30, 1997, with the
       option exercise price to be payable through the issuance of the greater
       of 417 shares of the Company's common stock or the equivalent number of
       shares having a fair market value of $2,000 at the time the option is
       exercised. As consideration for the grant of this option, the Company
       issued to Massey Burch a warrant to purchase 50 shares of the Company's
       common stock at fair market value as of the date of grant. The agreement
       granted registration rights to Massey Burch with respect to both the
       shares of common stock underlying the warrant and the shares issuable
       upon the Company's exercise of the option. Massey Burch continued to be
       subject to its commitment to fund CHS up to a maximum of $2,000. Massey
       Burch has loaned $2,000 to CHS as of December 31, 1996.

       On November 13, 1996, HIE and the two CHS executive officers entered
       into an agreement in principle which contemplates the granting of an
       option, at no cost to HIE: (a) to acquire the 26% equity ownership
       interest in CHS held by the two CHS executive officers for 240,000
       shares of HIE's common stock and (b) to convert the 10% equity ownership
       interest reserved for CHS stock options to a HIE tandem stock option
       program. This proposed option, if exercised, must be exercised
       simultaneously with HIE's option to acquire from Massey Burch Capital
       Corp. ("Massey Burch") a promissory note convertible into 32% equity
       ownership interest in CHS. The Massey Burch option is exercisable
       between December 31, 1996 and June 30, 1997. The agreement in principle
       further contemplates that the two CHS executive officers will
       periodically vest through June 30, 1999 in an increasing ownership
       interest percentage of the HIE shares issuable to them upon the
       Company's exercise of the proposed option. Finally, the agreement in
       principle contemplates that the two CHS executive officers will be
       granted certain registration rights with respect to those HIE shares.
       The transaction contemplated by the agreement in principle is subject to
       negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement and other customary
       conditions. There can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will
       be entered into or, even if entered into, that the transaction will be
       consummated as described above or that the Company would exercise an
       option to acquire Massey Burch's interest in CHS.

       During July 1994, HIE committed to make loans to DataView up to a
       maximum of $2,450. As described in note 3, on June 12, 1996, HIE and
       DataView entered into an agreement which limited the Company's lending
       commitment to DataView to a maximum of $2,042 (the balance due under
       such funding agreement as of March 31, 1996).

(12)   Major Customers

       One customer accounted for approximately 25% of the Company's revenue in
       1996. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's
       revenue for the year ended December 31, 1995 or for the period from June
       15, 1994 to December 31, 1994. In addition, one distributor provided
       customers to the Company that accounted for approximately 18% of the
       Company's revenue in 1995. No single distributor provided customers to
       the Company that accounted for more than 10% of the Company's revenue
       for the year ended December 31, 1996 or for the period from June 15,
       1994 to December 31, 1994.

                                     F-22
<PAGE>   55



ITEM 9.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
         ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

     None.



                                       33
<PAGE>   56



                                    PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

         The section of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders (the "1997 Proxy Statement") captioned "Certain
Nominees for Board of Directors" under "Proposal 1. Election of Directors"
identifies members of the Board of Directors of the Company and nominees, and
is incorporated in this Item 10 by reference.

         See also "Executive Officers of the Company" appearing in Part I
hereof.


ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

         The information in the section of the 1997 Proxy Statement captioned
"Executive Compensation and Other Information" under "Proposal 1. Election of
Directors" is incorporated in this Item 11 by reference.


ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND 
         MANAGEMENT

          The information in the sections of the 1997 Proxy Statement captioned
"Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" under "Proposal
1. Election of Directors" is incorporated in this Item 12 by reference.


ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

         The information in the section captioned "Committee Interlocks and
Insider Participation" under "Proposal 1. Election of Directors" of the 1997
Proxy Statement is incorporated in this Item 13 by reference.

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                                    PART IV

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE AND REPORTS 
         ON FORM 8-K

         (a)(1) The following consolidated financial statements of the Company
and its subsidiaries and report of independent auditors thereon are included as
Pages F-1 through F-22 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

         Independent Auditors' Report

         Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 1996 and 1995

         Consolidated Statements of Operations - Years Ended December 31, 1996
         and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994

         Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity Years Ended December
         31, 1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December
         31, 1994

         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years Ended December 31, 1996
         and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 to December 31, 1994

         Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

         (a)(2)   The following supporting financial statement schedule and
                  report of independent auditors thereon are included as part
                  of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

         Independent Auditors' Report

         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

         All other Schedules are omitted because the required information is
         inapplicable or the information is presented in the Consolidated
         Financial Statements or related notes.


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     (a)(3)   Exhibits:

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                                 DESCRIPTION
- ------                                 -----------

2.1      Distribution Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as Exhibit
         2.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
         S-1 (Registration No. 33-96478) (the "Form S-1"), and incorporated
         herein by reference).

2.2      Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 27, 1994, between
         Healthdyne, HCI and Shareholders (as defined therein) (filed as
         Exhibit 2.2 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.3      Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 27, 1994, between
         Healthdyne, HCI and Shareholders (as 2.3 defined therein) (filed as
         Exhibit to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.4      Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1995, between Jerry D. Scott
         and Healthdyne (filed as Exhibit 2.4 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

2.5      Shareholders Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         DataView and Shareholders (as 2.5 defined therein) (filed as Exhibit
         2.5 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.6      Option Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         DataView and Shareholders (as defined therein) (filed as Exhibit 2.6
         to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.7      Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 21, 1994, between
         Healthdyne, Alpha Development Corporation (now CHS) and Shareholders
         (as defined therein) (filed as Exhibit 2.7 to the Form S-1, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

2.8(a)   Incorporation Agreement, dated October 21, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         Alpha Development Corporation (now CHS) and Incorporators (as defined
         therein) (filed as Exhibit 2.8 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

2.8(b)   Investment Agreement and First Amendment to Incorporation Agreement,
         dated as of December 4, 1995, by and among CHS, Healthdyne, HIE, The
         Southern Venture Fund II, L.P. ("SVFII"), Brenton L. Teveit ("Teveit")
         and J. Edward Pearson, Jr. ("Pearson") (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to the
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 4, 1995 (the
         "December 1995 Form 8-K"), and incorporated herein by reference).

2.9      First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, by
         and among Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and CHS (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to
         the December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.10     First Amendment to Security Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995,
         by and among Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and CHS (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to
         the December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).




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2.11     First Amendment to Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, by
         and among Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII, Teveit and Pearson (filed as Exhibit
         10.16 to the December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by
         reference).

2.12     Waiver and Second Amendment to Shareholders' Agreement dated as of
         December 4, 1995, by and among CHS, Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII, Teveit and
         Pearson (filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the December 1995 Form 8-K, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

2.13     Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, by and between
         HIE and SVFII (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the December 1995 Form 8-K,
         and incorporated herein by reference).

2.14     Settlement Agreement dated December 31, 1995, by and among Healthdyne,
         HIE, HCI, Jerry Scott, Walter Carozza, George Schwend, Keith Voigts,
         Larry Streepy, Steve Fraser, JMS Charitable Trust, JMS Inheritance
         Trust, ESS Charitable Trust, ESS Inheritance Trust, MLS Charitable
         Trust, MLS Inheritance Trust and CBS Charitable Trust (filed as
         Exhibit 2(a) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
         February 12, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference).

3.1(a)   Articles of Incorporation of HIE (the "Articles of Incorporation")
         (filed as Exhibit 4(b) to the Company's Registration Statement on 
         Form S-8 with respect to Stock Option Plan I (the "Form S-8"), and 
         incorporated herein by reference).

3.1(b)   Articles of Amendment dated August 30, 1995 to the Articles of
         Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 4(c) to the Form S-8, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

3.1(c)   Articles of Amendment dated October 31, 1995 to the Articles of
         Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 4(d) to the Form S-8, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

3.2      By-Laws of HIE, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to
         the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

4        Rights Agreement dated October 23, 1995 between HIE and SunTrust Bank
         (filed as Exhibit 4 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

10.1     Corporate Services Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as
         Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

10.2     Tax Indemnity Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as Exhibit
         10.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by
         reference).

10.3     Tax Disaffiliation Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as
         Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

10.4     License Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
         Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by
         reference).

10.5     HIE Adjustment Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment
         No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.6     HIE Stock Option Plan I (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Form S-1, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

10.7     HIE Restated Stock Option Plan Two (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Form
         S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.8     Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the
         Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.9     Non-employee Directors Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the Form
         S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).


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10.10    Loan Agreement, dated as of October 21, 1994, between Healthdyne and
         Alpha Development Corporation 10.10 (now CHS) (filed as Exhibit to the
         Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.11    Funding Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         DataView and Shareholders (as 10.11 defined therein) (filed as Exhibit
         10.11 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.12    Software Licensing and Distributor Agreement, dated as of October 27,
         1994, between HCI and Healthdyne (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Form
         S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.13    Software Licensing and Distributorship Agreement, dated as of December
         4, 1995, by and among HIE and 10.13 CHS (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the
         December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.13    Agreement dated as of April 1, 1996 among HIE, DataView, Kurt Farhy,
         John Ernissee and Richard Bigelow (filed as Exhibit 2 to the Company's
         Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996 (the
         "June 1996 Form 10-Q"), and incorporated herein by reference).

10.14    HIE 1996 EBU Tandem Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10 to the June
         1996 Form 10-Q, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.15    HIE Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit A to the Company's
         definitive Proxy Statement for the 1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders,
         and incorporated herein by reference).

10.16    Option Agreement dated December 18, 1996 between HIE and SVFII.

10.17    Stock Purchase Warrant dated December 18, 1996 by HIE to SVFII.

11       Statement of Computation of per Share Earnings (Loss).

21       Subsidiaries of the Company.

23       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

27       Financial Data Schedules (for SEC purposes only).

   (b)   Reports on Form 8-K:

         During the quarter ended December 31, 1996, the Company filed the
         following report on Form 8-K:

         (i) a Form 8-K dated November 18, 1996, reporting under Item 5 that on
November 13, 1996, the Company entered into an agreement in principle for an
option to acquire an additional 36% equity ownership interest in Criterion
Health Strategies, Inc. ("CHS"), a Nashville-based affiliate that provides
healthcare enterprise management software tools and services. As of the date of
this agreement in principle, the Company held a promissory note convertible
into a 32% equity ownership interest in CHS, and had previously entered into an
agreement in principle to acquire an option for the remaining 32% equity
ownership interest held by another shareholder.


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                                        SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                            HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.

                            By:      /s/ H. Darrell Young
                                     --------------------------------------
                                     H. Darrell Young
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                                            (Principal Executive Officer)

March 24, 1997

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                                        TITLE                                     DATE
- ---------                                        -----                                     ----
<S>                                              <C>                                       <C> 
/s/ Parker H. Petit                              Chairman of the Board of                  March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------     Directors
Parker H. Petit                            

/s/ H. Darrell Young                             Director, President and Chief 
- --------------------------------------------     Executive Officer (Principal 
H. Darrell Young                                 Executive Officer)                        March 24, 1997


/s/ Joseph G. Bleser                             Vice President-Finance, Chief             March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------     Financial Officer, Treasurer and 
Joseph G. Bleser                                 Secretary(Principal Financial 
                                                 Officer; Principal Accounting                        
                                                 Officer)

/s/ J. Terry Dewberry                            Director                                  March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------
J. Terry Dewberry                                                                           

/s/ William J. Gresham, Jr.                      Director                                  March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------
William J. Gresham, Jr.                                                                     

/s/ Charles R. Hatcher, Jr.                      Director                                  March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------
Charles R. Hatcher, Jr.                                                                     
</TABLE>




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<TABLE>
<S>                                              <C>                                       <C>  
/s/ John W. Lawless                              Director                                  March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------
John W. Lawless                                                                             

/s/ Carl E. Sanders                              Director                                  March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------
Carl E. Sanders                                                                             

/s/ Donald W. Weber                                                                        March 24, 1997
- --------------------------------------------
Donald W. Weber                                  Director                                  
</TABLE>


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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT



The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc.

Under date of January 28, 1997, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets
of Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1996 and
1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 (date of incorporation) to December
31, 1994, as contained in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year 1996. In
connection with our audit of the aforementioned consolidated financial
statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement
schedule as listed in the accompanying index. This financial statement schedule
is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits.

In our opinion, based our audits and the report of other auditors, such
financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all
material respects, the information set forth therein.



                                     KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Atlanta, Georgia
January 28, 1997





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                                                                    SCHEDULE II



           HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
                   FOR THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 15, 1994 (DATE OF
                INCORPORATION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND FOR THE
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1996
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      CHARGED     
                                      BALANCE AT      TO COSTS                                          BALANCE AT
                                      BEGINNING         AND         OTHER                                  END
       DESCRIPTION                     OF PERIOD      EXPENSES     ADDITIONS       DEDUCTIONS           OF PERIOD
       -----------                     ---------      --------     ---------       ----------           ---------
<S>                                    <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>                  <C>   
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
    Period from June 15, 1994
       to December 31, 1994            $  --          $  --          $   9*           $   --               $    9
    Year ended December 31, 1995       $   9          $  43          $  64*           $  (31)**            $   85
    Year ended December 31, 1996       $  85          $  92          $  --            $  (12)***           $  165
</TABLE>

*        Represents beginning balances in allowance for doubtful accounts of
         acquired companies.
**       Uncollected receivables written off.
***      Represents the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts of a company
         no longer consolidated with the Company's financial statements.





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT
NUMBER                                 DESCRIPTION
- ------                                 -----------

2.1      Distribution Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as Exhibit
         2.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
         S-1 (Registration No. 33-96478) (the "Form S-1"), and incorporated
         herein by reference).

2.2      Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 27, 1994, between
         Healthdyne, HCI and Shareholders (as defined therein) (filed as
         Exhibit 2.2 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.3      Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 27, 1994, between
         Healthdyne, HCI and Shareholders (as 2.3 defined therein) (filed as
         Exhibit to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.4      Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1995, between Jerry D. Scott
         and Healthdyne (filed as Exhibit 2.4 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

2.5      Shareholders Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         DataView and Shareholders (as 2.5 defined therein) (filed as Exhibit
         2.5 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.6      Option Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         DataView and Shareholders (as defined therein) (filed as Exhibit 2.6
         to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.7      Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 21, 1994, between
         Healthdyne, Alpha Development Corporation (now CHS) and Shareholders
         (as defined therein) (filed as Exhibit 2.7 to the Form S-1, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

2.8(a)   Incorporation Agreement, dated October 21, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         Alpha Development Corporation (now CHS) and Incorporators (as defined
         therein) (filed as Exhibit 2.8 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

2.8(b)   Investment Agreement and First Amendment to Incorporation Agreement,
         dated as of December 4, 1995, by and among CHS, Healthdyne, HIE, The
         Southern Venture Fund II, L.P. ("SVFII"), Brenton L. Teveit ("Teveit")
         and J. Edward Pearson, Jr. ("Pearson") (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to the
         Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 4, 1995 (the
         "December 1995 Form 8-K"), and incorporated herein by reference).

2.9      First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, by
         and among Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and CHS (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to
         the December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.10     First Amendment to Security Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995,
         by and among Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and CHS (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to
         the December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).


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2.11     First Amendment to Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, by
         and among Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII, Teveit and Pearson (filed as Exhibit
         10.16 to the December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by
         reference).

2.12     Waiver and Second Amendment to Shareholders' Agreement dated as of
         December 4, 1995, by and among CHS, Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII, Teveit and
         Pearson (filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the December 1995 Form 8-K, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

2.13     Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, by and between
         HIE and SVFII (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the December 1995 Form 8-K,
         and incorporated herein by reference).

2.14     Settlement Agreement dated December 31, 1995, by and among Healthdyne,
         HIE, HCI, Jerry Scott, Walter Carozza, George Schwend, Keith Voigts,
         Larry Streepy, Steve Fraser, JMS Charitable Trust, JMS Inheritance
         Trust, ESS Charitable Trust, ESS Inheritance Trust, MLS Charitable
         Trust, MLS Inheritance Trust and CBS Charitable Trust (filed as
         Exhibit 2(a) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
         February 12, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference).

3.1(a)   Articles of Incorporation of HIE (the "Articles of Incorporation")
         (filed as Exhibit 4(b) to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
         S-8 with respect to Stock Option Plan I (the "Form S-8"), and
         incorporated herein by reference).

3.1(b)   Articles of Amendment dated August 30, 1995 to the Articles of 
         Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 4(c) to the Form S-8, and 
         incorporated herein by reference).

3.1(c)   Articles of Amendment dated October 31, 1995 to the Articles of
         Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 4(d) to the Form S-8, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

3.2      By-Laws of HIE, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to
         the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

4        Rights Agreement dated October 23, 1995 between HIE and SunTrust Bank
         (filed as Exhibit 4 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

10.1     Corporate Services Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as
         Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

10.2     Tax Indemnity Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as Exhibit
         10.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by
         reference).

10.3     Tax Disaffiliation Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as
         Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated
         herein by reference).

10.4     License Agreement between Healthdyne and HIE (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
         Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by
         reference).

10.5     HIE Adjustment Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment
         No. 1 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.6     HIE Stock Option Plan I (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Form S-1, and
         incorporated herein by reference).

10.7     HIE Restated Stock Option Plan Two (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Form
         S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.8     Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the
         Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.9     Non-employee Directors Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the Form
         S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).




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10.10    Loan Agreement, dated as of October 21, 1994, between Healthdyne and
         Alpha Development Corporation 10.10 (now CHS) (filed as Exhibit to the
         Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.11    Funding Agreement, dated as of July 22, 1994, between Healthdyne,
         DataView and Shareholders (as 10.11 defined therein) (filed as Exhibit
         10.11 to the Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.12    Software Licensing and Distributor Agreement, dated as of October 27,
         1994, between HCI and Healthdyne (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Form
         S-1, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.13    Software Licensing and Distributorship Agreement, dated as of December
         4, 1995, by and among HIE and 10.13 CHS (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the
         December 1995 Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.13    Agreement dated as of April 1, 1996 among HIE, DataView, Kurt Farhy,
         John Ernissee and Richard Bigelow (filed as Exhibit 2 to the Company's
         Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996 (the
         "June 1996 Form 10-Q"), and incorporated herein by reference).

10.14    HIE 1996 EBU Tandem Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10 to the June
         1996 Form 10-Q, and incorporated herein by reference).

10.15    HIE Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit A to the Company's
         definitive Proxy Statement for the 1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders,
         and incorporated herein by reference).

10.16    Option Agreement dated December 18, 1996 between HIE and SVFII.

10.17    Stock Purchase Warrant dated December 18, 1996 by HIE to SVFII.

11       Statement of Computation of per Share Earnings (Loss).

21       Subsidiaries of the Company.

23       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

27       Financial Data Schedules (for SEC purposes only).


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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.16


                                OPTION AGREEMENT


         This OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of December 18th, 1996 (the
"Agreement"), by and between Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc., a
Georgia corporation ("HIE"), and the Southern Venture Fund II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("SVFII").

                                  WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, each of HIE and SVFII are investors in Criterion Health
Strategies, Inc. (f/k/a Alpha Development Corp.), a Tennessee corporation (the
"Company"), with each of HIE and SVFII owning five (5) shares of common stock,
no par value, of the Company ("Criterion Common Stock"), and a Convertible
Debenture of the Company due June 30, 2004, dated October 21, 1994, in the
principal amount of $2,000,000 (individually, a "Criterion Debenture" and
collectively, the "Criterion Debentures"), pursuant to the terms of that
certain Investment Agreement and First Amendment to Incorporation Agreement,
dated as of December 4, 1995 (the "Investment Agreement") among the Company,
Healthdyne, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Healthdyne"), HIE, SVFII, and Brenton
L. Teveit and J. Edward Pearson, Jr. (individually, a "Shareholder" and
collectively, the "Shareholders");

         WHEREAS, Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and the Company are parties to that
certain First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995 (the
"Amended Loan Agreement"), and that certain First Amendment to Security
Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995 (the "Amended Security Agreement"), and
Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and each of the Shareholders are parties to that certain
First Amendment to Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995 (the "Amended
Pledge Agreement");

         WHEREAS, the Company, Healthdyne, HIE, SVFII and each of the
Shareholders are parties to that certain Waiver and Second Amendment to
Shareholders' Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995 (the "Amended
Shareholders' Agreement");

         WHEREAS, HIE, SVFII and the Company are parties to that certain letter
agreement dated December 4, 1995 (the "Letter Agreement");

         WHEREAS, HIE and SVFII are parties to that certain Intercreditor
Agreement, dated December 4, 1995 (the "Intercreditor Agreement');

         WHEREAS, HIE is desirous of increasing its investment in the Company,
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, SVFII is willing to
grant to HIE an option to purchase SVFII's entire investment in the Company;
and

         WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution hereof, HIE, SVFII, the
Company and the Shareholders have executed a Consent (the "Consent"), pursuant
to which the Shareholders

<PAGE>   2

and the Company, subject to the conditions therein specified, have consented to
the execution of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby;

         NOW, THEREFORE, HIE and SVFII agree as follows:

1.       Grant of Option.  In consideration for the issuance and delivery by
HIE to SVFII of a warrant to purchase 50,000 shares of the common stock, $.01
par value per share, of HIE ("HIE Common Stock"), in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto and made a part hereof (the "HIE Warrant"), SVFII hereby grants
to HIE the option (the "Option") to purchase from SVFII at any time during the
period beginning December 31, 1996, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., Nashville
time on June 30, 1997 (the "Termination Date"), the five (5) shares of
Criterion Common Stock owned by SVFII (the "SVFII Criterion Stock") and the
Criterion Debenture owned by SVFII (the "SVFII Criterion Debenture") for an
Option purchase price of 416,666 shares of HIE Common Stock, or such greater
number of shares of HIE Common Stock as is provided in Section 3 below (the
"HIE Shares").  HIE may exercise the Option by giving to SVFII written notice
of exercise (the "Notice of Exercise"), which shall specify the closing date
(the "Option Closing Date").  The Option Closing Date shall be no more than
five (5) business days after the date of the Notice of Exercise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided the Notice of Exercise is delivered to
SVFII in the manner provided in Section 6(d) below by the Termination Date, the
Option Closing Date may be after June 30, 1997.  The closing with respect to
the exercise of the Option shall take place at the offices of Troutman Sanders
LLP, 5200 NationsBank Plaza, 600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30308-2216 at 9:00 a.m., local time, on the Option Closing Date, or at such
other place and time as HIE and SVFII shall agree.

2.       Closing Deliveries.  At the Option closing, the following deliveries
shall take place:

         2.1     Deliveries by SVFII.

                 (a)      SVFII shall deliver to HIE:

                          (i)     a stock certificate representing the SVFII
                          Criterion Stock, accompanied by a duly executed stock
                          power or duly endorsed for transfer to HIE; and

                          (ii)    the SVFII Criterion Debenture, duly endorsed
                          for transfer to HIE.

                 (b)      In the event SVFII has not advanced loan proceeds to
         the Company in the amount of $2,000,000 pursuant to the provisions of
         the Investment Agreement, the Amended Loan Agreement, the Letter
         Agreement and the SVFII Criterion Debenture, SVFII shall deliver to
         the Company by certified or official bank check or by federal funds
         wire transfer an amount equal to the unfunded balance of its
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         2.2     Deliveries by HIE.

                 (a)      HIE shall deliver to SVFII one or more stock
         certificates evidencing the HIE Shares, registered in the name of
         SVFII or its nominees.

                 (b)      SVFII shall have received the opinion of counsel to
         HIE, dated the Option Closing Date, substantially in the form attached
         hereto as Exhibit B.

         2.3     Mutual Deliveries.  HIE, SVFII, the Company and the
         Shareholders mutually agree, subject to the satisfaction of the
         conditions set forth in the Consent, to execute and deliver such other
         instruments as shall be reasonably necessary to consummate the
         transactions contemplated hereby, including:

                 (a)      the termination of the Intercreditor Agreement;

                 (b)      the termination of the participation of SVFII as a
                 party to the Investment Agreement, the Amended Loan Agreement,
                 the Amended Pledge Agreement, the Amended Shareholders'
                 Agreement, the Amended Security Agreement and the Letter
                 Agreement; and

                 (c)      the assignment by SVFII to HIE of the security
                 interests granted to SVFII under the Amended Security
                 Agreement and the Amended Pledge Agreement.

         2.4     HIE Management Shareholders Arrangements.  HIE acknowledges
         and agrees that it has entered into an agreement in principle dated
         November 6, 1996 (the "AIP"), with the Shareholders which contemplates
         that each of the Shareholders will grant to HIE an option to purchase
         their respective entire investment in the Company, that holders of
         options for the Criterion Common Stock will convert their options to
         options for stock of HIE under a stock option plan, that HIE will fund
         certain obligations to the Company, and that certain other agreements
         between the Company, HIE and the Shareholders will be modified or
         canceled, and HIE further agrees with SVFII, that, in order to fulfill
         the conditions to the Consent, it will negotiate in good faith with
         the Shareholders to execute the definitive agreements contemplated by
         the AIP, which agreements shall include a provision that the closing
         of the transactions contemplated thereunder will occur simultaneously
         with the Option closing.

3.       The HIE Shares.

         (a)     Number of HIE Shares.  The number of HIE Shares to be
delivered to SVFII upon exercise of the Option shall be 416,666 shares of HIE
Common Stock, provided, however, that if at the date of the Notice of Exercise,
the "Current Market Value" of the HIE Common Stock is less than $4.80 per
share, the number of HIE Shares to be delivered hereunder shall be increased to
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Market Value of the HIE Common Stock, equals $2,000,000.  For purposes of this
Agreement, "Current Market Value" per share of HIE Common Stock shall mean (i)
if a public market for HIE Common Stock exists at the time of such exercise,
the average of the closing bid and asked prices of HIE Common Stock quoted in
the Over-The-Counter Market Summary or the last reported sale price of the HIE
Common Stock or the closing price quoted on the Nasdaq National Market or on
any exchange on which the HIE Common Stock is listed, whichever is applicable,
as published in The Wall Street Journal for the five (5) trading days prior to
the date of determination of Current Market Value; or (ii) if there is no
public market for HIE Common Stock, determined by HIE's Board of Directors in
good faith.  The number of HIE Shares subject to the Option shall be adjusted
by HIE proportionately to reflect changes in the capitalization of HIE between
the date hereof and the Option Closing Date as a result of any
recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or any other change in HIE's capital structure which
affects holders of HIE Common Stock generally.

                 (b)      Status of HIE Shares.  SVFII acknowledges and agrees
as follows:

                          (i)     The HIE Shares to be received by SVFII upon
                          HIE's exercise of the Option will not have been
                          registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
                          amended (the "Securities Act"), or any applicable
                          state securities laws.

                          (ii)    SVFII will not sell or otherwise transfer the
                          HIE Shares except pursuant to a registered offering
                          as contemplated by Section 3(c) of this Agreement or
                          in one or more private transactions if, in the
                          opinion of counsel to SVFII reasonably satisfactory
                          to HIE, such transaction or transactions are not
                          required to be registered under the Securities Act or
                          any applicable state securities laws.

                          (iii)   Each certificate representing the HIE Shares
                          to be issued upon exercise of the Option shall
                          include a legend in substantially the following form:

                          THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE
                          NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
                          AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES ACT AND MAY NOT
                          BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
                          REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM, OR IN THE
                          ABSENCE OF RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF
                          COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT
                          THE SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT
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                 (c)      Registration of HIE Shares by HIE.

                          (i)     Shelf Registration.  HIE agrees with SVFII
                          that, within ninety (90) days of the Option Closing
                          Date, HIE shall file with the Securities and Exchange
                          Commission (the "Commission") a registration
                          statement under the Securities Act with respect to
                          resales by SVFII of the HIE Shares issued upon
                          exercise of the Option.  Such registration statement
                          shall provide for sales to be made on a continuous
                          basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any similar rule that
                          may be adopted by the Commission) in accordance with
                          the intended method or methods of disposition
                          designated by SVFII, provided, however, that not more
                          than one underwritten offering shall be made pursuant
                          to such registration statement.  Such registration
                          statement shall be filed on Form S- 3 or such other
                          form as HIE determines in its sole discretion to be
                          available and appropriate for the registration of
                          resales of the HIE Shares by SVFII.

                          HIE shall prepare and file with the Commission such
                          amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
                          supplements to the registration statement and the
                          related prospectus as may be necessary to keep such
                          registration current and continuously effective for a
                          period to expire upon the earlier of (a) two years
                          following the Option Closing Date (or such earlier
                          time, if any, as to which Rule 144 or any successor
                          rule or regulation under the Securities Act shall be
                          available for immediate resales of all of the HIE
                          Shares by SVFII); or (b) the date that all of the HIE
                          Shares are sold.

                          (ii)    Piggyback Registration.

                                  (A)      If HIE shall propose the
                                  registration under the Securities Act of an
                                  offering of any of its capital stock to be
                                  sold for cash, whether or not for its own
                                  account, pursuant to a firm commitment
                                  underwritten offering (other than a
                                  registration relating to either (1) a
                                  dividend reinvestment, employee stock option,
                                  stock purchase or similar plan, (2) a
                                  transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the
                                  Securities Act, or (3) a merger,
                                  consolidation or reorganization), HIE, on
                                  each such occasion, shall as promptly as
                                  practicable but in no event later than ten
                                  (10) days prior to the proposed filing date
                                  of the registration statement give written
                                  notice (the "Notice") to SVFII of its
                                  intention to effect such registration, and
                                  SVFII shall be entitled, on each such
                                  occasion, to request to have all or a portion
                                  of the HIE Shares included in such
                                  registration statement.  Upon the written
                                  request of SVFII that HIE include any HIE
                                  Shares in such registration statement (which
                                  request shall state the number of HIE Shares
                                  for which registration is sought), given
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                                  giving of HIE's Notice, HIE shall use its
                                  reasonable efforts to cause such HIE Shares
                                  to be so included in the offering covered by
                                  such registration statement, subject to the
                                  limitations hereinafter set forth.

                                  (B)      The registration of some or all of
                                  such HIE Shares pursuant to this Section
                                  3(c)(ii) may be conditioned or restricted if,
                                  in the case of a registration statement which
                                  also includes shares to be sold for the
                                  account of HIE in an underwritten offering,
                                  in the good faith exercise of the reasonable
                                  business judgment of the managing underwriter
                                  of such proposed offering, inclusion thereof
                                  in such registration statement will have an
                                  adverse impact on the marketing of the
                                  securities to be offered by HIE (provided
                                  that such conditions or restrictions apply on
                                  a proportional basis not only to the HIE
                                  Shares but also to all other securities to be
                                  included other than those to be offered for
                                  HIE's own account).  If such managing
                                  underwriter shall require that the number of
                                  HIE Shares to be offered by SVFII be reduced
                                  or eliminated, SVFII shall have the right to
                                  withdraw its request for registration
                                  pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii).

                                  (C)      HIE shall not be obligated to honor
                                  any request by SVFII under this Section
                                  3(c)(ii) if (i) in the opinion of counsel for
                                  HIE in form and substance reasonably
                                  satisfactory to SVFII, SVFII could then sell
                                  under Rule 144 promulgated under the
                                  Securities Act the number of HIE Shares it
                                  proposes to have registered under Section
                                  3(c)(ii) or (ii) the request is made more
                                  than two years following the Option Closing
                                  Date.

                          (iii)   Registration Procedures.  If and whenever HIE
                          is obligated by the provisions of this Section 3(c)
                          to effect the registration of any Warrant Shares
                          under the Securities Act, HIE shall:

                                  (A)      Prepare and file with the Commission
                                  a registration statement with respect to such
                                  securities on such form as HIE deems
                                  appropriate and is permitted or qualified to
                                  use and shall use all reasonable efforts to
                                  cause such registration statement to become
                                  and remain effective as provided herein;
                                  provided, that in the case of any
                                  registration pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii),
                                  such preparation and filing may be delayed in
                                  the sole discretion of HIE, without prejudice
                                  to the rights of SVFII pursuant to Section
                                  3(c)(i).

                                  (B)      Furnish to SVFII at a reasonable
                                  time prior to the filing thereof with the
                                  Commission a copy of the registration
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                                  in the form in which HIE proposes to file the
                                  same; not later than one day prior to the
                                  filing thereof, a copy of any amendment
                                  (including any post-effective amendment) to
                                  such registration statement; and promptly
                                  following the effectiveness thereof, a
                                  conformed copy of the registration statement
                                  as declared effective by the Commission and
                                  of each post-effective amendment thereto,
                                  including financial statements and all
                                  exhibits and reports incorporated therein by
                                  reference.

                                  (C)      Furnish to SVFII such number of
                                  copies of such registration statement, each
                                  amendment thereto, the prospectus included in
                                  such registration statement (including each
                                  preliminary prospectus), each supplement
                                  thereto and such other documents as they may
                                  reasonably request in order to facilitate the
                                  disposition of the HIE Shares owned by them.

                                  (D)      Use all reasonable efforts to
                                  register and qualify the HIE Shares covered
                                  by the registration statement under such
                                  other securities laws of such jurisdictions
                                  as shall be reasonably requested by SVFII and
                                  do any and all other acts and things which
                                  may be reasonably necessary or advisable to
                                  enable SVFII to consummate the disposition of
                                  the HIE Shares owned by SVFII in such
                                  jurisdictions; provided, however, that HIE
                                  shall not be required in connection therewith
                                  or as a condition thereto to qualify to
                                  transact business or to file a general
                                  consent to service of process in any such
                                  states or jurisdictions, or to maintain the
                                  effectiveness of any such registration or
                                  qualification for any period during which it
                                  is not required to maintain the effectiveness
                                  of the related registration statement under
                                  the Securities Act as set forth in Section
                                  3(c)(ii).

                                  (E)      Promptly notify SVFII of the
                                  happening of any event as a result of which
                                  the prospectus included in such registration
                                  statement contains an untrue statement of a
                                  material fact or omits any fact necessary to
                                  make the statements therein not misleading
                                  and, at the request of SVFII, and subject to
                                  the further provisions of Section 3(c)(v)(B),
                                  HIE will prepare a supplement or amendment to
                                  such prospectus so that, as thereafter
                                  delivered to the purchasers of such HIE
                                  Shares, such prospectus will not contain an
                                  untrue statement of a material fact or omit
                                  to state any fact necessary to make the
                                  statements therein not misleading.

                                  (F)      Enter into such customary agreements
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                                  actions as may be reasonably requested in
                                  order to expedite or facilitate the
                                  disposition of such HIE Shares.

                                  (G)      Make reasonably available for
                                  inspection by SVFII pursuant to such
                                  registration statement and any attorney or
                                  accountant retained by SVFII, all financial
                                  and other records, pertinent corporate
                                  documents and properties of HIE, and use all
                                  reasonable efforts to cause the officers,
                                  directors, employees and independent
                                  accountants of HIE to supply all information
                                  reasonably requested by SVFII, its attorney
                                  or its  accountant in connection with such
                                  registration statement, in each case as and
                                  to the extent necessary to permit SVFII to
                                  conduct a reasonable investigation within the
                                  meaning of the Securities Act.  To minimize
                                  disruption and expense to HIE during the
                                  course of the registration process, SVFII and
                                  any transferee(s) of SVFII hereunder shall,
                                  to the extent practicable, coordinate
                                  investigation and due diligence efforts
                                  hereunder and, to the extent practicable,
                                  will act through a single set of counsel and
                                  a single set of accountants and will enter
                                  into confidentiality agreements with  HIE in
                                  form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
                                  HIE and SVFII prior to receiving any
                                  confidential or proprietary information of
                                  HIE.

                                  (H)      Promptly notify SVFII of the
                                  following events and (if requested by SVFII)
                                  confirm such notification in writing:  (w)
                                  the filing of the prospectus or any
                                  prospectus supplement and the registration
                                  statement and any amendment or post-
                                  effective amendment thereto and, with respect
                                  to the registration statement or any
                                  post-effective amendment thereto, the
                                  declaration of the effectiveness of such
                                  documents, (x) any requests by the Commission
                                  for amendments or supplements to the
                                  registration statement or the prospectus or
                                  for additional information, (y) the issuance
                                  or threat of issuance by the Commission of
                                  any stop order suspending the effectiveness
                                  of the registration statement or the
                                  initiation of any proceedings for that
                                  purpose, and (z) the receipt by HIE of any
                                  notification with respect to the suspension
                                  of the qualification of the HIE Shares for
                                  sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
                                  threat of initiation of any proceeding for
                                  such purpose.

                                  (I)      Cooperate with SVFII to facilitate
                                  the timely preparation and delivery of
                                  certificates representing the HIE Shares to
                                  be sold and not bearing any restrictive
                                  legends, and enable such HIE Shares to be in
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                                  may request at least two (2) business days
                                  prior to any delivery of the HIE Shares to
                                  the purchaser.

                                  (J)      Prior to the effectiveness of the
                                  registration statement and any post-
                                  effective amendment thereto, (w) make such
                                  representations and warranties to SVFII and
                                  the underwriters, if any, with respect to the
                                  HIE Shares and the registration statement as
                                  are customarily made by issuers in similar
                                  underwritten offerings; (x) use its best
                                  efforts to obtain "cold comfort" letters and
                                  updates thereof from HIE's independent
                                  certified public accountants addressed to
                                  SVFII and the underwriters, if any, such
                                  letters to be in customary form and covering
                                  matters of the type customarily covered in
                                  "cold comfort" letters by underwriters in
                                  connection with similar underwritten
                                  offerings; (y) deliver such documents and
                                  certificates as may be reasonably requested
                                  (1) by SVFII, and (2) by the underwriters, if
                                  any, to evidence compliance with clause (w)
                                  above and with any customary conditions
                                  contained in the underwriting agreement or
                                  other agreement entered into by HIE; and (z)
                                  obtain opinions of counsel to HIE (which
                                  counsel and which opinions shall be
                                  reasonably satisfactory to the underwriters,
                                  if any), covering the matters customarily
                                  covered in opinions requested in underwritten
                                  offerings.  Such counsel shall also state
                                  that no facts have come to the attention of
                                  such counsel which cause them to believe that
                                  such registration statement, the prospectus
                                  contained therein, or any amendment or
                                  supplement thereto, as of their respective
                                  effective or issue dates, contains any untrue
                                  statement of any material fact or omits to
                                  state any material fact necessary to make the
                                  statements therein not misleading (except
                                  that no statement need be made with respect
                                  to any financial statements, notes thereto or
                                  other financial data or other expertized
                                  material contained therein or as to any
                                  information furnished by or on behalf of
                                  SVFII or underwriters, if any, for inclusion
                                  in such registration statement).

                                  (K)      Otherwise use its best efforts to
                                  comply with all applicable rules and
                                  regulations of the Commission, and make
                                  generally available to its security holders
                                  an earnings statement satisfying the
                                  provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
                                  Act, no later than forty-five (45) days after
                                  the end of any twelve-month period (or ninety
                                  (90) days, if such period is a fiscal year)
                                  beginning with the first month of the fiscal
                                  quarter of HIE commencing after the effective
                                  date of the registration statement, which
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                          (iv)    HIE's obligations with respect to and
                          compliance with this Section 3 shall be expressly
                          conditioned upon SVFII's compliance with the
                          following:

                                  (A)      SVFII shall cooperate with HIE in
                                  connection with the preparation of the
                                  registration statement, and for so long as
                                  HIE is obligated to keep the registration
                                  statement effective, shall provide to HIE, in
                                  writing, for use in the registration
                                  statement, all such information regarding
                                  SVFII and its plan of distribution of the HIE
                                  Shares as may be necessary to enable HIE to
                                  prepare the registration statement and
                                  prospectus covering the HIE Shares, to
                                  maintain the currency and effectiveness
                                  thereof and otherwise to comply with all
                                  applicable requirements of law in connection
                                  therewith.

                                  (B)      During such time as SVFII may be
                                  engaged in a distribution of the HIE Shares,
                                  SVFII shall comply with Rules 10b-6 and 10b-7
                                  promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act
                                  of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
                                  pursuant thereto, shall, among other things:
                                  (w) not engage in any stabilization activity
                                  in connection with the securities of HIE in
                                  contravention of such Rules; (x) distribute
                                  the HIE Shares solely in the manner described
                                  in the registration statement; (y) cause to
                                  be furnished to each broker through whom the
                                  HIE Shares may be offered, or to the offeree
                                  if an offer is not made through a broker,
                                  such copies of the prospectus and any
                                  amendment or supplement thereto and documents
                                  incorporated by reference therein as may be
                                  required by law; and (z) not bid for or
                                  purchase any securities of HIE or attempt to
                                  induce any person to purchase any securities
                                  of HIE other than as permitted under the
                                  Exchange Act.

                          (v)     Holdback Agreements.

                                  (A)      Notwithstanding any provision
                                  of this Agreement to the contrary, in the
                                  event HIE notifies SVFII, in writing and no
                                  later than ten (10) days prior to the
                                  proposed filing date that HIE intends to file
                                  a registration statement in connection with
                                  an underwritten offering of any of its
                                  capital stock, SVFII shall refrain from
                                  selling or otherwise distributing, except in
                                  accordance with the provisions of Section
                                  3(c)(ii) hereunder, any HIE Shares within the
                                  period beginning up to seven days prior to
                                  the effective date of such registration
                                  statement (or on such later date that HIE
                                  notifies SVFII, in writing, that such period
                                  has begun) and ending up to 90 days after
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                                  such earlier date that HIE notifies
                                  SVFII that such period has ended) (the
                                  "Offering Restricted Period"). In the event
                                  the Holder's Shares are not included in such
                                  a registered underwritten offering pursuant
                                  to Section 3(c)(ii) hereof, HIE's obligation
                                  under Section 3 to keep the registration
                                  statement filed pursuant to Section 3(c)(i)
                                  current and effective shall be extended for a
                                  number of days equal to the Offering
                                  Restricted Period, or, if earlier, until the
                                  date on which all of the HIE Shares have been
                                  disposed of.

                                  (B)      Notwithstanding anything set forth
                                  herein to the contrary, SVFII agrees that it
                                  will give HIE prior oral notice, directed to
                                  its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief
                                  Financial Officer, confirmed immediately in
                                  writing by facsimile transmission, of its
                                  intention to sell any HIE Shares under the
                                  shelf registration statement, which notice
                                  shall be given not less than two (2) days in
                                  advance of any such proposed sale.  In the
                                  event that HIE thereafter informs SVFII,
                                  within one (1) day of its receipt of such
                                  notice from SVFII, that in the good faith
                                  exercise of its reasonable business judgment,
                                  there exist bona fide financing, acquisition
                                  or other plans of HIE or other matters which
                                  would require disclosure by HIE of
                                  information, the premature disclosure of any
                                  of which would adversely affect or otherwise
                                  be detrimental to HIE, SVFII shall refrain
                                  from selling HIE Shares until the earlier to
                                  occur of the date (x) HIE notifies SVFII that
                                  it has filed with the Commission an amendment
                                  or supplement to the prospectus included in
                                  the shelf registration statement, (y) HIE
                                  notifies SVFII that the potentially
                                  disclosable event no longer exists and that
                                  the prospectus included in the shelf
                                  registration statement does not contain an
                                  untrue statement of material fact or omit to
                                  state any fact necessary to make the
                                  statements therein not misleading, or (z)
                                  which is 90 days after the date that SVFII
                                  orally notified HIE of its intention to sell
                                  any HIE Shares (each of which is a
                                  "Disclosure Restricted Period").  HIE's
                                  obligation under Section 3 to keep the
                                  registration statement filed pursuant to
                                  Section 3 current and effective shall be
                                  extended for a number of days equal to the
                                  Disclosure Restricted Period, or, if earlier,
                                  until the date on which all of the HIE Shares
                                  have been disposed of.

                          (vi)    HIE shall bear the expenses of registration
                          pursuant to this Section 3; provided, however, that
                          SVFII shall be responsible for (x) the fees and
                          expenses of its own counsel, its own accountants and
                          other experts retained by it with respect to such
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                          all underwriting discounts or brokerage fees or
                          commissions relating to the sale of the HIE Shares.

                          (vii)   Indemnification.

                                  (A)      HIE shall indemnify and hold
                                  harmless SVFII, its general partner, each
                                  underwriter (as defined in the Securities
                                  Act), each other selling agent who may be
                                  deemed to be an underwriter, and each
                                  controlling person of SVFII, any underwriter
                                  or other selling agent, if any (within the
                                  meaning of the Securities Act), against any
                                  losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
                                  or several (or actions in respect thereof)
                                  ("Losses"), to which such indemnified party
                                  may be subject under the Securities Act,
                                  under any other statute or at common law, but
                                  only to the extent such Losses arise out of
                                  or are based upon (i) any untrue statement
                                  (or alleged untrue statement) of any material
                                  fact contained in (x) the registration
                                  statement under which the HIE Shares held by
                                  SVFII were registered under the Securities
                                  Act or offered for sale, (y) any preliminary
                                  prospectus (if used prior to the effective
                                  date of such registration statement), or (z)
                                  any final prospectus or any post-effective
                                  amendment or supplement thereto (if used
                                  during the period HIE is required to keep the
                                  registration statement effective), in each
                                  case, on the effective date of such
                                  registration statement or post-effective
                                  amendment, or the date of such prospectus,
                                  including any preliminary prospectus, or
                                  supplement (the "Disclosure Documents"), (ii)
                                  any omission (or alleged omission) to state
                                  therein a material fact required to be stated
                                  therein or necessary to make the statements
                                  made therein not misleading or (iii) any
                                  violation by HIE of the Securities Act or any
                                  applicable state securities laws ("Blue Sky
                                  Laws"), or any rule or regulation promulgated
                                  under the Securities Act or any Blue Sky Law,
                                  or any other law applicable to HIE in
                                  connection with the sale, registration or
                                  qualification of the HIE Shares held by
                                  SVFII; and HIE shall reimburse each such
                                  indemnified party for any legal or other
                                  expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
                                  connection with investigating or defending
                                  any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
                                  action, whether or not resulting in any
                                  liability, or in connection with any
                                  investigation or proceeding by any
                                  governmental agency or instrumentality
                                  relating to any such claims with respect to
                                  any offering of securities pursuant to this
                                  Section 3, but excluding any amounts paid in
                                  settlement of any action, suit, arbitration,
                                  proceeding, litigation, or investigation
                                  (collectively "Litigation"), commenced or
                                  threatened, if such settlement is effected
                                  without the prior written consent of HIE,
                                  which consent shall not be unreasonably
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                                  liable to SVFII, its general partner, any
                                  underwriter, other selling agent or
                                  controlling person in any such case to the
                                  extent that any such Losses arise out of or
                                  are based upon (i) an untrue statement or
                                  omission or alleged omission (y) made in any
                                  such Disclosure Documents in reliance upon
                                  and in conformity with written information
                                  furnished to HIE by or on behalf of such
                                  indemnified party expressly for use in the
                                  preparation thereof and so designated by such
                                  indemnified party, or (z) made in any
                                  preliminary prospectus if a copy of the final
                                  prospectus was not delivered to the person
                                  alleging any loss, claim, damage or liability
                                  for which Losses arise at or prior to the
                                  written confirmation of the sale of such HIE
                                  Shares to such person and the untrue
                                  statement or omission concerned had been
                                  corrected in such final prospectus and copies
                                  thereof had timely been delivered by HIE to
                                  such indemnified party; or (ii) the use of
                                  any prospectus after such time as HIE has
                                  advised such indemnified party that the
                                  filing of a post-effective amendment or
                                  supplement thereto is required, except the
                                  prospectus as so amended or supplemented, or
                                  the use of any prospectus after such time as
                                  the obligation of HIE to keep the same
                                  current and effective has expired.

                                  (B)      In connection with the registration
                                  or sale of HIE Shares pursuant to this
                                  Section 3, SVFII shall, and shall cause any
                                  underwriter retained by it who participates
                                  in the offering to, indemnify and hold
                                  harmless HIE, each of its directors, each of
                                  its officers who have signed such
                                  registration statement and each controlling
                                  person of HIE (within the meaning of the
                                  Securities Act), against any Losses, joint or
                                  several, to which such indemnified party may
                                  become subject under the Securities Act,
                                  under any other statute or at common law, but
                                  only to the extent such Losses arise out of
                                  or are based upon (i) any untrue statement
                                  (or alleged untrue statement) of any material
                                  fact contained in any of the Disclosure
                                  Documents or any omission or alleged omission
                                  to state therein a material fact required to
                                  be stated therein or necessary to make the
                                  statements therein not misleading, if the
                                  statement or omission was made in reliance
                                  upon and in conformity with written
                                  information furnished to HIE by or on behalf
                                  of such indemnifying party expressly for use
                                  in the preparation thereof and so designated
                                  by such indemnifying party; (ii) the use by
                                  such indemnifying party of any prospectus
                                  after such time as HIE has advised such
                                  indemnifying party that the filing of a
                                  post-effective amendment or supplement
                                  thereto is required, except the prospectus as
                                  so amended or supplemented, or after such
                                  time as the obligation of HIE to keep the
                                  registration statement effective and current
                                  has expired, or (iii) any information given
                                  or





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                                  representation made by such indemnifying
                                  party in connection with the sale of HIE
                                  Shares which is not contained in and not in
                                  conformity with the prospectus (as amended or
                                  supplemented at the time of the giving of
                                  such information or making of such
                                  representation); and such indemnifying party
                                  shall reimburse each such indemnified party
                                  for any legal and other expenses reasonably
                                  incurred by such party in investigating or
                                  defending any such loss, claim, damage,
                                  liability or action, whether or not resulting
                                  in any liability, or in connection with any
                                  investigation or proceeding by any
                                  governmental agency or instrumentality
                                  relating to any such claims with respect to
                                  any offering of securities pursuant to this
                                  Section 3, but excluding any amounts paid in
                                  settlement of any Litigation, commenced or
                                  threatened, if such settlement is effected
                                  without the prior written consent of such
                                  indemnifying party, which consent shall not
                                  be unreasonably withheld.

                 (d)      Permitted Transfers.  The rights of SVFII under this
Section 3 may be transferred or assigned by SVFII to any partner in SVFII,
provided that HIE is given written notice at the time of or within a reasonable
time after said transfer or assignment, of the name and address of the
transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which
such rights are to be transferred or assigned, and, provided further, that the
transferee or assignee of such rights assumes the obligations of SVFII under
this Section 3.  In any event, such rights may be transferred only in
connection with a transfer of the HIE Shares subject to such rights.  HIE
agrees that it shall be obligated to each partner in SVFII hereunder to the
same extent that HIE is obligated to SVFII provided that each such partner
assumes all obligations of SVFII hereunder to HIE.

4.       Representations, Warranties and Agreements of HIE.  HIE hereby
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, SVFII that:

         (a)     HIE is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Georgia, and has the corporate
power to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now
conducted and to enter into and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.

         (b)     HIE has full legal right, power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and the HIE Warrant and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the performance by HIE of its obligations hereunder and under each
instrument and under the transactions contemplated hereby are within the
corporate powers of HIE and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action properly taken, and do not and will not contravene or conflict
with the articles of incorporation or by-laws of HIE or any material agreement
binding upon HIE or its properties or, to the knowledge of HIE, any material
provision of law or any applicable material judgment, ordinance, regulation or
order of any court or governmental agency.





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         (c)     This Agreement and the HIE Warrant are the legal, valid and
binding obligations of HIE, enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy or
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by the
availability of equitable remedies.

         (d)     The shares of HIE Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of
the HIE Warrant will, upon issuance and payment therefor, be legally and
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable.  HIE shall at all
times reserve and keep available for issuance upon the exercise of the HIE
Warrant such number of authorized shares of HIE Common Stock as will be
sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the HIE Warrant.  HIE covenants
and agrees that all shares of HIE Common Stock which may be issued to SVFII
upon exercise of the Option will, upon issuance and delivery against transfer
of the consideration therefor, be legally and validly issued and outstanding,
fully paid and nonassessable.

         (e)     No consent, waiver, approval or other authorization and filing
or registration with any private or public authority is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by HIE of this Agreement or the
consummation by HIE of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such as may
be required under the Securities Act or any applicable Blue Sky Laws, and, with
respect to the consummation of the Option exercise, such as have been obtained
under the Consent, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
therein.

         (f)     HIE has been subject to the reporting requirements of Section
12 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since October 31, 1995, has filed with the
Commission all the material required to be filed pursuant to Section 13, 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since January 1, 1996, and has filed in a timely
manner with the Commission all reports required to be filed since January 1,
1996.  HIE has furnished SVFII with true and complete copies of (i) HIE's
annual report on Form 10-K (including exhibits) filed with the Commission for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, (ii) each of HIE's quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q (including exhibits) filed with the Commission for each of the
fiscal quarters since January 1, 1996, and (iii) HIE's proxy statement dated
April 29, 1996 in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders held on
May 21, 1996 (the reports referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) being the "HIE
Reports").  HIE is a registrant eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities
Act for transactions involving secondary offerings.  All of the financial
statements of HIE included within the HIE Reports were prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and fairly present the
consolidated financial position of HIE and the consolidated results of
operations and changes in financial position or cash flows for HIE at the dates
and for the periods referred to therein in conformity with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved.  As of their respective
dates, the HIE Reports referred to herein complied as to form in all material
respects with all rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.





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5.       Representations, Warranties and Agreements of SVFII.  SVFII hereby
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, HIE that:

         (a)     SVFII is a limited partnership duly organized and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization.

         (b)     SVFII has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and has taken
all action necessary for the due execution and delivery of this Agreement and
has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes
SVFII's legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against SVFII in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by
the availability of equitable remedies and will not contravene or conflict with
the partnership agreement or certificate of partnership of SVFII or any
material agreement binding upon SVFII or its properties or, to the knowledge of
SVFII, any material provision of law or any applicable material  judgment,
ordinance, regulation or order of any court or governmental agency.

         (c)     SVFII has good, valid and marketable title, beneficially and
of record, to the SVFII Criterion Stock and the SVFII Criterion Debenture, free
and clear of any and all restrictions, claims, pledges, liens, charges,
security interests and other encumbrances (collectively "Liens"), and, at the
Option Closing, will transfer to HIE good, valid and marketable title thereto
free and clear of all Liens. The SVFII Criterion Common Stock and the SVFII
Criterion Debenture represent, and on the Option Closing Date will represent,
all of  SVFII's interest in the Company.

         (d)     No consent, waiver, approval or other authorization and filing
or registration with any private or public authority is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by SVFII of this Agreement or the
consummation by SVFII of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such as
have been obtained under the Consent, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth therein.

         (e)     With respect to the Warrant:

                 (i)      SVFII is an "accredited investor" as that term is
                 defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act
                 and is acquiring the Warrant and will acquire any HIE Common
                 Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant for its own
                 account for investment and not with a view to the resale or
                 distribution of all or any part thereof, except in accordance
                 with applicable federal and state securities laws.  Upon
                 exercise of the Warrant, this representation shall be deemed
                 to have been given with respect to the HIE Common Stock
                 received.  SVFII recognizes that it must bear the economic
                 risk of the investment for an indefinite period.





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                 (ii)     SVFII has been given the opportunity to ask HIE and
                 its officers and directors questions relating to HIE and has
                 had access to such financial and other information concerning
                 HIE as it has considered necessary to make a decision to
                 invest in the Warrant and the HIE Common Stock for which the
                 Warrant is exercisable and has availed itself of that
                 opportunity to the full extent desired.

                 (iii)    SVFII understands that the Warrant and the shares of
                 HIE Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant have
                 not been registered under the Securities Act or any state
                 securities laws and are being offered pursuant to certain
                 exemptions under the Securities Act for transactions by an
                 issuer not involving any public offering and similar
                 exemptions under applicable state securities laws, and, except
                 as provided in Section 6 of the Warrant, HIE has no obligation
                 to register any  of such securities for resale by SVFII.

                 (iv)     SVFII agrees that it will not sell, transfer or
                 otherwise distribute the Warrant or the HIE Common Stock
                 issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, except pursuant to a
                 registered offering or in one or more private transactions if,
                 in the opinion of counsel to SVFII reasonably satisfactory to
                 HIE, such transaction or transactions are not required to be
                 registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state
                 securities laws.

6.       Miscellaneous.

         (a)     Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.  Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner
as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining
provisions of this Agreement.

         (b)     Successor and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit and shall be binding upon the parties, their legal representatives and
permitted assigns, subject to the limitations otherwise set forth in this
Agreement.

         (c)     Counterparts.  For the convenience of the parties, any number
of counterparts of this Agreement may be executed and all such counterparts or
facsimile copy thereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument.





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         (d)     Notices.  Any notice or other communication by any party
hereto to the other parties shall be in writing and shall be given, and be
deemed to have been given, if either delivered personally, by overnight
delivery service or mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows:

                 (i)      to HIE:            Healthdyne Information 
                                             Enterprises, Inc.
                                             1850 Parkway Place, 11th Floor
                                             Marietta, Georgia 30067
                                             Telephone:       (770) 423-8450
                                             Facsimile:       (770) 423-8440
                                           
                                             Attention:       President and CEO
                                           
                 (ii)     to SVFII:          The Southern Venture Fund II, L.P.
                                             310 25th Avenue North, Suite 103
                                             Nashville, Tennessee 37203
                                             Telephone:       (615) 329-9448
                                             Facsimile:       (615) 329-9237
                                           
                                             Attention:       General Partner
                                           
                 (iii)    to the Company:    Criterion Health Strategies, Inc.
                                             215 Second Avenue North, Suite 200
                                             Nashville, Tennessee 37201
                                             Telephone:       (615) 259-3363
                                             Facsimile:       (615) 259-2877
                                           
                                             Attention:       President and CEO

Any party may change the address for notice by notifying the other parties in
writing of the new address.

         (e)     Specific Performance.  The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that the benefits to them under this Agreement are unique, that they are
willing to enter into this Agreement only upon performance by each other of all
of their obligations hereunder and that they will not have an adequate remedy
at law if the other fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder.
Accordingly, the parties hereby agree that each shall have the right, in
addition to any other rights or remedies it may have at law or in equity, to
specific performance or equitable relief by way of injunction if the other
party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder.

         (f)     Modification or Waiver.  No change, modification or waiver of
any term of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto
unless such change, modification or waiver shall be in writing signed by all
parties hereto.





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         (g)     Headings.  The headings and captions used in this Agreement
are used for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in
construing or interpreting this Agreement.  All references in this Agreement to
sections, paragraphs and exhibits shall, unless otherwise provided, refer to
sections and paragraphs hereof and exhibits attached hereto, all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference.

         (h)     Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the other instruments
specified herein constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all
prior discussions, understandings and agreements with respect thereto.





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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Option
Agreement on the date first above written.

                                HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                
                                
                                By:     /s/ Joseph G. Bleser
                                        --------------------
                                        Name:  Joseph G. Bleser
                                        Title: Vice President and Chief 
                                               Financial Officer
                                
                                
                                THE SOUTHERN VENTURE FUND II, L.P.
                                
                                By:     Its General Partner
                                        SV Partners II, L.P.
                                
                                
                                By:     /s/ Benjamin H. Gray         
                                        -----------------------------
                                        Name: Benjamin H. Gray
                                              A General Partner


Each of Criterion Health Strategies, Inc., Brenton L. Teveit and J. Edward
Pearson, Jr. executes this Agreement solely for the purpose of (a)
acknowledging that HIE and SVFII have advised each of them of this Agreement,
and (b) the closing deliveries contemplated to be made by each of them under
Section 2 hereof.

Criterion Health Strategies, Inc.


By: /s/ J. Edward Pearson, Jr.
   ---------------------------
        Name: J. Edward Pearson, Jr.
        Title:  Executive Vice President and
                Chief Financial Officer


   /s/ Brenton L. Teveit
   ---------------------------
       Brenton L. Teveit


   /s/ J. Edward Pearson, Jr.
   ---------------------------
       J. Edward Pearson, Jr.





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                                                                       EXHIBIT A


Warrant No. S-1



THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, OR TRANSFERRED UNTIL (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME
EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO
THE COMPANY, REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER.


                  HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.

                           STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

     THIS STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") is issued this 18th day of
December, 1996, by HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), to THE SOUTHERN VENTURE FUND II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("SVFII," which, together with any assignee or transferee
hereinafter referred to collectively as "Holder" or "Holders").

     1. Issuance of Warrant.  For and in consideration of the grant by SVFII to
the Company of an option to purchase all of the securities of Criterion Health
Strategies, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, held by SVFII pursuant to the terms
and conditions of that certain Option Agreement between SVFII and the Company
dated the date hereof, the Company hereby grants to Holder the right to
purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share
(the "Common Stock"), at the purchase price per share (the "Exercise Price")
set forth herein.  The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant are hereinafter referred to as the "Warrant Shares."  The number of
Warrant Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 9 below.

     2. Term.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this
Warrant shall be exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to
time from the date hereof until 5:00 p.m. Atlanta, Georgia time on December 13,
2003 (the "Expiration Date") and shall be void thereafter.

     3. Price.  The Exercise Price per share for which the Warrant Shares may
be purchased pursuant to the terms of this Warrant shall be $_____ per share,
as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

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     4. Exercise.

        (a)    This Warrant may be exercised by the Holder hereof (but only on
the conditions hereinafter set forth) as to part or all of the Warrant
Shares by surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise attached hereto
as Exhibit A, duly completed and executed on behalf of the Holder, at the
office of the Company, 1850 Parkway Place, 11th Floor, Marietta, Georgia 30067,
or at such other address as the Company shall designate in a written notice to
the Holder hereof, together with a check acceptable and payable to the Company
in the amount of the Exercise Price times the number of Warrant Shares being
purchased.

        (b)    In lieu of exercising the Warrant by payment of the Exercise 
Price in cash pursuant to Section 4(a) above, the Holder shall have the
right to require the Company to convert the Warrant, in whole or in part and at
any time or times (the "Conversion Right"), into Warrant Shares, by surrender
to the Company of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise attached hereto, duly
completed and executed by the Holder to evidence the exercise of the Conversion
Right.  Upon exercise of the Conversion Right, the Company shall deliver to the
Holder a certificate(s) representing that number of Warrant Shares which is
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the value of the number of
Warrants being converted at the date the Conversion Right is exercised
(determined by subtracting (A) the aggregate Exercise Price for all such
Warrants immediately prior to the exercise of the Conversion Right from (B) the
aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock multiplied by that number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of such Warrants immediately prior to the exercise of
the Conversion Right)), by (y) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
on the date of exercise of the Conversion Right.  For purposes of this
calculation, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be (i) if a
public market for the Company's Common Stock exists at the time of such
exercise, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock
quoted in the Over-The-Counter Market Summary or the last reported sales price
of the Common Stock or the closing price quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
or on any exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, whichever is
applicable, as published in The Wall Street Journal for the five (5) trading
days prior to the date of determination of Fair Market Value; or (ii) if there
is no public market for the Company's Common Stock, determined by the Company's
Board of Directors in good faith.  Any references in this Warrant to the
"exercise" of any Warrants, and the use of the term "exercise" herein, shall be
deemed to include (without limitation) any exercise of the Conversion Right.

        (c)    Upon exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the person entitled
to receive the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be
treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of the close
of business on the date of exercise.  As promptly as practicable on or after
such date, and in any event within ten (10) days thereafter, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Holder of this Warrant a certificate or certificates
for the total number of whole Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is being
exercised (net of any Warrant Shares applied upon exercise of the Conversion
Right), in such names and denominations as are requested by such Holder.  If
this Warrant shall be exercised with respect to less than all of the
Warrant Shares, the Company, at its expense, will issue to the Holder a new
Warrant covering


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the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant shall
not have been exercised, which new Warrant shall be identical to this Warrant
except for the number of shares remaining subject to the Warrant. If, upon
exercise of this Warrant, the Holder would be entitled to acquire a fractional
share of the Company's Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded
and the number of shares subject to this Warrant shall be rounded down to the
next lower number of shares and the Holder shall be entitled to receive from
the Company a cash payment equal to the product of the per share Exercise Price
multiplied by such fraction rounded to the nearest penny.

        (d)     The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable
to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant, provided that such certificates for such Warrant Shares are issued in
the name of SVFII or in the name of any partner of SVFII.  The Company shall
not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any
other transfer involved in the issue of any certificates for Warrant Shares and
the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates for
Warrant Shares unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance
thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have
established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

     5. Covenants and Conditions.  The above provisions are subject to the
following:

        (a)     The Holder of this Warrant and any transferee hereof or of the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, by their
acceptance hereof or thereof, hereby (i) acknowledge that this Warrant has
been, and any Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise hereof will be, acquired
for investment purposes and not with a view to distribution or resale and (ii)
understand and agree that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares issuable upon the
exercise hereof, have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws ("Blue Sky Laws"), and may not be sold,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred without (i) an effective
registration statement for such Warrant under the Securities Act and such
applicable Blue Sky Laws, or (ii) an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Company that registration is not required under the Securities Act or
under any applicable Blue Sky Laws.  Transfer of the Warrant Shares issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant shall be restricted in the same manner and to the
same extent as the Warrant.  Each Warrant and each certificate representing
such Warrant Shares shall bear substantially the following legend (with such
changes therein as may be appropriate to reflect whether such legend refers to
a Warrant or Warrant Shares):

        THE WARRANT AND SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS
        CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE
        SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNTIL (i) A REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE
        SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR
        (ii) IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY,



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            REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE
            SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED
            TRANSFER.

            (b) The Holder and the Company agree to execute such documents and
instruments as counsel for the Company reasonably deems necessary to effect the
compliance of the issuance of the Warrant and any Warrant Shares with
applicable federal and state securities laws, including compliance with
applicable exemptions from the registration requirements of such laws.

            (c) The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which
may be issued upon exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance and
payment therefor, be legally and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available for
issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant such number of authorized shares of
Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this
Warrant.

     6.     Registration Rights.

            (a) Demand Rights.

                (i)   The Company agrees that if it receives from the Holder a
written request that the Company effect any registration with respect
to Warrant Shares on a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the Company will as soon
as practicable use its best efforts to effect such registration (including,
without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualifications under applicable Blue Sky Laws, and appropriate compliance with
the Securities Act) as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of
all or such portion of such Warrant Shares as are specified in such request. 
Such shelf registration shall not be deemed to provide for an underwritten
offering of the Warrant Shares pursuant to such registration statement.

                (ii)  The Company shall only be required to effect one (1)
registration of Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 6(a), and the
provisions of Section 6(c) below shall apply.

                (iii) The Company, upon receipt of such request for
registration pursuant to Section 6(a)(i), will as promptly as
practicable prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement on
Form S-3 or on such other form as the Company determines in its sole discretion
to be available and appropriate for the registration under the Securities Act
of a secondary public offering.  The Company shall use reasonable efforts to
keep such registration statement current and continuously effective until the
earlier of (A) the date when all Warrant Shares covered by the registration
statement have been sold or (B) one year from the effective date of the
registration statement with respect to a shelf registration or (C) such time as
to which all of the Warrant Shares may be sold immediately by the Holder under
Rule 144 or any successor rule or regulation under the Securities Act.



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                (iv) Upon written notice to the Holder stating the reasons
therefor, the Company shall be entitled to postpone, for a reasonable
period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days, the filing of a registration
statement pursuant to this Section 6(a) if (A) such filing would occur prior to
ninety (90) days following the effective date of a registration statement
relating to an underwritten public offering of securities of the Company for
its own account, or (B) the Company would be required to undergo a special
interim audit in order to comply with such request, unless the Holder agrees to
bear the costs of such special interim audit, or (C) the Company determines, in
the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that such
registration and offering would materially interfere with bona fide financing,
acquisition or other plans of the Company or would require disclosure of
information, the premature disclosure of which would materially adversely
affect or otherwise be materially detrimental to the Company.  If the Company
postpones the filing of the registration statement, it shall promptly notify
the Holder in writing when the events or circumstances permitting such
postponement have ended.

     (b)        Piggyback Registration.

                (i)  If the Company shall propose the registration under the
Securities Act of an offering of any of its capital stock to be sold
for cash, whether or not for its own account, pursuant to a firm commitment
underwritten offering (other than a registration relating to either (A) a
dividend reinvestment, employee stock option, stock purchase or similar plan,
(B) a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Securities Act, or (C) a
merger, consolidation or reorganization), the Company, on each such occasion,
shall as promptly as practicable but in no event later than ten (10) days prior
to the proposed filing date of the registration statement give written notice
(the "Notice") to the Holder of its intention to effect such registration, and
the Holder shall be entitled, on each such occasion, to request to have all or
a portion  of the Warrant Shares included in such registration statement.  Upon
the written request of the Holder that the Company include any Warrant Shares
in such registration statement (which request shall state the number of Warrant
Shares for which registration is sought), given within ten (10) days after the
giving of the Company's Notice, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to
cause such Warrant Shares to be so included in the offering covered by such
registration statement, subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth.

                (ii) The registration of some or all of such Warrant Shares
pursuant to this Section 6(b)(i) may be conditioned or restricted if,
in the case of a registration statement which also includes shares to be sold
for the account of the Company in an underwritten offering, in the good faith
exercise of the reasonable business judgment of the managing underwriter of
such proposed offering, inclusion thereof in such registration statement will
have an adverse impact on the marketing of the securities to be offered by the
Company (provided that such conditions or restrictions apply on a proportional
basis not only to the Warrant Shares but also to all other securities to be
included other than those to be offered for the Company's own account).  If
such managing underwriter shall require that the number of Warrant Shares to be
offered by the Holder be reduced or eliminated, the Holder shall have the right
to withdraw its request for registration pursuant to this Section 6(b)(i).



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                (iii) The Company may, for any reason and without the consent
of the Holder determine at any time not to proceed with the
registration which is the subject of the Company's Notice and abandon the
proposed offering, whereupon the Company shall be relieved of any further
obligations hereunder to proceed with such registration or offering.

     (c)        Limitation of Registration Rights.  The Company shall not be 
obligated to honor any request by a Holder under Section 6(a) or 6(b)
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Holder, such Holder could then sell under Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act, the number of Warrant Shares it proposes
to have registered in compliance with this Agreement.

     (d)        Registration Procedures.  If and whenever the Company is 
obligated by the provisions of this Section 6 to effect the
registration of any Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, the Company shall:

                (i)   Prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement with respect to such securities on such form as the Company
deems appropriate and is permitted or qualified to use and shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain
effective as provided herein; provided, that in the case of any registration
pursuant to Section 6(b), such preparation and filing may be delayed in the
sole discretion of the Company, without prejudice to the rights of the Holder
pursuant to Section 6(a).

                (ii)  Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to any such registration statement filed pursuant to
Section 6(a) as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective
during the period referred to in Section 6(a)(iii) and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement, and cause the prospectus to
be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

                (iii) Furnish to the selling Holder at a reasonable time prior
to the filing thereof with the Commission a copy of the registration
statement in the form in which the Company proposes to file the same; not later
than one day prior to the filing thereof, a copy of any amendment (including
any post-effective amendment) to such registration statement; and promptly
following the effectiveness thereof, a conformed copy of the registration
statement as declared effective by the Commission and of each post-effective
amendment thereto, including financial statements and all exhibits and reports
incorporated therein by reference.

                (iv)  Furnish to the selling Holder of Warrant Shares such 
number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment
thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus), each supplement thereto and such other documents as
they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Warrant Shares owned by them.



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                (v)    Use all reasonable efforts to register and qualify the
Warrant Shares covered by the registration statement under such other
securities laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the
selling Holder of Warrant Shares and do any and all other acts and things which
may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the selling Holder to
consummate the disposition of the Warrant Shares owned by such Holder in such
jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to transact business
or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions, or to maintain the effectiveness of any such registration or
qualification for any period during which it is not required to maintain the
effectiveness of the related registration statement under the Securities Act as
set forth in Section 6(a)(iii).

                (vi)   Promptly notify each selling Holder of Warrant Shares of
the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included
in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact
or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and,
at the request of any such Holder, and subject to the further provisions of
Section 6(f)(ii), the Company will prepare a supplement or amendment to such
prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Warrant
Shares, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.

                (vii)  Enter into such customary agreements in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and take such other
customary actions as may be reasonably requested in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such Warrant Shares.

                (viii) Make reasonably available for inspection by any selling
Holder of Warrant Shares pursuant to such registration statement and
any attorney or accountant retained by such selling Holder, all financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and
use all reasonable efforts to cause the officers, directors, employees and
independent accountants of the Company to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such seller, attorney or accountant in connection with such
registration statement, in each case as and to the extent necessary to permit
the selling Holder to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
the Securities Act.  To minimize disruption and expense to the Company during
the course of the registration process, all prospective selling Holders shall,
to the extent practicable, coordinate their investigation and due diligence
efforts hereunder and, to the extent practicable, will act through a single set
of counsel and a single set of accountants and will enter into confidentiality
agreements with the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Company and such Holders prior to receiving any confidential or proprietary
information of the Company.

                (ix)   Promptly notify the selling Holder of Warrant Shares of
the following events and (if requested by any such person) confirm such
notification in writing:  (A) the filing of the prospectus or any prospectus
supplement and the registration statement and any amendment or post-effective
amendment thereto and, with respect to the registration statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, the declaration of the effectiveness of such
documents, (B) any requests by the Commission for amendments or supplements to
the 


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registration statement or the prospectus or for additional information,
(C) the issuance or threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, and (D) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Warrant
Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of initiation
of any proceeding for such purpose.

                (x)    Cooperate with the selling Holder of Warrant Shares to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing the Warrant Shares to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends, and enable such Warrant Shares to be in such lots and registered in
such names as the selling Holder may request at least two (2) business days
prior to any delivery of the Warrant Shares to the purchaser.

                (xi)   Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto and at each closing of an
underwritten offering pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, (A) make such
representations and warranties to the selling Holder of Warrant Shares and the
underwriters, if any, with respect to the Warrant Shares and the registration
statement as are customarily made by issuers in similar underwritten offerings;
(B) use its best efforts to obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof
from the Company's independent certified public accountants addressed to the
selling Holder of Warrant Shares and the underwriters, if any, such letters to
be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
"cold comfort" letters by underwriters in connection with similar underwritten
offerings; (C) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested (1) by the Holders of a majority of the Warrant Shares being sold,
and (2) by the underwriters, if any, to evidence compliance with clause (A)
above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement
or other agreement entered into by the Company; and (D) obtain opinions of
counsel to the Company (which counsel and which opinions shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the underwriters, if any), covering the matters customarily
covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings.  Such counsel shall
also state that no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which cause
them to believe that such registration statement, the prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective
effective or issue dates, contains any untrue statement of any material fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading (except that no statement need be made with respect to any financial
statements, notes thereto or other financial data or other expertized material
contained therein or as to any information furnished by or on behalf of the
selling Holder or underwriters, if any, for inclusion in such registration
statement).

                (xii)  Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all 
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than forty-five
(45) days after the end of any twelve-month period (or ninety (90) days, if
such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the fiscal
quarter of the Company commencing after the effective date of the registration
statement, which statements shall cover such twelve-month periods.



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     (e)        The Company's obligations with this Section 6 shall be expressly
conditioned upon Holder's compliance with the following:

                (i)  The selling Holder shall cooperate with the Company in 
connection with the preparation of a registration statement with
respect to or including any Warrant Shares, and for so long as the Company is
obligated to keep the registration statement effective, shall provide to the
Company, in writing, for use in the registration statement, all such
information regarding  the Holder and its plan of distribution of the Warrant
Shares as may be necessary to enable the Company to prepare the registration
statement and prospectus covering the Warrant Shares, to maintain the currency
and effectiveness thereof and otherwise to comply with all applicable
requirements of law in connection therewith.

                (ii) During such time as the selling Holder may be engaged in a
distribution of the Warrant Shares, the Holder shall comply with Rules 10b-6
and 10b-7 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and pursuant thereto, shall, among other things: (w) not
engage in any stabilization activity in connection with the securities of the
Company in contravention of such Rules; (x) distribute the Warrant Shares
solely in the manner described in the registration statement; (y) cause to be
furnished to each broker through whom the Warrant Shares may be offered, or to
the offeree if an offer is not made through a broker, such copies of the
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and documents incorporated
by reference therein as may be required by law; and (z) not bid for or purchase
any securities of the Company or attempt to induce any person to purchase any
securities of the Company other than as permitted  under the Exchange Act.

     (f)        Holdback Agreements.

                (i)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the 
contrary, in the event the Company notifies the Holder, in writing and
no later than 10 days prior to the proposed filing date, that the Company
intends to file a registration statement in connection with an underwritten
offering of any of its capital stock, the Holder shall refrain from selling or
otherwise distributing, except in accordance with the provisions of Section
6(b) hereof, any Warrant Shares  within the period beginning up to seven days
prior to the effective date of such registration statement (or on such later
date that the Company notifies the Holder, in writing, that such period has
begun) and ending up to 90 days after such effective date (or on such earlier
date that the Company notifies the Holder that such period has ended) (the
"Offering Restricted Period").  In the event the Holder's Warrant Shares are
not included in such a registered underwritten offering pursuant to Section
6(b) hereof, the Company's obligation under Section 6(a)(iii) to keep the
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 6(a) current and effective
shall be extended for a number of days equal to the Offering Restricted Period,
or, if earlier, until the date on which all of the Warrant Shares have been
disposed of.

                (ii) Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary,
the Holder agrees that it will give the Company prior oral notice,
directed to its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer,
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transmission, of its intention to sell any Warrant Shares under the
shelf registration statement, which notice shall be given not less than two (2)
days in advance of any such proposed sale.  In the event that the Company
thereafter informs the Holder, within one (1) day of its receipt of such
notice, that, in the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment,
there exist bona fide financing, acquisition or other plans of the Company or
other matters which could require disclosure by the Company of information, the
premature disclosure of any of which would materially adversely affect or
otherwise be materially detrimental to the Company, the Holder shall refrain
from selling the Warrant Shares until the earlier to occur of the date (x) the
Company notifies the Holder that it has filed with the Commission an amendment
or supplement to the prospectus included in the shelf registration statement,
(y) the Company notifies the Holder that the potentially disclosable event no
longer exists and that the prospectus included in the shelf registration
statement does not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to
state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (z)
which is 90 days after the date that the Holder orally notified the Company of
its intention to sell any Warrant Shares (each of which is a "Disclosure
Restricted Period").  The Company's obligation under Section 6(a)(iii) to keep
the registration statement filed pursuant to Section 6(a) current and effective
shall be extended for a number of days equal to the Disclosure Restricted
period, or, if earlier, until the date on which all of the Warrant Shares have
been disposed of.

     (g)        Expenses. The Company shall bear the expenses of registration 
pursuant to this Section 6; provided, however, that the selling Holder
shall be responsible for (x) the fees and expenses of its own counsel, its own
accountants and other experts retained by it with respect to such registration
and resales and (y) all underwriting discounts or brokerage fees or commissions
relating to the sale of the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 6(b).

     (h)        Indemnification.

                (i) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the selling 
Holder, its general partner, each underwriter (as defined in the
Securities Act), each other selling agent who may be deemed to be an
underwriter, and each controlling person of the selling Holder, any underwriter
or other selling agent, if any (within the meaning of the Securities Act),
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several (or
actions in respect thereof) ("Losses"), to which such indemnified party may be
subject under the Securities Act, under any other statute or at common law, but
only to the extent such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of any material fact contained in (x)
the registration statement under which the Warrant Shares held by the Holder
were registered under the Securities Act or offered for sale, (y) any
preliminary prospectus (if used prior to the effective date of such
registration statement), or (z) any final prospectus or any post-effective
amendment or supplement thereto (if used during the period the Company is
required to keep the registration statement effective), in each case, on the
effective date of such registration statement or post-effective amendment, or
the date of such prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus, or
supplement (the "Disclosure Documents"), (ii) any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading or (iii) any
violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any Blue Sky Law, or any rule
or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act or any Blue Sky Law, or any
other



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law, applicable to the Company in connection with the sale,
registration or qualification of the Warrant Shares held by the Holder; and the
Company shall reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, whether or not
resulting in any liability, or in connection with any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or instrumentality relating to any such
claims with respect to any offering of securities pursuant to this Section 6,
but excluding any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit, arbitration,
proceeding, litigation, or investigation (collectively "Litigation"), commenced
or threatened, if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent
of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable to the Holder, its general
partner, any underwriter, other selling agent or controlling person in any such
case to the extent that any such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) an
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission (y) made in any such
Disclosure Documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such indemnified party
expressly for use in the preparation thereof and so designated by such
indemnified party, or (z) made in any preliminary prospectus if a copy of the
final prospectus was not delivered to the person alleging any loss, claim,
damage or liability for which Losses arise at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Warrant Shares to such person and the untrue
statement or omission concerned had been corrected in such final prospectus and
copies thereof had timely been delivered by the Company to such indemnified
party; or (ii) the use of any prospectus after such time as the Company has
advised such indemnified party that the filing of a post-effective amendment or
supplement thereto is required, except the prospectus as so amended or
supplemented, or the use of any prospectus after such time as the obligation of
the Company to keep the same current and effective has expired.

                (ii) In connection with the registration or sale of Warrant 
Shares pursuant to this Section 6, the Holder shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have
signed such registration statement and each controlling person of the Company
(within the meaning of the Securities Act), against any Losses, joint or
several, to which such indemnified party may become subject under the
Securities Act, under any other statute or at common law, but only to the
extent such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement (or
alleged untrue statement) of any material fact contained in any of the
Disclosure Documents or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such indemnifying party expressly for use in the preparation thereof
and so designated by such indemnifying party; (ii) the use by such indemnifying
party of any prospectus after such time as the Company has advised such
indemnifying party that the filing of a post-effective amendment or supplement
thereto is required, except the prospectus as so amended or supplemented, or
after such time as the obligation of the Company to keep the registration
statement effective and current has expired, or (iii) any information given or
representation made by such indemnifying party in connection with the sale of
Warrant Shares which is not contained in and not in conformity with the
prospectus (as amended or supplemented at the time of the giving of such
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representation); and such indemnifying party shall reimburse each such
indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such
party in investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action, whether or not resulting in any liability, or in connection with any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or instrumentality
relating to any such claims with respect to any offering of securities pursuant
to this Section 6, but excluding any amounts paid in settlement of any
Litigation, commenced or threatened, if such settlement is effected without the
prior written consent of such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.

     7.         Transfer of Warrants.  Subject to the provisions of Section 5,
this Warrant may be transferred, in whole or in part, to any partner in
SVFII, by presentation of the Warrant to the Company with written instructions
for such transfer and by the execution by such transferee of an investment
letter in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company.  Upon such
presentations for transfer and receipt of such investment letter, the Company
shall promptly execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the form hereof
in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in
such instructions.  The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with the
preparation, issuance and delivery of Warrants under this Section 7.

     8.         Warrant Holder Not Shareholder.  This Warrant does not confer
upon the Holder, as such, any right whatsoever as a shareholder of the
Company.

     9.         Adjustment Upon Changes in Company Common Stock.  The number of
shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant and the Exercise Price
per share of such shares shall be adjusted by the Company proportionately to
reflect changes in the capitalization of the Company as a result of any
recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or any other change in the Company's capital
structure which affects holders of Common Stock generally.  All adjustments
described herein shall be reflected on the Company's stock warrant ledger and
the Holder shall receive written notice thereof.

     10.        Merger, Sale of Assets, etc.  If at any time while this 
Warrant, or any portion thereof, is outstanding and unexpired, there
shall be (a) a reorganization (other than a combination, reclassification,
exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for in Section 9 hereof),
(b) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation
in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a reverse triangular
merger in which the Company is the surviving entity but the shares of the
Company's capital stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger are
converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of
securities, cash or otherwise, or (c) a sale or transfer of the Company's
properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other person,
then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
transfer, lawful provision shall be made so that the holder of this Warrant
shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during
the period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in
effect, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the
successor corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger,
consolidation, sale or transfer that a holder of the shares deliverable upon
exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to receive in such
reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer if this Warrant had
been exercised



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immediately before such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
transfer, all subject to further adjustment for other future events as provided
in Section 9.  The foregoing provision of this Section 10 shall similarly apply
to successive reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers and
to the stock or securities of any other corporation that are at the time
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant.  If the per share consideration
payable to the holder hereof for shares in connection with any such transaction
is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such
consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of
Directors.  In all events, appropriate adjustments (as determined in good faith
by the Company's Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the
provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the
Holder after the transaction, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant
shall be applied after that event, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation
to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of
this Warrant.

     11.        Notice of Certain Events.  In case:

                (a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its 
Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend
or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
capital stock of any class, or to receive any other rights; or

                (b) of any capital reorganization, any reclassification of 
shares of capital stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or
combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock to which Section 9 applies),
or any consolidation or merger of the Company or the sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

                (c) of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation, or winding up 
of the Company;

then the Company shall mail (at least ten (10) days prior to the applicable
date referred to in subclause (x) or in subclause (y) below, as the case may
be), to the Holder at the address set forth in the Company's stock records, a
notice stating that (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the
purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y)
the date on which such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to
become effective, and, if applicable, the date as of which it is expected that
holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. has caused
this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer on the date first
above written.


                                        HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.



                                        By:        
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:   Joseph G. Bleser
                                           Title:  Vice President and Chief 
                                                   Financial Officer


Accepted:

THE SOUTHERN VENTURE FUND II, L.P.


By:   Its General Partner
      SV Partners II, L.P.


By:   
      ----------------------------
      Name: Benjamin H. Gray
            A General Partner





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                                                                       EXHIBIT A


                             NOTICE OF EXERCISE


To:  HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.

     The undersigned, the holder of the foregoing Warrant No. S-1, and pursuant
to the terms hereof, hereby elects to exercise rights represented by said
Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, _________ shares of the Company's
Common Stock covered by said Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the
purchase price in full for such shares of $__________ by:

     _____  (a)  cash, through the delivery of a certified or official bank 
                 check; or

     _____  (b)  exercising the Conversion Right provided under Section 4(b) of
                 the Warrant by the surrender of said Warrant.

     The undersigned hereby requests that certificates for such shares (or any
other securities or other property issuable upon such exercise) be issued in
the name of and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below.


                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name


Date:                                            -------------------------------
     ----------                                  Signature

                                                 Address:

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





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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                        FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
               HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC. ("HIE")

1.    HIE was incorporated and is validity existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Georgia.

2.    The [416,666] shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of HIE
(the "HIE Shares"), [to be delivered to SFVII] have been duly authorized for
issuance and sale pursuant to the Option Agreement and, when issued and
delivered against payment of the consideration therefor as provided in the
Option Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.




<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17


Warrant No. S-1



THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, OR TRANSFERRED UNTIL (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME
EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO
THE COMPANY, REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER.


                  HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.

                           STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

     THIS STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") is issued this 18th day of
December, 1996, by HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), to THE SOUTHERN VENTURE FUND II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("SVFII," which, together with any assignee or transferee
hereinafter referred to collectively as "Holder" or "Holders").

     1. Issuance of Warrant.  For and in consideration of the grant by SVFII to
the Company of an option to purchase all of the securities of Criterion Health
Strategies, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, held by SVFII pursuant to the terms
and conditions of that certain Option Agreement between SVFII and the Company
dated the date hereof, the Company hereby grants to Holder the right to
purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share
(the "Common Stock"), at the purchase price per share (the "Exercise Price")
set forth herein.  The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant are hereinafter referred to as the "Warrant Shares."  The number of
Warrant Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 9 below.

     2. Term.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this
Warrant shall be exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to
time from the date hereof until 5:00 p.m. Atlanta, Georgia time on December 13,
2003 (the "Expiration Date") and shall be void thereafter.

     3. Price.  The Exercise Price per share for which the Warrant Shares may
be purchased pursuant to the terms of this Warrant shall be $_____ per share,
as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 9 hereof.


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     4. Exercise.

        (a)    This Warrant may be exercised by the Holder hereof (but only on
the conditions hereinafter set forth) as to part or all of the Warrant
Shares by surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise attached hereto
as Exhibit A, duly completed and executed on behalf of the Holder, at the
office of the Company, 1850 Parkway Place, 11th Floor, Marietta, Georgia 30067,
or at such other address as the Company shall designate in a written notice to
the Holder hereof, together with a check acceptable and payable to the Company
in the amount of the Exercise Price times the number of Warrant Shares being
purchased.

        (b)    In lieu of exercising the Warrant by payment of the Exercise 
Price in cash pursuant to Section 4(a) above, the Holder shall have the
right to require the Company to convert the Warrant, in whole or in part and at
any time or times (the "Conversion Right"), into Warrant Shares, by surrender
to the Company of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise attached hereto, duly
completed and executed by the Holder to evidence the exercise of the Conversion
Right.  Upon exercise of the Conversion Right, the Company shall deliver to the
Holder a certificate(s) representing that number of Warrant Shares which is
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the value of the number of
Warrants being converted at the date the Conversion Right is exercised
(determined by subtracting (A) the aggregate Exercise Price for all such
Warrants immediately prior to the exercise of the Conversion Right from (B) the
aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock multiplied by that number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of such Warrants immediately prior to the exercise of
the Conversion Right)), by (y) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
on the date of exercise of the Conversion Right.  For purposes of this
calculation, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be (i) if a
public market for the Company's Common Stock exists at the time of such
exercise, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock
quoted in the Over-The-Counter Market Summary or the last reported sales price
of the Common Stock or the closing price quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
or on any exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, whichever is
applicable, as published in The Wall Street Journal for the five (5) trading
days prior to the date of determination of Fair Market Value; or (ii) if there
is no public market for the Company's Common Stock, determined by the Company's
Board of Directors in good faith.  Any references in this Warrant to the
"exercise" of any Warrants, and the use of the term "exercise" herein, shall be
deemed to include (without limitation) any exercise of the Conversion Right.

        (c)    Upon exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the person entitled
to receive the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be
treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of the close
of business on the date of exercise.  As promptly as practicable on or after
such date, and in any event within ten (10) days thereafter, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Holder of this Warrant a certificate or certificates
for the total number of whole Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is being
exercised (net of any Warrant Shares applied upon exercise of the Conversion
Right), in such names and denominations as are requested by such Holder.  If
this Warrant shall be exercised with respect to less than all of the
Warrant Shares, the Company, at its expense, will issue to the Holder a new
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the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant shall
not have been exercised, which new Warrant shall be identical to this Warrant
except for the number of shares remaining subject to the Warrant. If, upon
exercise of this Warrant, the Holder would be entitled to acquire a fractional
share of the Company's Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded
and the number of shares subject to this Warrant shall be rounded down to the
next lower number of shares and the Holder shall be entitled to receive from
the Company a cash payment equal to the product of the per share Exercise Price
multiplied by such fraction rounded to the nearest penny.

        (d)     The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable
to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant, provided that such certificates for such Warrant Shares are issued in
the name of SVFII or in the name of any partner of SVFII.  The Company shall
not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any
other transfer involved in the issue of any certificates for Warrant Shares and
the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates for
Warrant Shares unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance
thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have
established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

     5. Covenants and Conditions.  The above provisions are subject to the
following:

        (a)     The Holder of this Warrant and any transferee hereof or of the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, by their
acceptance hereof or thereof, hereby (i) acknowledge that this Warrant has
been, and any Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise hereof will be, acquired
for investment purposes and not with a view to distribution or resale and (ii)
understand and agree that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares issuable upon the
exercise hereof, have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws ("Blue Sky Laws"), and may not be sold,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred without (i) an effective
registration statement for such Warrant under the Securities Act and such
applicable Blue Sky Laws, or (ii) an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Company that registration is not required under the Securities Act or
under any applicable Blue Sky Laws.  Transfer of the Warrant Shares issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant shall be restricted in the same manner and to the
same extent as the Warrant.  Each Warrant and each certificate representing
such Warrant Shares shall bear substantially the following legend (with such
changes therein as may be appropriate to reflect whether such legend refers to
a Warrant or Warrant Shares):

        THE WARRANT AND SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS
        CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE
        SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNTIL (i) A REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE
        SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR
        (ii) IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY,



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            REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE
            SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED
            TRANSFER.

            (b) The Holder and the Company agree to execute such documents and
instruments as counsel for the Company reasonably deems necessary to effect the
compliance of the issuance of the Warrant and any Warrant Shares with
applicable federal and state securities laws, including compliance with
applicable exemptions from the registration requirements of such laws.

            (c) The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which
may be issued upon exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance and
payment therefor, be legally and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available for
issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant such number of authorized shares of
Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this
Warrant.

     6.     Registration Rights.

            (a) Demand Rights.

                (i)   The Company agrees that if it receives from the Holder a
written request that the Company effect any registration with respect
to Warrant Shares on a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the Company will as soon
as practicable use its best efforts to effect such registration (including,
without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualifications under applicable Blue Sky Laws, and appropriate compliance with
the Securities Act) as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of
all or such portion of such Warrant Shares as are specified in such request. 
Such shelf registration shall not be deemed to provide for an underwritten
offering of the Warrant Shares pursuant to such registration statement.

                (ii)  The Company shall only be required to effect one (1)
registration of Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 6(a), and the
provisions of Section 6(c) below shall apply.

                (iii) The Company, upon receipt of such request for
registration pursuant to Section 6(a)(i), will as promptly as
practicable prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement on
Form S-3 or on such other form as the Company determines in its sole discretion
to be available and appropriate for the registration under the Securities Act
of a secondary public offering.  The Company shall use reasonable efforts to
keep such registration statement current and continuously effective until the
earlier of (A) the date when all Warrant Shares covered by the registration
statement have been sold or (B) one year from the effective date of the
registration statement with respect to a shelf registration or (C) such time as
to which all of the Warrant Shares may be sold immediately by the Holder under
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                (iv) Upon written notice to the Holder stating the reasons
therefor, the Company shall be entitled to postpone, for a reasonable
period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days, the filing of a registration
statement pursuant to this Section 6(a) if (A) such filing would occur prior to
ninety (90) days following the effective date of a registration statement
relating to an underwritten public offering of securities of the Company for
its own account, or (B) the Company would be required to undergo a special
interim audit in order to comply with such request, unless the Holder agrees to
bear the costs of such special interim audit, or (C) the Company determines, in
the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that such
registration and offering would materially interfere with bona fide financing,
acquisition or other plans of the Company or would require disclosure of
information, the premature disclosure of which would materially adversely
affect or otherwise be materially detrimental to the Company.  If the Company
postpones the filing of the registration statement, it shall promptly notify
the Holder in writing when the events or circumstances permitting such
postponement have ended.

     (b)        Piggyback Registration.

                (i)  If the Company shall propose the registration under the
Securities Act of an offering of any of its capital stock to be sold
for cash, whether or not for its own account, pursuant to a firm commitment
underwritten offering (other than a registration relating to either (A) a
dividend reinvestment, employee stock option, stock purchase or similar plan,
(B) a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Securities Act, or (C) a
merger, consolidation or reorganization), the Company, on each such occasion,
shall as promptly as practicable but in no event later than ten (10) days prior
to the proposed filing date of the registration statement give written notice
(the "Notice") to the Holder of its intention to effect such registration, and
the Holder shall be entitled, on each such occasion, to request to have all or
a portion  of the Warrant Shares included in such registration statement.  Upon
the written request of the Holder that the Company include any Warrant Shares
in such registration statement (which request shall state the number of Warrant
Shares for which registration is sought), given within ten (10) days after the
giving of the Company's Notice, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to
cause such Warrant Shares to be so included in the offering covered by such
registration statement, subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth.

                (ii) The registration of some or all of such Warrant Shares
pursuant to this Section 6(b)(i) may be conditioned or restricted if,
in the case of a registration statement which also includes shares to be sold
for the account of the Company in an underwritten offering, in the good faith
exercise of the reasonable business judgment of the managing underwriter of
such proposed offering, inclusion thereof in such registration statement will
have an adverse impact on the marketing of the securities to be offered by the
Company (provided that such conditions or restrictions apply on a proportional
basis not only to the Warrant Shares but also to all other securities to be
included other than those to be offered for the Company's own account).  If
such managing underwriter shall require that the number of Warrant Shares to be
offered by the Holder be reduced or eliminated, the Holder shall have the right
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                (iii) The Company may, for any reason and without the consent
of the Holder determine at any time not to proceed with the
registration which is the subject of the Company's Notice and abandon the
proposed offering, whereupon the Company shall be relieved of any further
obligations hereunder to proceed with such registration or offering.

     (c)        Limitation of Registration Rights.  The Company shall not be 
obligated to honor any request by a Holder under Section 6(a) or 6(b)
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Holder, such Holder could then sell under Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act, the number of Warrant Shares it proposes
to have registered in compliance with this Agreement.

     (d)        Registration Procedures.  If and whenever the Company is 
obligated by the provisions of this Section 6 to effect the
registration of any Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, the Company shall:

                (i)   Prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement with respect to such securities on such form as the Company
deems appropriate and is permitted or qualified to use and shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain
effective as provided herein; provided, that in the case of any registration
pursuant to Section 6(b), such preparation and filing may be delayed in the
sole discretion of the Company, without prejudice to the rights of the Holder
pursuant to Section 6(a).

                (ii)  Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to any such registration statement filed pursuant to
Section 6(a) as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective
during the period referred to in Section 6(a)(iii) and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement, and cause the prospectus to
be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

                (iii) Furnish to the selling Holder at a reasonable time prior
to the filing thereof with the Commission a copy of the registration
statement in the form in which the Company proposes to file the same; not later
than one day prior to the filing thereof, a copy of any amendment (including
any post-effective amendment) to such registration statement; and promptly
following the effectiveness thereof, a conformed copy of the registration
statement as declared effective by the Commission and of each post-effective
amendment thereto, including financial statements and all exhibits and reports
incorporated therein by reference.

                (iv)  Furnish to the selling Holder of Warrant Shares such 
number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment
thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus), each supplement thereto and such other documents as
they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Warrant Shares owned by them.



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                (v)    Use all reasonable efforts to register and qualify the
Warrant Shares covered by the registration statement under such other
securities laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the
selling Holder of Warrant Shares and do any and all other acts and things which
may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the selling Holder to
consummate the disposition of the Warrant Shares owned by such Holder in such
jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to transact business
or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions, or to maintain the effectiveness of any such registration or
qualification for any period during which it is not required to maintain the
effectiveness of the related registration statement under the Securities Act as
set forth in Section 6(a)(iii).

                (vi)   Promptly notify each selling Holder of Warrant Shares of
the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included
in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact
or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and,
at the request of any such Holder, and subject to the further provisions of
Section 6(f)(ii), the Company will prepare a supplement or amendment to such
prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Warrant
Shares, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.

                (vii)  Enter into such customary agreements in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and take such other
customary actions as may be reasonably requested in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such Warrant Shares.

                (viii) Make reasonably available for inspection by any selling
Holder of Warrant Shares pursuant to such registration statement and
any attorney or accountant retained by such selling Holder, all financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and
use all reasonable efforts to cause the officers, directors, employees and
independent accountants of the Company to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such seller, attorney or accountant in connection with such
registration statement, in each case as and to the extent necessary to permit
the selling Holder to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
the Securities Act.  To minimize disruption and expense to the Company during
the course of the registration process, all prospective selling Holders shall,
to the extent practicable, coordinate their investigation and due diligence
efforts hereunder and, to the extent practicable, will act through a single set
of counsel and a single set of accountants and will enter into confidentiality
agreements with the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Company and such Holders prior to receiving any confidential or proprietary
information of the Company.

                (ix)   Promptly notify the selling Holder of Warrant Shares of
the following events and (if requested by any such person) confirm such
notification in writing:  (A) the filing of the prospectus or any prospectus
supplement and the registration statement and any amendment or post-effective
amendment thereto and, with respect to the registration statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, the declaration of the effectiveness of such
documents, (B) any requests by the Commission for amendments or supplements to
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registration statement or the prospectus or for additional information,
(C) the issuance or threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, and (D) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Warrant
Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of initiation
of any proceeding for such purpose.

                (x)    Cooperate with the selling Holder of Warrant Shares to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing the Warrant Shares to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends, and enable such Warrant Shares to be in such lots and registered in
such names as the selling Holder may request at least two (2) business days
prior to any delivery of the Warrant Shares to the purchaser.

                (xi)   Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto and at each closing of an
underwritten offering pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, (A) make such
representations and warranties to the selling Holder of Warrant Shares and the
underwriters, if any, with respect to the Warrant Shares and the registration
statement as are customarily made by issuers in similar underwritten offerings;
(B) use its best efforts to obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof
from the Company's independent certified public accountants addressed to the
selling Holder of Warrant Shares and the underwriters, if any, such letters to
be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
"cold comfort" letters by underwriters in connection with similar underwritten
offerings; (C) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested (1) by the Holders of a majority of the Warrant Shares being sold,
and (2) by the underwriters, if any, to evidence compliance with clause (A)
above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement
or other agreement entered into by the Company; and (D) obtain opinions of
counsel to the Company (which counsel and which opinions shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the underwriters, if any), covering the matters customarily
covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings.  Such counsel shall
also state that no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which cause
them to believe that such registration statement, the prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective
effective or issue dates, contains any untrue statement of any material fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading (except that no statement need be made with respect to any financial
statements, notes thereto or other financial data or other expertized material
contained therein or as to any information furnished by or on behalf of the
selling Holder or underwriters, if any, for inclusion in such registration
statement).

                (xii)  Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all 
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than forty-five
(45) days after the end of any twelve-month period (or ninety (90) days, if
such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the fiscal
quarter of the Company commencing after the effective date of the registration
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     (e)        The Company's obligations with this Section 6 shall be expressly
conditioned upon Holder's compliance with the following:

                (i)  The selling Holder shall cooperate with the Company in 
connection with the preparation of a registration statement with
respect to or including any Warrant Shares, and for so long as the Company is
obligated to keep the registration statement effective, shall provide to the
Company, in writing, for use in the registration statement, all such
information regarding  the Holder and its plan of distribution of the Warrant
Shares as may be necessary to enable the Company to prepare the registration
statement and prospectus covering the Warrant Shares, to maintain the currency
and effectiveness thereof and otherwise to comply with all applicable
requirements of law in connection therewith.

                (ii) During such time as the selling Holder may be engaged in a
distribution of the Warrant Shares, the Holder shall comply with Rules 10b-6
and 10b-7 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and pursuant thereto, shall, among other things: (w) not
engage in any stabilization activity in connection with the securities of the
Company in contravention of such Rules; (x) distribute the Warrant Shares
solely in the manner described in the registration statement; (y) cause to be
furnished to each broker through whom the Warrant Shares may be offered, or to
the offeree if an offer is not made through a broker, such copies of the
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and documents incorporated
by reference therein as may be required by law; and (z) not bid for or purchase
any securities of the Company or attempt to induce any person to purchase any
securities of the Company other than as permitted  under the Exchange Act.

     (f)        Holdback Agreements.

                (i)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the 
contrary, in the event the Company notifies the Holder, in writing and
no later than 10 days prior to the proposed filing date, that the Company
intends to file a registration statement in connection with an underwritten
offering of any of its capital stock, the Holder shall refrain from selling or
otherwise distributing, except in accordance with the provisions of Section
6(b) hereof, any Warrant Shares  within the period beginning up to seven days
prior to the effective date of such registration statement (or on such later
date that the Company notifies the Holder, in writing, that such period has
begun) and ending up to 90 days after such effective date (or on such earlier
date that the Company notifies the Holder that such period has ended) (the
"Offering Restricted Period").  In the event the Holder's Warrant Shares are
not included in such a registered underwritten offering pursuant to Section
6(b) hereof, the Company's obligation under Section 6(a)(iii) to keep the
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 6(a) current and effective
shall be extended for a number of days equal to the Offering Restricted Period,
or, if earlier, until the date on which all of the Warrant Shares have been
disposed of.

                (ii) Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary,
the Holder agrees that it will give the Company prior oral notice,
directed to its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer,
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transmission, of its intention to sell any Warrant Shares under the
shelf registration statement, which notice shall be given not less than two (2)
days in advance of any such proposed sale.  In the event that the Company
thereafter informs the Holder, within one (1) day of its receipt of such
notice, that, in the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment,
there exist bona fide financing, acquisition or other plans of the Company or
other matters which could require disclosure by the Company of information, the
premature disclosure of any of which would materially adversely affect or
otherwise be materially detrimental to the Company, the Holder shall refrain
from selling the Warrant Shares until the earlier to occur of the date (x) the
Company notifies the Holder that it has filed with the Commission an amendment
or supplement to the prospectus included in the shelf registration statement,
(y) the Company notifies the Holder that the potentially disclosable event no
longer exists and that the prospectus included in the shelf registration
statement does not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to
state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (z)
which is 90 days after the date that the Holder orally notified the Company of
its intention to sell any Warrant Shares (each of which is a "Disclosure
Restricted Period").  The Company's obligation under Section 6(a)(iii) to keep
the registration statement filed pursuant to Section 6(a) current and effective
shall be extended for a number of days equal to the Disclosure Restricted
period, or, if earlier, until the date on which all of the Warrant Shares have
been disposed of.

     (g)        Expenses. The Company shall bear the expenses of registration 
pursuant to this Section 6; provided, however, that the selling Holder
shall be responsible for (x) the fees and expenses of its own counsel, its own
accountants and other experts retained by it with respect to such registration
and resales and (y) all underwriting discounts or brokerage fees or commissions
relating to the sale of the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 6(b).

     (h)        Indemnification.

                (i) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the selling 
Holder, its general partner, each underwriter (as defined in the
Securities Act), each other selling agent who may be deemed to be an
underwriter, and each controlling person of the selling Holder, any underwriter
or other selling agent, if any (within the meaning of the Securities Act),
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several (or
actions in respect thereof) ("Losses"), to which such indemnified party may be
subject under the Securities Act, under any other statute or at common law, but
only to the extent such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of any material fact contained in (x)
the registration statement under which the Warrant Shares held by the Holder
were registered under the Securities Act or offered for sale, (y) any
preliminary prospectus (if used prior to the effective date of such
registration statement), or (z) any final prospectus or any post-effective
amendment or supplement thereto (if used during the period the Company is
required to keep the registration statement effective), in each case, on the
effective date of such registration statement or post-effective amendment, or
the date of such prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus, or
supplement (the "Disclosure Documents"), (ii) any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading or (iii) any
violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any Blue Sky Law, or any rule
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law, applicable to the Company in connection with the sale,
registration or qualification of the Warrant Shares held by the Holder; and the
Company shall reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, whether or not
resulting in any liability, or in connection with any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or instrumentality relating to any such
claims with respect to any offering of securities pursuant to this Section 6,
but excluding any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit, arbitration,
proceeding, litigation, or investigation (collectively "Litigation"), commenced
or threatened, if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent
of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable to the Holder, its general
partner, any underwriter, other selling agent or controlling person in any such
case to the extent that any such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) an
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission (y) made in any such
Disclosure Documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such indemnified party
expressly for use in the preparation thereof and so designated by such
indemnified party, or (z) made in any preliminary prospectus if a copy of the
final prospectus was not delivered to the person alleging any loss, claim,
damage or liability for which Losses arise at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Warrant Shares to such person and the untrue
statement or omission concerned had been corrected in such final prospectus and
copies thereof had timely been delivered by the Company to such indemnified
party; or (ii) the use of any prospectus after such time as the Company has
advised such indemnified party that the filing of a post-effective amendment or
supplement thereto is required, except the prospectus as so amended or
supplemented, or the use of any prospectus after such time as the obligation of
the Company to keep the same current and effective has expired.

                (ii) In connection with the registration or sale of Warrant 
Shares pursuant to this Section 6, the Holder shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have
signed such registration statement and each controlling person of the Company
(within the meaning of the Securities Act), against any Losses, joint or
several, to which such indemnified party may become subject under the
Securities Act, under any other statute or at common law, but only to the
extent such Losses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement (or
alleged untrue statement) of any material fact contained in any of the
Disclosure Documents or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such indemnifying party expressly for use in the preparation thereof
and so designated by such indemnifying party; (ii) the use by such indemnifying
party of any prospectus after such time as the Company has advised such
indemnifying party that the filing of a post-effective amendment or supplement
thereto is required, except the prospectus as so amended or supplemented, or
after such time as the obligation of the Company to keep the registration
statement effective and current has expired, or (iii) any information given or
representation made by such indemnifying party in connection with the sale of
Warrant Shares which is not contained in and not in conformity with the
prospectus (as amended or supplemented at the time of the giving of such
information or making of such



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representation); and such indemnifying party shall reimburse each such
indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such
party in investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action, whether or not resulting in any liability, or in connection with any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or instrumentality
relating to any such claims with respect to any offering of securities pursuant
to this Section 6, but excluding any amounts paid in settlement of any
Litigation, commenced or threatened, if such settlement is effected without the
prior written consent of such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.

     7.         Transfer of Warrants.  Subject to the provisions of Section 5,
this Warrant may be transferred, in whole or in part, to any partner in
SVFII, by presentation of the Warrant to the Company with written instructions
for such transfer and by the execution by such transferee of an investment
letter in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company.  Upon such
presentations for transfer and receipt of such investment letter, the Company
shall promptly execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the form hereof
in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in
such instructions.  The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with the
preparation, issuance and delivery of Warrants under this Section 7.

     8.         Warrant Holder Not Shareholder.  This Warrant does not confer
upon the Holder, as such, any right whatsoever as a shareholder of the
Company.

     9.         Adjustment Upon Changes in Company Common Stock.  The number of
shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant and the Exercise Price
per share of such shares shall be adjusted by the Company proportionately to
reflect changes in the capitalization of the Company as a result of any
recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or any other change in the Company's capital
structure which affects holders of Common Stock generally.  All adjustments
described herein shall be reflected on the Company's stock warrant ledger and
the Holder shall receive written notice thereof.

     10.        Merger, Sale of Assets, etc.  If at any time while this 
Warrant, or any portion thereof, is outstanding and unexpired, there
shall be (a) a reorganization (other than a combination, reclassification,
exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for in Section 9 hereof),
(b) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation
in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a reverse triangular
merger in which the Company is the surviving entity but the shares of the
Company's capital stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger are
converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of
securities, cash or otherwise, or (c) a sale or transfer of the Company's
properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other person,
then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
transfer, lawful provision shall be made so that the holder of this Warrant
shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during
the period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in
effect, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the
successor corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger,
consolidation, sale or transfer that a holder of the shares deliverable upon
exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to receive in such
reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer if this Warrant had
been exercised



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<PAGE>   13

immediately before such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
transfer, all subject to further adjustment for other future events as provided
in Section 9.  The foregoing provision of this Section 10 shall similarly apply
to successive reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers and
to the stock or securities of any other corporation that are at the time
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant.  If the per share consideration
payable to the holder hereof for shares in connection with any such transaction
is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such
consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of
Directors.  In all events, appropriate adjustments (as determined in good faith
by the Company's Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the
provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the
Holder after the transaction, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant
shall be applied after that event, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation
to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of
this Warrant.

     11.        Notice of Certain Events.  In case:

                (a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its 
Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend
or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
capital stock of any class, or to receive any other rights; or

                (b) of any capital reorganization, any reclassification of 
shares of capital stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or
combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock to which Section 9 applies),
or any consolidation or merger of the Company or the sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

                (c) of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation, or winding up 
of the Company;

then the Company shall mail (at least ten (10) days prior to the applicable
date referred to in subclause (x) or in subclause (y) below, as the case may
be), to the Holder at the address set forth in the Company's stock records, a
notice stating that (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the
purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y)
the date on which such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to
become effective, and, if applicable, the date as of which it is expected that
holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.



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<PAGE>   14



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. has caused
this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer on the date first
above written.


                                        HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.



                                        By:        
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:   Joseph G. Bleser
                                           Title:  Vice President and Chief 
                                                   Financial Officer


Accepted:

THE SOUTHERN VENTURE FUND II, L.P.


By:   Its General Partner
      SV Partners II, L.P.


By:   
      ----------------------------
      Name: Benjamin H. Gray
            A General Partner





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<PAGE>   15



                                                                       EXHIBIT A


                             NOTICE OF EXERCISE


To:  HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.

     The undersigned, the holder of the foregoing Warrant No. S-1, and pursuant
to the terms hereof, hereby elects to exercise rights represented by said
Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, _________ shares of the Company's
Common Stock covered by said Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the
purchase price in full for such shares of $__________ by:

     _____  (a)  cash, through the delivery of a certified or official bank 
                 check; or

     _____  (b)  exercising the Conversion Right provided under Section 4(b) of
                 the Warrant by the surrender of said Warrant.

     The undersigned hereby requests that certificates for such shares (or any
other securities or other property issuable upon such exercise) be issued in
the name of and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below.


                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name


Date:                                            -------------------------------
     ----------                                  Signature

                                                 Address:

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






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                                                                     EXHIBIT 11


           HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS (LOSS)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  FOR THE PERIOD      
                                                                                                   FROM JUNE 15,       
                                                                                                   1994 (DATE OF        
                                                YEAR ENDED                YEAR ENDED             INCORPORATION) TO      
                                             DECEMBER 31, 1996         DECEMBER 31, 1995         DECEMBER 31, 1994      
                                             -----------------         -----------------         -----------------      
<S>                                            <C>                         <C>                    <C>          
Net earnings (loss)                            $   1,183                   $  (9,983)             $  (1,265)   
                                               =========                   =========              =========    
                                                                                                               
Primary shares:                                                                                                
     Weighted average number of                                                                                
     common shares outstanding                    17,481                      15,653                 15,500    
     Additional shares issuable from                                                                           
         assumed exercise of options               1,395                         --*                    --*    
                                               ---------                   ---------              ---------
                                                  18,876                      15,653                 15,500    
                                               =========                   =========              =========    
                                                                                                               
Net earnings (loss) per common share                                                                           
     and common share equivalent               $     .06                   $    (.64)             $    (.08)   
                                               =========                   =========              =========    
                                                                                                               
Fully diluted shares:                                                                                          
     Weighted average number of                                                                                
         common shares outstanding                                                                             
         per primary computation above            17,481                      15,653                 15,500    
     Additional shares issuable from                                                                           
         assumed exercise of options               1,698                         --*                    --*
                                               ---------                   ---------              ---------    
                                                  19,179                      15,653                 15,500    
                                               =========                   =========              =========    
                                                                                                               
Net earnings (loss) per common share                                                                           
     and common share equivalent               $     .06                   $    (.64)             $    (.08)   
                                               =========                   =========              =========    
</TABLE>
                                                                         
- -------------

*    Since stock options are antidilutive to the loss per common share
     calculations, stock options are not considered in such loss per share
     calculations.




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                                                                     EXHIBIT 21


                    HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC.
                          SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
                            AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1996


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    JURISDICTION OF
                  NAME                                                               INCORPORATION
                  ----                                                               -------------
<S>                                                                                   <C>    
Criterion Health Strategies, Inc.                                                     Tennessee

DataView Imaging International, Inc.                                                  Georgia

Healthcare Communications, Inc.                                                       Texas

Integrated Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (formerly, Clinical
       Assessment Support System, Inc.)                                               Georgia
</TABLE>


Note:    The above subsidiaries (except for Criterion Health Strategies, Inc.
         in which the Company owns less than 1% equity ownership interest and
         DataView Imaging International, Inc. in which the Company owns 19.5%
         equity ownership interest) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the
         Company.



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                                                                     EXHIBIT 23



                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
33-99034, 333-08271, 333-08279, 333-08283, 333-08287, 333-08293 and 333-08295)
on Form S-8 of Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. of our reports dated
January 28, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Healthdyne
Information Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'
equity and cash flows and related schedule for the years ended December 31,
1996 and 1995 and for the period from June 15, 1994 (date of incorporation) to
December 31, 1994, which reports appear in the December 31, 1996, annual report
on Form 10-K of Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc.


                                   KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP




Atlanta, Georgia
March 24, 1997






<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND THE HEALTHDYNE INFORMATION ENTERPRISES,
INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1996
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1996
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1996
<CASH>                                          10,743
<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                    5,425
<ALLOWANCES>                                       165
<INVENTORY>                                          0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                16,966
<PP&E>                                           1,677
<DEPRECIATION>                                     456
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                  31,802
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                            4,581
<BONDS>                                          4,265
                                0
                                          0
<COMMON>                                           202
<OTHER-SE>                                      22,754
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                    31,802
<SALES>                                              0
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                16,151
<CGS>                                                0
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                    5,672
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                 8,993
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                    92
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                 303
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                  1,183
<INCOME-TAX>                                         0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                              1,183
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                     1,183
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     0.06
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.06
        

</TABLE>


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