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)
Galin, Robert F.
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
12/97
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
01/12/98
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice President, Sales
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 12/31/97 N (1)V 271.00 A $29.3250 1,523.00 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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Non-Qualified Stock Option $31.6250 12/22/97 A V 2,145.00 12/22/98 (2) 12/22/07
(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>
Non-Qualified Stock Option 12/22/97 Common Stock 2,145.00 $31.6250 2,145.00 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
Purchase under Section 423 Plan.
(2)
Grant to reporting person to purchase 2,145 shares of common stock under the IDX Systems Corporation 1995 Stock Option Plan. The
option becomes exercisable in 25 percent increments of 537 shares on December 22, 1998 and 536 shares each on December 22, 1999,
December 22, 2000 and Decemnber 22, 2001. The plan pursuant to which the reported options was granted provides for tax withholding
rights.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ By: Diane L. Brown, Attorney-in-Fact
For: Robert F. Galin
DATE
