UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Baker, Robert W. Jr.
P.O. Box 1070
1400 Shelburne Road
Burlington, VT 05402-1070
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
IDX Systems Corporation (IDXC)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
10/97
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C><C>
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 12,000.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 4,000.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 1,800.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 2,106.00 D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 738.00 (1) D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/28/97 S 1,000.00 D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/28/97 S 1,000.00 D $33.937500 14,020.00 D Direct
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (right to$5.177500 10/24/97 M 12,000.00 11/16/95 09/01/99
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$6.197500 10/24/97 M 4,000.00 11/16/95 09/21/00
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$7.815000 10/24/97 M 1,800.00 11/16/95 07/01/01
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$18.000000 11/16/05
buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option $30.625000 09/06/97 09/06/06
(right to buy)
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Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Month
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 12,000.00 0.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 4,000.00 0.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 1,800.00 0.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to Common Stock 18,000.00 18,000.00 D Direct
buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 10,571.00 10,571.00 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
These 738 shares were acquired under the IDX stock purchase plan in June, 1996 and such shares being sold were acquired in a
transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(c).
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Baker, Robert W. Jr.
DATE