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SC 13G/A, 1997-04-08
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)


NAME OF ISSUER				Access Health Inc. (nasd)

TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES		Common

CUSIP NUMBER				00431L102


The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's 
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, 
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the 
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be 
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of 
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see 
the Notes).
























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13G

CUSIP No.	00431L102							Page 2 of 10 Pages
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.	Name of reporting person
S.S. or I.R.S. identification no. of above person

	Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
	36-2668272
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.	Check the appropriate box if a member of a group*
	(a)(   )		(b)(   )
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.	SEC use only

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.	Citizenship or place of organization

	Delaware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
				5.	Sole Voting Power

						NONE
					-----------------------------
Number of shares	)		6.	Shared Voting Power
Beneficially	)
Owned by each	)				NONE
Reporting		)			-----------------------------
Person with:	)		7.	Sole Dispositive Power

						NONE
					-----------------------------
				8.	Shared Dispositive Power

						NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.	Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

	NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.	Check box if the aggregate amount in row (9) includes certain shares*

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.	Percent of class represented by amount in row 9

	NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12.	Type of Reporting person*

	HC
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



13G

CUSIP No. 00431L102							Page 3 of 10 Pages
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.	Name of reporting person
	S.S. or I.R.S. identification no. of above person

	Putnam Investments, Inc.
	04-2539558
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.	Check the appropriate box if a member of a group*
		(a)(   )		(b)(   )
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.	SEC use only

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.	Citizenship or place of organization

		Massachusetts
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
				5.	Sole Voting Power

						NONE
Number of	 shares	)			-----------------------------
Beneficially	)		6.	Shared Voting Power
owned by each	)				
						NONE
Reporting		)				
Person with:	)			-----------------------------
				7.	Sole Dispositive Power

						NONE
					-----------------------------
				8.	Shared Dispositive Power

						NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.	Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

		NONE

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.	Check box if the aggregate amount in row (9) includes certain shares*

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.	Percent of class represented by amount in row 9

		NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12.	Type of Reporting person*

	HC
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



13G

CUSIP No. 00431L102							Page 4 of 10 Pages
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.	Name of reporting person
	S.S. or I.R.S. identification no. of above person

	Putnam Investment Management, Inc.
	04-2471937
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.	Check the appropriate box if a member of a group*
		(a)(   )		(b)(   )
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.	SEC use only

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.	Citizenship or place of organization

	Massachusetts
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
				5.	Sole Voting Power

						NONE
Number of	 shares	)			-----------------------------
Beneficially	)		6.	Shared Voting Power
Owned by each	)
Reporting		)				NONE
Person with:	)			-----------------------------
				7.	Sole Dispositive Power

						NONE
					-----------------------------
				8.	Shared Dispositive Power
	
						NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.	Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

		NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.	Check box if the aggregate amount in row (9) includes certain shares*

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.	Percent of class represented by amount in row 9

		NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12.	Type of Reporting person*

	IA
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



13G

CUSIP No. 00431L102							Page 5 of 10 Pages
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.	Name of reporting person
	S.S. or I.R.S. identification no. of above person

	The Putnam Advisory Company, Inc.
	04-6187127
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.	Check the appropriate box if a member of a group*
		(a)(   )		(b)(   )
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.	SEC use only

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.	Citizenship or place of organization

		Massachusetts
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
				5.	Sole Voting Power

						NONE
Number of	 shares	)			-----------------------------
Beneficially	)		6.	Shared Voting Power
Owned by each	)
Reporting		)				NONE
Person with:	)			-----------------------------
				7.	Sole Dispositive Power

						NONE
					-----------------------------
				8.	Shared Dispositive Power

						NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.	Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

	NONE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.	Check box if the aggregate amount in row (9) includes certain shares*

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.	Percent of class represented by amount in row 9

	NONE	
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12.	Type of Reporting person*

	IA
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C.  20549 

SCHEDULE 13G 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)



Item 1(a)	Name of Issuer:		Access Health Inc. (nasd)

Item 1(b)	Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

11020 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, 

Item 2(a)						Item 2(b)

Name of Person Filing:				Address or Principal Office or, if 
NONE, Residence:

Putnam Investments, Inc.			One Post Office Square
	("PI")					Boston, Massachusetts 02109
on behalf of itself and:

*Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.		1166 Avenue of the Americas
	("MMC")					New York, NY  10036

Putnam Investment Management, Inc.		One Post Office Square
	("PIM")					Boston, Massachusetts 02109

The Putnam Advisory Company, Inc.		One Post Office Square
	("PAC")					Boston, Massachusetts 02109




Item 2(c)		Citizenship:  PI, PIM and PAC are corporations organized 
under Massachusetts law.  The citizenship of other persons 
identified in Item 2(a) is designated as follows:  

			*	Corporation - Delaware law 
			**	Voluntary association known as Massachusetts business 
trust - Massachusetts law 


Item 2(d)		Title of Class of Securities:	Common
 
Item 2(e)		Cusip Number:	00431L102

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Item 3.	If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 
13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: 


(a)(   )	Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act


(b)(   )	Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act 


(c)(   )	Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act 


(d)(    )	Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment 
Company Act 


(e)( X )	Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 


(f)(   )	Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the 
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
or Endowment Fund; see (Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) 


(g)( X )	Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section 
240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) 


(h)(   )	Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)





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<TABLE><CAPTION>
Item 4.
Ownership.
<S>						<C>				<C>			<C>			<C>
						M&MC				PIM*			PAC			PI
						-----				-----			---			----
					(Parent holding			(Investment advisers		(Parent company
					company to PI)			& subsidiaries of PI)		to PIM and PAC)


(a)	Amount Beneficially
	Owned:				NONE				NONE		+	NONE	=	NONE

(b)	Percent of Class:			NONE				NONE		+	NONE	=	NONE

(c)	Number of shares as
	to which such person has: 

(1)	sole power to vote
	or to direct the vote;
	(but see Item 7)			NONE				NONE			NONE			NONE
 
(2)	shared power to vote
	or to direct the vote;
	(but see Item 7)			NONE				NONE			NONE			NONE

(3)	sole power to dispose
	or to direct the
	disposition of;
	(but see Item 7)			NONE				NONE			NONE			NONE

(4)	shared power to
	dispose or to direct
	the disposition of; 
	(but see Item 7)			NONE				ALL			ALL			ALL



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</TABLE>




Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date 
thereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more 
than five percent of the class of securities, check the following ( X ).

Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five/Ten Percent on Behalf of Another 
Person:
No persons other than the persons filing this Schedule 13G have an economic 
interest in the securities reported on which relates to more than five percent 
of the class of securities.  Securities reported on this Schedule 13G as being 
beneficially owned by M&MC and PI consist of securities beneficially owned by 
subsidiaries of PI which are registered investment advisers, which in turn 
include securities beneficially owned by clients of such investment advisers, 
which clients may include investment companies registered under the Investment 
Company Act and/or employee benefit plans, pension funds, endowment funds or 
other institutional clients.

Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired 
the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

PI, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&MC, wholly owns two registered 
investment advisers:  Putnam Investment Management, Inc., which is the 
investment adviser to the Putnam family of mutual funds and The Putnam 
Advisory Company, Inc., which is the investment adviser to Putnam's 
institutional clients.  Both subsidiaries have dispository power over the 
shares as investment managers, but each of the mutual fund's trustees have 
voting power over the shares held by each fund, and The Putnam Advisory 
Company, Inc. has shared voting power over the shares held by the 
institutional clients.  Pursuant to Rule 13d-4, M&MC and PI declare that the 
filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be deemed an admission by either or both 
of them that they are, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) the 
beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Section 13G, and further 
state that neither of them have any power to vote or dispose of, or direct the 
voting or disposition of, any of the securities covered by this Schedule 13G.

Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
		Not applicable.

Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group:

		Not applicable.

Item 10.	Certification.

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By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the 
securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business, 
were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or 
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired 
in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes 
or effect.


After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify 
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and 
correct.


PUTNAM INVESTMENTS, INC.


	/s/
BY:	-------------------------------------------
	Signature

	Name/Title:	Frederick S. Marius
	Assistant Vice President and Associate Counsel

	Date:	April 8, 1997


For this and all future filings, reference is made to Power of Attorney dated 
November 9, 1992, with respect to duly authorized signatures on behalf of 
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Putnam Investments, Inc., Putnam Investment 
Management, Inc., The Putnam Advisory Company, Inc. and any Putnam Fund 
wherever applicable.

For this and all future filings, reference is made to an Agreement dated June 
28, 1990, with respect to one filing of Schedule 13G on behalf of said 
entitites, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1).






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