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

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 17)*

                        Physician Computer Network, Inc.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.01 par value
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   71940 K 109
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                              Jonathan Klein, Esq.
                  Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov & Wein
                        114 West 47th Street, 20th Floor
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 626-0800

           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                       Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  April 1, 1998
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


*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
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on 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).

                                Page 1 of 9 Pages





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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 71940 K 109                                        Page 2 of 9 Pages


1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                  Jeffry Picower

         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON


2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                       (a) /X/
                                                                       (b) //

3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                  WC

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                    //

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  United States of America


NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

         7        SOLE VOTING POWER
                           0

         8        SHARED VOTING POWER
                           34,681,522

         9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           0

         10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                  34,681,522

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                  34,681,522

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES*
                  //

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)



                53.7%

14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                  IN



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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 71940 K 109                                         Page 3 of 9 Pages

 
1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                  Decisions Incorporated

         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON


2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                       (a) /X/
                                                                       (b) //

3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                  WC

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                     //

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  Delaware


NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

         7        SOLE VOTING POWER
                           0

         8        SHARED VOTING POWER
                           34,681,522

         9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           0

         10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           34,681,522

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                           34,681,522

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES*
                  //

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                  53.7%

14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                  CO




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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 71940 K 109                                         Page 4 of 9 Pages


1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                  JA Special Limited Partnership

         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON


2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a) /X/
                                                                        (b) //

3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                  WC

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                      //

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  Delaware


NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

         7        SOLE VOTING POWER
                           34,681,522

         8        SHARED VOTING POWER
                           0

         9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           34,681,522

         10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           0

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                  34,681,522

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES*
                  //

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

                  53.7%

14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                  PN

<PAGE>

                         SCHEDULE 13D - AMENDMENT NO. 16


         The undersigned, Jeffry M. Picower ("Picower"), Decisions Incorporated,
a Delaware  corporation  ("Decisions")  and JA Special  Limited  Partnership,  a
Delaware limited  partnership ("JA Special"),  (collectively the  "Registrants")
amend the Schedule 13D dated December 9, 1991 (the "Initial Filing"), as amended
by Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Filing dated December 26, 1991,  Amendment No.
2 to the  Initial  Filing  dated May 11,  1992,  Amendment  No. 3 to the Initial
Filing  dated  November 18, 1992,  Amendment  No. 4 to the Initial  Filing dated
November 23, 1992, Amendment No. 5 to the Initial Filing dated December 9, 1992,
Amendment No. 6 to the Initial Filing dated  December 21, 1992,  Amendment No. 7
to the Initial  Filing dated  February 22, 1993,  Amendment No. 8 to the Initial
Filing dated May 10, 1993,  Amendment No. 9 to the Initial Filing dated December
31,  1993,  Amendment  No. 10 to the Initial  Filing  dated  January  27,  1994,
Amendment No. 11 to the Initial  Filing dated January 4, 1995,  Amendment No. 12
to the Initial  Filing  dated  August 3, 1995,  Amendment  No. 13 to the Initial
Filing dated  September 18, 1995,  Amendment No. 14 to the Initial Filings dated
August 2, 1996,  Amendment No. 15 to the Initial  Filing dated January 28, 1998,
Amendment  No. 16 to the Initial  Filing dated  February 20, 1998 with regard to
the shares of common stock,  par value $.01 per share  ("Shares"),  of Physician
Computer Network, Inc. (the "Issuer"), a corporation organized under the laws of
New Jersey as set forth below.  Unless otherwise  indicated,  capitalized  terms
contained herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Initial Filing.

Item 3.           Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

                  Item 3 is hereby amended by the addition of the following:

         On April 1, 1998, JA Special acquired the Warrant (as defined in Item 6
below) pursuant to the  transactions  described in Item 6 below.  Simultaneously
with the issuance of the Warrant,  and as more fully described below, JA Special
acquired the  Preferred  Shares (as defined in Item 6 below).  The source of the
funding for the  purchase  of the  Preferred  Shares was working  capital of the
Registrants.

Item 4.           Purpose of the Transaction

                  Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following:

                  Registrants acquired the Shares for investment purposes.


Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer

                  Item 5 is hereby amended to add the following:

                  As of  April  1,  1998,  the  Registrants  may  be  deemed  to
beneficially own in the aggregate  34,681,522  shares of common stock, par value
$.01  per  share,  of  the  Issuer  (the  "PCN  Common   Stock"),   representing
approximately  53.7%  (computed  in  accordance  with rule  13d-3(d)(1))  of the
Issuer's  outstanding  common  stock as of November 13, 1997 in the Issuers most
recent filing on Form 10-Q dated November 15, 1997 filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission.)  Registrants have direct beneficial  ownership of the PCN
Common Stock as follows:




<TABLE>

<CAPTION>
                                                     Approximate Percentage
                                                     of Outstanding Shares
                   Number of Shares                  computed in accordance
Name               PCN Common Stock                  with rule 13d-3(d)(1))
<S>                <C>                               <C>
JA Special         34,681,522                        53.7% <F1>
Limited
Partnership

- -----
<FN>
<F1>  Including the 6,000,000 Shares subject to the Warrant which
is not exercisable by its terms within 60 days, but may be deemed
to be required to be included herein in accordance with rule 13d-
3(d)(1).
</FN>
</TABLE>

         On April 1, 1998,  JA Special  acquired  the Warrant and the  Preferred
Shares in  accordance  with the terms of the Purchase  Agreement  (as defined in
Item 6 below) pursuant to the transactions described in Item 6 below.

         In addition, concurrent with the foregoing transactions,  the September
Warrant was  modified to reflect a repricing  of the  September  Warrant and the
addition of transfer and exercise restrictions.


<PAGE>




Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships
                  with Respect to the Issuer

         Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following:

         On April 1, 1998, JA Special  entered into a Stock  Purchase  Agreement
(the  "Purchase  Agreement")  (a copy of which is  attached  hereto as Exhibit 2
hereto  and is  incorporated  herein by  reference).  Pursuant  to the  Purchase
Agreement the parties  entered into a series of agreements  with the Issuer more
fully described in this Item 6 whereby,  among other things, JA Special acquired
11,000 shares of Series B Cumulative  Preferred Stock (the  "Preferred  Shares')
and a Common Stock Purchase Warrant to acquire 6,000,000 Shares (the "Warrant").
Pending the  completion  by the Issuer of various  agreements  with the Issuer's
senior  lenders (the "Senior  Lenders")  the executed  Purchase  Agreement,  the
executed  Warrant,  the stock certificate  evidencing the Preferred Shares,  the
Letter  Agreement  and checks  totaling  $11,000,000  were placed in escrow with
counsel to the Issuer pursuant to the Escrow Agreement (as defined below).

     The Preferred Shares have a liquidation  preference of $1,000 per share and
accrue dividends at the rate of 15% per annum on the liquidation  preference for
the  period  commencing  on March 31,  1998 and  ending on March 31,  1999.  The
dividend rate thereafter  shall increase 1% per annum on the anniversary date of
the issuance of the Series B Preferred  Stock to a maximum  dividend rate of 18%
per annum.  The redemption of the Preferred  Shares,  in whole or in part, is in
the sole discretion of the Issuer.  A holder of the Preferred Share has no right
to require the redemption of the Preferred Shares. The Preferred Shares are more
fully  described  in  Exhibit  A to  Exhibit  2 to this  Schedule  13D  which is
incorporated herein by reference.


     The Issuer  issued to JA Special a Common  Stock  Purchase  Warrant,  dated
April 1, 1998 (the  "Warrant"),  whereby JA  Special  was  granted  the right to
acquire  6,000,000  Shares at an  exercise  price of $1.00 per share at any time
after  the  Exercise  Date and  prior to March  31,  2003.  The  Warrant  is not
exercisable  until the  earlier of April 1, 1999 and any of: (i) the sale by one
or more of the  shareholders  of the  Issuer  in one or more  transactions  of a
majority of the outstanding PCN Common Stock;  (ii) the merger or  consolidation
of the  Issuer  with or into any other  person,  in a  transaction  in which the
shareholders  of the  Issuer  immediately  prior  to the  consummation  of  such
transaction collectively own less than 50% of the Shares and voting power of the
entity   surviving;   such  transaction  (or  any  other  business   combination
transaction having a similar effect);  or (iii) the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Issuer in a single  transaction  or a series of related
transactions (the "Exercise Date"). The Warrant may not be exercised as to fewer
than 1,000,000  Shares unless there are less than  1,000,000  Shares as to which
the  warrant is then  exercisable.  The Warrant is attached as Exhibit 3 to this
Schedule 13D which is incorporated herein by reference.

     The Issuer and JA Special entered into a letter  agreement,  dated April 1,
1998 (the "Letter  Agreement"),  whereby the Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated
September 13, 1995 (the "September Warrant"), issued to Picower and subsequently
transferred  to JA Special,  was amended to reflect that the September  Warrant,
which is  currently  exercisable  , was  repriced  from $5.00 to $1.00 per share
minus the $.30 per share cash consideration originally paid for such warrant and
the imposition of transfer and exercise  restrictions.  The Letter  Agreement is
attached  as  Exhibit 4 to this  Schedule  13D which is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

         Pending the  completion  by the Issuer of various  agreements  with the
Senior Lenders the executed Purchase Agreement,  the executed Warrant, the stock
certificate  evidencing the Preferred  Shares,  the Letter  Agreement and checks
totaling $11,000,000 were placed into escrow with counsel to the Issuer pursuant
to an escrow  agreement,  dated April 1, 1998, among the Issuer,  JA Special and
Gordon  Altman  Butowsky  Weitzen  Shalov & Wein (the "Escrow  Agreement").  The
escrow  may only be  released  upon an  authorization  from JA  Special  and the
Issuer. The Escrow Agreement is attached as Exhibit 5 to this Schedule 13D which
is incorporated herein by reference.

<PAGE>


Item 7.           To Be Filed as Exhibits

Exhibit                    1 -- Joint Filing Agreement


Exhibit                    2 -- Copy of Stock  Purchase  Agreement  between  the
                           Registrant and JA Special Limited  Partnership  dated
                           April 1, 1998.

Exhibit                    3 -- Copy of  Common  Stock  Purchase  Warrant  dated
                           April 1, 1998 to  purchase  6,000,000  shares  issued
                           pursuant to the Stock Purchase  Agreement dated April
                           1, 1998.

Exhibit                    4 -- Copy of Letter Agreement between
                           the  Registrant  and JA Special  Limited  Partnership
                           dated  April  1,  1998   amending  the  Common  Stock
                           Purchase Warrant dated September 13, 1995.

Exhibit                    5 -- Copy of Escrow  Agreement  among the Registrant,
                           JA Special  Limited  Partnership  and  Gordon  Altman
                           Butowsky Weitzen Shalov & Wein dated April 1, 1998.

<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     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.

Dated:  April  6, 1998



                                   /s/ Jeffry M. Picower
                                   -----------------------------   
                                        Jeffry M. Picower



                                DECISIONS INCORPORATED



                                By: /s/ April C. Freilich
                                   ---------------------------
                                         April C. Freilich
                                         President


                                JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


                                By: Decisions Incorporated
                                    General Partner



                                By: /s/ April C. Freilich
                                    --------------------------    
                                    April C. Freilich
                                    President



                                    EXHIBIT 1

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


                  In accordance with Rule 13D-1(f) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended,  the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of
each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including  amendments thereto) with
respect to the Shares of common  stock,  par value $.01 per share,  of Physician
Computer  Network,  Inc., and further agree that this Joint Filing  Agreement be
included  as an  Exhibit  to  such  joint  filings.  In  evidence  thereof,  the
undersigned,  being duly  authorized,  have executed this Joint Filing Agreement
this 6th day of April, 1998.




                                                     /s/  Jeffry M. Picower
                                                    -------------------------- 
                                                           Jeffry M. Picower



                                                 DECISIONS INCORPORATED



                                                 By: /s/  April C. Freilich
                                                    --------------------------
                                                           April C. Freilich
                                                            President


                                                 JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                                 By:  Decisions Incorporated
                                                           General Partner



                                                 By:  /s/ April C. Freilich
                                                     -------------------------
                                                           April C. Freilich
                                                             President




                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


                                     BETWEEN


                        PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.


                                       AND


                         JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


                               DATED APRIL 1, 1998







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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS




1.       PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED SHARES................................1

2.       CONSIDERATION........................................................2

3.       WARRANT..............................................................2

4.       LETTER...............................................................2

5.       GUARANTY.............................................................2

6.       ESCROW...............................................................2

7.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER.........................2
         7.1.     Existence and Authority; Corporate Organization.............2
         7.2.     Capitalization and Ownership of Capital Stock...............3
         7.3.     Issuance of Preferred Shares................................3
         7.4.     Authorization of Agreement..................................3
         7.5.     Brokers.....................................................3

8.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER......................3
         8.1.     Existence and Authority; Corporate Organization.............4
         8.2.     Authorization of Agreement..................................4
         8.3.     Brokers.....................................................4

9.       GENERAL..............................................................4
         9.1.     Expenses, Etc...............................................4
         9.2.     Further Assurances..........................................4
         9.3.     Further Agreements..........................................4
         9.4.     Waivers.....................................................4
         9.5.     Binding Effect; Benefits....................................5
         9.6.     Notices.....................................................5
         9.7.     Entire Agreement............................................6
         9.8.     Headings....................................................6
         9.9.     Counterparts................................................6
         9.10.    Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction...................6
         9.11.    Third Party Beneficiaries...................................6
         9.12.    Severability................................................6
         9.13.    Amendments..................................................6








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                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


                  AGREEMENT,  dated  April  1,  1998  by and  between  PHYSICIAN
COMPUTER NETWORK, INC., a New Jersey corporation (the "Seller"),  and JA SPECIAL
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Purchaser").



                                   BACKGROUND


                  The Seller is engaged in the business of developing, marketing
and   supporting   information   technology   to   physician-based    healthcare
organizations,  including group practices,  integrated delivery networks,  MSOs,
IPAs and other  models of  physician  organizations.  The  Seller's  application
software products address the financial, clinical, administrative and management
needs within these organizations and facilitate electronic  connectivity between
them and  other  healthcare  industry  entities  including  hospitals,  clinical
laboratories,   managed  care  providers  and  insurance   intermediaries   (the
"Business").

                  The  Seller  is  authorized  to  issue  1,000,000   shares  of
Preferred  Stock,  par value $.01 per share,  of which  11,000  shares have been
designated Series B Cumulative  Preferred Stock (the "Preferred  Shares") having
such  terms,  preferences,  rights  and  limitations  as are  set  forth  in the
Certificate of Amendment to the Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  attached
as Exhibit A hereto.

                  The Seller desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser desires to purchase,  all of the Preferred Shares and the warrant (the
"Warrant") in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the  "Warrant"),  upon the terms and
conditions set forth herein.  In addition,  the parties hereto have entered into
the letter agreement  attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Letter  Agreement") and
an affiliate of the  Purchaser  will execute a guaranty (the  "Guaranty")  of $2
million  of the amount  owed by the  Seller  under its  existing  senior  credit
facility in such form as shall be agreed to among the Seller,  an  affiliate  of
the Purchaser and the lenders (the "Senior Lenders") under that credit facility.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and the
mutual  agreements  hereinafter set forth,  the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.       PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED SHARES

                  The Seller is hereby  issuing  and selling to  Purchaser,  and
Purchaser is hereby purchasing from Seller, the Preferred Shares.




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2.       CONSIDERATION

                  The  consideration  being paid by the  Purchaser to the Seller
shall be Eleven Million ($11,000,000) Dollars (the "Purchase Price").

3.       WARRANT

                  The Seller is hereby issuing the Warrant to the Purchaser.

4.       LETTER

                  The parties  hereto  acknowledges  that they have entered into
the Letter Agreement.

5.       GUARANTY

                  The Purchaser  will (or will cause one of its  affiliates  to)
execute  and deliver  the  Guaranty  at such time as the  Company  enters into a
forbearance against and related documentation with the Senior Lenders.

6.       ESCROW

                  The parties  hereto have entered  into an escrow  agreement in
the form of Exhibit D hereto, into which they have deposited:  (i) a certificate
representing the Preferred Shares and the Warrant;  (ii) the Purchase Price; and
(iii) this Agreement and the Letter Agreement.  The property held in escrow will
be disbursed as contemplated in the escrow agreement.


7.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER

                  The Seller hereby  represents  and warrants to and agrees with
the Purchaser as follows:

                  7.1.         Existence and Authority; Corporate Organization.

                  (a)  The  Seller  is a  corporation  duly  organized,  validly
existing  and in good  standing  under the laws of the State of New Jersey.  The
Seller is  authorized or licensed to do business in each  jurisdiction  in which
the  character  and location of its  properties  and assets or the nature of its
business  makes such  qualification  necessary,  except to the  extent  that the
failure to so qualify would not have a material  adverse effect on the Seller or
the Business. The Seller has all requisite power and authority




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to  execute,  deliver  and perform  this  Agreement,  the Warrant and the Letter
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
has all requisite power and authority,  licenses,  permits and franchises to own
or lease and operate its properties and carry on the Business as it is presently
being conducted.

                  (b) The corporate stock records and minute books of the Seller
contain a record that is complete  and accurate of all formal  actions  taken by
the  shareholders  and the  directors  of the  Seller,  in their  capacities  as
shareholders  or directors  of Seller,  and all such records and the minute book
have been made available to Purchaser for review.

                  7.2.  Capitalization and Ownership of Capital Stock. As of the
date of this Agreement,  the authorized  capital stock of the Seller consists of
75,000,000  shares of Common  Stock,  par value  $.01 per share,  and  1,000,000
shares of  Preferred  Stock,  par value $.01 per  share.  There are no shares of
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement.  All of
the shares of capital stock of the Seller are fully paid and non-assessable.

                  7.3.  Issuance of Preferred  Shares.  The Preferred Shares are
and all common stock issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrant will be,
duly  authorized  and,  when  issued and paid for in  accordance  with the terms
hereof, shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all liens, claims, encumbrances or restrictions of any kind.

                  7.4. Authorization of Agreement.  The execution,  delivery and
performance  of this  Agreement,  the  Warrant and the Letter  Agreement  by the
Seller, and the consummation of the transactions  contemplated hereby, have been
duly and  validly  authorized  by all  necessary  corporate  action,  including,
without limitation, approval by the Seller's Board of Directors. This Agreement,
the Warrant and the Letter  Agreement  have been duly and validly  executed  and
delivered by the Seller.  This Agreement,  the Warrant and the Letter  Agreement
constitute  the valid and  binding  obligation  of the  Seller,  enforceable  in
accordance with its terms.

                  7.5.     Brokers.  No broker, finder or investment banker is
entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

8.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER

                  Purchaser  hereby  represents  and warrants to and agrees with
the Seller as follows:





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                  8.1.   Existence  and   Authority;   Corporate   Organization.
Purchaser is a limited partnership duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware.  Decisions  Incorporated,  the general partner of
the  Purchaser has all  requisite  power and  authority to execute,  deliver and
perform this  Agreement by and on behalf of the Purchaser and to consummate  the
transactions contemplated hereby.

                  8.2. Authorization of Agreement.  The execution,  delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Letter  Agreement by the Purchaser and the
consummation of the transactions  contemplated hereby, has been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, including approval by the Board of
Directors of the general partner of the Purchaser. This Agreement and the Letter
Agreement  have been duly and  validly  executed  and  delivered  by the general
partner of the Purchaser by and on behalf of the Purchaser and  constitutes  the
valid and binding  obligation of the Purchaser,  enforceable in accordance  with
its terms.

                  8.3.  Brokers.  No  broker,  finder  or  investment  banker is
entitled to any  brokerage,  finder's or other fee or  commission  in connection
with the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement based upon any arrangement
made by and on behalf of the Purchaser.


9.       GENERAL

                  9.1.  Expenses,  Etc.  The parties  hereto shall pay their own
respective taxes, expenses, costs and fees, including,  without limitation,  the
fees and expenses of their respective counsel and accountants and other experts.

                  9.2. Further Assurances.  After the Closing, at the request of
the  Purchaser,  the  Seller  shall  execute,  acknowledge  and  deliver  to the
Purchaser,   without  further  consideration,   all  such  further  assignments,
conveyances,  endorsements,  deeds,  powers  of  attorney,  consents  and  other
documents and take such other action as the Purchaser may reasonably  request to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                  9.3. Further  Agreements.  The Purchaser will promptly execute
and deliver to the Senior  Lenders any and all documents and assurances and take
such  further  action as may from time to time be  reasonably  requested  by the
Senior  Lenders in order to carry out the intent  and  purpose of the  agreement
between the Seller and the Senior Lenders.

                  9.4.     Waivers.  Any breach of any obligation, covenant,
agreement or condition contained herein shall be deemed waived by
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particularity  the breach  being  waived and the scope of the  waiver,  but such
waiver  shall not  operate  as a waiver of, or  estoppel  with  respect  to, any
subsequent  or other  breach.  No waiver  shall be implied  from any  conduct or
action  of the  non-breaching  party.  No  failure  or  delay  by any  party  in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder,  and no course of dealing by
any party, shall operate as a waiver of any right, power or privilege hereunder,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

                  9.5. Binding Effect;  Benefits.  This Agreement shall inure to
the  benefit  of,  and shall be  binding  upon,  the  parties  hereto  and their
respective  successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned
by any party  hereto  without  the prior  written  consent of the other  parties
hereto except that no such consent  shall be required for  assignment to a party
acquiring all or  substantially  all of either party's stock or assets  provided
that such party  assumes all of the Seller's  obligations  hereunder.  Except as
otherwise set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement,  expressed or implied, is
intended  to  confer  on any  person  other  than the  parties  hereto  or their
respective successors and permitted assigns any rights,  remedies,  obligations,
or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

                  9.6.  Notices.  All  notices,   requests,  demands  and  other
communications  which are  required to be or may be given  under this  Agreement
shall be in writing  and shall be deemed to have been duly given when  delivered
in person,  or  transmitted  by  telecopy,  or upon  receipt  after  dispatch by
certified  or  registered  first class mail,  postage  prepaid,  return  receipt
requested,  to the party to whom the same is so given or made,  at the following
addresses  or  telecopy  numbers (or such others as shall be provided in writing
hereinafter):

                           (i) If to the Purchaser, to:

                                    JA Special Limited Partnership
                                    22 Saw Mill River Road
                                    Hawthorne, New York 10532
                           (iii)If to the Seller, to:

                                    Physician Computer Network, Inc.
                                    1200 The American Road
                                    Morris Plains, NJ 07950
                                    Attention:  Chief Operating Officer
                                    Telecopy No.:  (201) 490-3108

                                    With copies to:





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                                    Gordon Altman Butowsky
                                      Weitzen Shalov & Wein
                                    114 West 47th Street
                                    New York, New York  10036
                                    Attention:  Jonathan Klein, Esq.
                                    Telecopy No.:  (212) 626-0799


                  9.7. Entire Agreement.  This Agreement  constitutes the entire
agreement and  supersedes  all prior  agreements  and  understandings,  oral and
written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

                  9.8.  Headings.  The section and other  headings  contained in
this  Agreement are for reference  purposes only and shall not be deemed to be a
part of this  Agreement  or to affect  the  meaning  or  interpretation  of this
Agreement.

                  9.9.  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may be  executed  in any
number of counterparts,  each of which, when executed,  shall be deemed to be an
original  and all of  which  together  shall  be  deemed  to be one and the same
instrument.

                  9.10.   Governing  Law;   Submission  to  Jurisdiction.   This
Agreement shall be construed as to both validity and performance and enforced in
accordance  with and  governed  by the laws of the  State of New  York,  without
giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.

                  9.11. Third Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing in this Agreement is
intended to, or shall be  construed so as to create any third party  beneficiary
to this  Agreement  or  otherwise  confer any rights  upon any  person,  firm or
corporation that is not a party hereto.

                  9.12. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement
shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement
shall not be affected  thereby,  and each term and  provision  of the  Agreement
shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

                  9.13.  Amendments.  This  Agreement  may  not be  modified  or
changed  except by an instrument or  instruments  in writing signed by the party
against whom enforcement of any such modification or amendment is sought.






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                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  caused  this
Agreement to be duly authorized and executed on the date first above written.

                                    PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.



                                    By:  /s/ Paul Antinori
                                       ________________________________



                                    JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                    BY: DECISIONS INCORPORATED, GENERAL PARTNER


                                    By:  /s/ Jeffry M. Picower
                                       ________________________________






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                                            EXHIBIT A

                                            ARTICLE THIRD (h)

                  1.  Designation.  The  designation  of the series of Preferred
         Stock fixed by this resolution shall be "Series B Cumulative  Preferred
         Stock" (hereinafter referred to as the "Series B Preferred Stock").

                  2.  Dividends.

                           (a) Rank.  All Series B  Preferred  Stock shall rank:
                  (i) junior to all of the  preferred  stock of the  Corporation
                  hereafter created  specifically ranking by its terms senior to
                  the Series B Preferred Stock ("Senior  Securities")  (provided
                  that  no such  preferred  stock  may be  created  without  the
                  affirmative  vote  of  the  holders  of  shares  of  Series  B
                  Preferred  Stock pursuant to Section 4 hereof);  (ii) prior to
                  all of the  Corporation's  Common  Stock,  par value  $.01 per
                  share ("Common  Stock"),  and any other preferred stock of the
                  Corporation  hereafter created either specifically  ranking by
                  its  terms  junior  to the  Series  B  Preferred  Stock or not
                  specifically  ranking by its terms senior to or on parity with
                  the Series B Preferred Stock ("Junior Securities");  and (iii)
                  on parity with any other  preferred  stock of the  Corporation
                  hereafter created  specifically ranking by its terms on parity
                  with     the     Series     B     Preferred      Stock("Parity
                  Securities")(provided  that no  such  preferred  stock  may be
                  created without the affirmative  vote of the holders of shares
                  of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4 hereof),  in
                  each case, as to redemption, as to payment of dividends and as
                  to  distributions of assets upon  liquidation,  dissolution or
                  winding up of the Corporation or otherwise,  whether voluntary
                  or  involuntary  (all such  distributions  being  referred  to
                  collectively as "Distributions").  No dividend may be declared
                  or paid on any other class of capital stock of the Corporation
                  unless and until all of the shares of


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                  Series B Preferred Stock have been redeemed in accordance with
                  Section 6 hereof.

                           (b)  Dividends.  The  dividend  rate of the  Series B
                  Preferred  Stock  shall  initially  be  computed  at a rate of
                  fifteen  percent  (15%) per annum on the Base  Amount  for the
                  period  commencing  on March 31,  1998 and ending on March 31,
                  1999. The dividend rate thereafter  shall increase one percent
                  (1%) per annum on the anniversary  date of the issuance of the
                  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  to a  maximum  dividend  rate  of
                  eighteen  percent  (18%) per annum.  The "Base  Amount"  shall
                  initially be and shall never be less than $1,000.00 per share.
                  Dividends  shall be payable  annually  in arrears out of funds
                  legally   available   therefor   (such  annual   period  being
                  hereinafter referred to as "Dividend Period"),  with the first
                  dividend payable, beginning on March 31, 1999 and on each date
                  that is one year  after the date on which the prior  dividends
                  were  payable (the  "Dividend  Payment  Dates").  Dividends on
                  shares of Series B  Preferred  Stock shall be  cumulative  and
                  shall commence to accrue and be cumulative  from the date such
                  shares have been issued.  Accrued dividends which are not paid
                  on a Dividend  Payment  Date shall be added to the Base Amount
                  on the Dividend Payment Date. The Base Amount shall be reduced
                  (but not below  $1,000.00  per share) by the amount of accrued
                  and unpaid  dividends  due but not paid on  previous  Dividend
                  Payment  Dates when such  dividends  shall have been paid.  In
                  order to  determine  the holders of Series B  Preferred  Stock
                  entitled to receive  dividends,  the  Corporation  shall fix a
                  record date ("Record  Date") not more than sixty days prior to
                  any dividend  payment date. If any such dividend  payment date
                  should  fall on a day  that is not a  Business  Day,  then the
                  Corporation  shall  pay the  applicable  dividend  on the next
                  succeeding Business Day. "Business Day" shall mean a day other
                  than a  Saturday,  Sunday or other  day on which the  national
                  securities exchange or quotation system on which the Common


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                  Stock of the Corporation is traded or quoted, is authorized or
                  required by law to close.


                  3.       No Conversion.  The shares of the Series B
         Preferred Stock shall not be convertible into any other
         security.

                  4. No Voting  Rights.  Except as may  otherwise be required by
         law and as set forth below in this Section 4, the holders of the shares
         of Series B Preferred  Stock (the  "Holders")  shall not be entitled to
         any vote in respect to such shares.  Without the consent of the Holders
         of at least two-thirds of the outstanding  shares of Series B Preferred
         Stock,  the  Corporation  may not (i)  create  any  class or  series of
         Preferred  Stock which shall have  parity as to  Distributions  with or
         shall have preference as to  Distributions  over the Series B Preferred
         Stock; (ii) reissue any shares of Series A Convertible  Preferred Stock
         redeemed by the Corporation prior to the issuance of shares of Series B
         Preferred  Stock;  or  (iii)  alter or  change  the  provisions  of the
         Corporation's  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  as  amended,  so  as to
         adversely affect the voting power, preferences or special rights of the
         Holders.

                  5.  Liquidation  Price.  In  the  event  of any  voluntary  or
         involuntary  liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the affairs of
         the  Corporation,  the amount  that shall be paid to the Holder of each
         share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be $1,000 and an additional sum
         representing  accrued  and unpaid  dividends,  if any, on such Series B
         Preferred  Stock as of the  date of such  liquidation,  dissolution  or
         winding  up  (hereinafter  called  the  "Redemption  Price").  Upon any
         liquidation,  dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the Holders
         will be entitled to be paid, before any distribution or payment is made
         upon any of the Corporation's equity securities other than the Series B
         Preferred  Stock,  an amount in cash equal to the aggregate  Redemption
         Price of all shares  outstanding,  and the Holders will not be entitled
         to any further payment. If, upon any such liquidation,


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         dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,  the Corporation's assets
         to be distributed  among the Holders are insufficient to permit payment
         to such Holders of the  aggregate  amount which they are entitled to be
         paid, then the available  assets to be distributed  will be distributed
         ratably among such Holders based upon the aggregate Redemption Price of
         the Series B Preferred Stock held by each such Holder.  The Corporation
         will mail written notice of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up
         not less than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each
         Holder  of  record.   Neither  the   consolidation  or  merger  of  the
         Corporation into or with any other corporation or corporations, nor the
         sale or transfer by the  Corporation  of all or any part of its assets,
         nor the  reduction  of the  capital  stock of the  Corporation  will be
         deemed  to  be  a  liquidation,   dissolution  or  winding  up  of  the
         Corporation within the meaning of this Section 5.

                  6.  Redemption.

                           (a) Optional Redemption. The Series B Preferred Stock
                  may be redeemed  at any time at the option of the  Corporation
                  by action of the Board of  Directors,  in whole or in part, at
                  any time or from time to time upon  notice  and in the  manner
                  provided  below.  Any such optional  redemption  shall be made
                  ratably in accordance  with the share  holdings of the Holders
                  and by payment of the Redemption  Price.  The  Corporation may
                  also,  from time to time,  purchase or otherwise  acquire,  in
                  open market or private  transactions,  issued and  outstanding
                  shares of Series B Preferred  Stock without  limitations as to
                  price or amount.

                           (b) Procedure for Redemption.  The Series B Preferred
                  Stock shall be redeemed in the following manner:

                                    (i)  Shares  of  Series  B  Preferred  Stock
                           redeemed,  purchased  or  otherwise  acquired  by the
                           Corporation  shall be held as treasury shares and may
                           be sold or disposed of or


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                           shall be reclassified or retired and canceled
                           as may be determined by the Board of
                           Directors.

                                    (ii) Notice of  redemption  of any shares of
                           Series  B  Preferred  Stock  shall  be  given  by the
                           Corporation  not less  than 10 nor more  than 50 days
                           prior to the Redemption  Date, by mail or delivery to
                           the Holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at
                           their  respective  addresses  then  appearing  on the
                           records  of  the   Corporation.   On  or  before  the
                           Redemption  Date,  each Holder shall surrender to the
                           Corporation or its designated agent, at such place as
                           it   may   designate   in  the   redemption   notice,
                           certificates  evidencing a number of shares of Series
                           B  Preferred  Stock at least  equal to the  number of
                           shares  held by such  Holder  subject to the call for
                           redemption.  Upon such surrender, the Holder shall be
                           entitled to receive payment of the Redemption  Price,
                           without  interest,  and,  in the  event of a  partial
                           redemption,  a certificate  representing the balance,
                           if any, of shares of Series B Preferred Stock covered
                           by the surrendered  certificate or  certificates  but
                           not subject to the call for redemption.

                                    (iii) If on the  Redemption  Date (A) notice
                           of  redemption   has  been  mailed  or  delivered  as
                           provided  herein,  (B) the  Corporation has set aside
                           all funds  necessary  to pay the  amount  due for all
                           shares  of  Series  B  Preferred   Stock  subject  to
                           redemption,  and (C) all such funds are available for
                           the sole  purpose  of paying  such  amount,  then all
                           shares  of  Series  B  Preferred   Stock  subject  to
                           redemption shall, whether or not the certificates for
                           such shares have been  surrendered for  cancellation,
                           be deemed to be no longer outstanding for any purpose
                           and all  rights  with  respect to such  shares  shall
                           cease,  except the right of the Holder to receive the
                           Redemption Price, without


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                           interest.  If the  Corporation  shall not have  funds
                           legally available for the redemption of the shares to
                           be  redeemed  pursuant  to  this  Section  6  on  the
                           Redemption Date, such redemption shall be made on the
                           earliest practicable date next following the Business
                           Day on which the  Corporation  shall first have funds
                           legally  available for the  redemption of such shares
                           as shall be specified in the notice of redemption.

                  7. No Impairment.  The  Corporation  will not, by amendment of
         its  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  or  through  any  reorganization,
         transfer of assets, consolidation,  merger, dissolution,  issue or sale
         of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
         observance  of any of the terms of the Series B  Preferred  Stock,  but
         will at all times,  in good faith,  assist in taking all actions as may
         be  necessary  or  appropriate  to carry out the terms of the  Series B
         Preferred Stock.

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                              EXHIBIT B


         This Warrant and any shares  acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant
         have not been registered  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
         and may not be transferred,  sold or otherwise disposed of except while
         such a  registration  is in effect or  pursuant  to an  exemption  from
         registration under said Act.




                        PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.

                          Common Stock Purchase Warrant
                                   ("Warrant")



                                                                   April 1, 1998


                  PHYSICIAN  COMPUTER  NETWORK,  INC., a New Jersey  corporation
(the  "Company"),  for value received,  hereby certifies that JA Special Limited
Partnership,  or  registered  assigns,  is entitled to purchase from the Company
6,000,000 duly authorized,  validly issued,  fully paid and nonassessable shares
of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common  Stock"),  of the Company
at the purchase price per share of $1.00 (the "Initial Warrant  Price"),  at any
time from and after the first to occur of:  (i) April 1, 1999 and (ii) a Trigger
Event (the "Exercise Date"),  and prior to 5:00 p.m.,  Eastern Standard time, on
March 31, 2003 (the "Expiration Date"), all subject to the terms, conditions and
adjustments set forth below in this Warrant.

         Certain capitalized terms used in this Warrant and Form of Subscription
attached hereto are defined in Section 13 hereof.


1.       EXERCISE OR CONVERSION OF WARRANT.

         1.1.  Manner of Exercise or  Conversion;  Payment.  This Warrant may be
exercised by the holder  hereof,  in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time,  except  that this  Warrant may not be  exercised  as to fewer than one
million  (1,000,000)  shares  of  Common  Stock  unless  there are less than one
million  (1,000,000)  shares of Common  Stock as to which  this  Warrant is then
exercisable.  This Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof,  during normal
business  hours on any Business Day from and after the Exercise  Date, and prior
to the  Expiration  Date,  by  surrender  of this  Warrant to the Company at its
office maintained



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pursuant  to  Section   12.2(a)   hereof,   accompanied  by  a  subscription  in
substantially  the form  attached  to this  Warrant (or a  reasonable  facsimile
thereof) duly executed by such holder and accompanied by payment,  in cash or by
check  payable  to the  order  of the  Company  (or by any  combination  of such
methods),  in the amount  obtained  by  multiplying  (a) the number of shares of
Common Stock  (without  giving effect to any adjustment  thereof)  designated in
such  subscription  by (b) the Initial  Warrant  Price,  and such  holder  shall
thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized,  validly issued,
fully  paid and  nonassessable  shares  of Common  Stock  (or Other  Securities)
determined as provided in Sections 2 through 4 hereof.

         1.2.  When  Exercise  Effective.  The exercise of this Warrant shall be
deemed to have been effected  immediately  prior to the close of business on the
Business Day on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered to the Company as
provided  in Section  1.1 hereof.  Upon such  exercise  the Person or Persons in
whose name or names any certificate or  certificates  for shares of Common Stock
(or Other  Securities)  shall be  issuable  upon such  exercise  as  provided in
Section  1.3  hereof  shall be deemed to have  become  the  holder or holders of
record thereof.

         1.3. Delivery of Stock Certificates,  etc. As soon as practicable after
the  exercise  of this  Warrant,  and in any event  within  five  Business  Days
thereafter,  the  Company at its  expense  (including  the  payment by it of any
applicable  issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to
the holder hereof, or, subject to Section 9 hereof, as such holder (upon payment
by such holder of any applicable  transfer  taxes) may direct,  a certificate or
certificates for the number of duly authorized,  validly issued,  fully paid and
nonassessable  shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such holder
shall be entitled upon such exercise  plus, in lieu of any  fractional  share to
which such holder would  otherwise  be entitled,  cash in an amount equal to the
same  fraction of the Market Price per share on the Business Day next  preceding
the date of such exercise.

2.       ADJUSTMENT OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE.

         2.1. General;  Number of Shares; Warrant Price. The number of shares of
Common Stock which the holder of this Warrant  shall be entitled to receive upon
the exercise  hereof shall be deter mined by multiplying the number of shares of
Common Stock which would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 2) be
issuable upon such  exercise,  as  designated  by the holder hereof  pursuant to
Section 1.1 hereof, by the fraction of which (a) the



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numerator is the Initial  Warrant Price and (b) the  denominator  is the Warrant
Price in effect on the date of such  exercise.  The  "Warrant  Price"  (i) shall
initially be the Initial  Warrant  Price,  (ii) shall be adjusted and readjusted
from time to time as  provided  in this  Section 2 and,  (iii) as so adjusted or
readjusted,  shall remain in effect until a further  adjustment or  readjustment
thereof is required by this Section 2.

         2.2.  Adjustment of Warrant  Price;  Issuance of  Additional  Shares of
Common  Stock.  In case the  Company  at any time or from time to time after the
date hereof shall issue or sell  Additional  Shares of Common  Stock  (including
Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2.3 or
2.4 hereof) without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the
greater of the Current  Market Price or the Warrant Price in effect  immediately
prior to such issue or sale, then, and in each such case, subject to Section 2.7
hereof,  such Warrant  Price shall be reduced,  concurrently  with such issue or
sale,  to a price  (calculated  to the  nearest  .001 of a cent)  determined  by
multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction:

                           (a) the numerator of which shall be (i) the number of
                  shares of Common Stock outstanding  immediate ly prior to such
                  issue or sale plus (ii) the  number of shares of Common  Stock
                  which the aggregate consider ation received by the Company for
                  the total number of such Additional  Shares of Common Stock so
                  issued or sold would  purchase at the greater of such  Current
                  Market Price and such Warrant Price; and

                           (b) the  denominator  of which shall be the number of
                  shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  immediately  after  such
                  issue or sale.

         2.3.     Treatment of Options and Convertible Securities.  In
case the Company at any time for from time to time after the date
hereof shall issue, sell, grant or assume, or shall fix a record
date for the determination of holders of any class of securities
entitled to receive, any Options or Convertible Securities, then,
and in each such case, the maximum number of Additional Shares of
Common Stock (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto,
without regard to any provisions contained therein for a subse
quent adjustment of such number the purpose of which is to
protect against dilution) at any time issuable upon the exercise
of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and
Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities and Options therefor, shall be deemed to be Additional
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grant or assumption or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed,  as of
the close of business on such record date (or, if the Common  Stock trades on an
ex-dividend  basis,  on the  date  prior  to  the  commencement  of  ex-dividend
trading);  provided,  however, that such Additional Shares of Common stock shall
not be deemed to have been issued unless the consideration per share (determined
pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof) of such shares would be less than the greater of
the  Current  Market  Price or the  Warrant  Price in  effect on the date of and
immediately prior to such issue,  sale, grant or assumption or immediately prior
to the close of business on such record date (or, if the Common  Stock trades on
an  ex-dividend  basis,  on the date prior to the com  mencement of  ex-dividend
trading), as the case may be; and provided, further, that:

                           (a) whether or not an adjustment of the Warrant Price
                  is required in  connection  with the  issuance,  sale grant or
                  assumption  of such  Options  or  Convertible  Securities,  no
                  adjustment or further adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be
                  made  as a  result  of the  exercise  of such  Options  or the
                  conversion or exchange of such Convertible  Securities and the
                  consequent  issue or sale of Convertible  Securities or shares
                  of Common Stock;

                           (b) in any case in which Additional  Shares of Common
                  Stock are deemed to be issued,  if such Options or Convertible
                  Securities by their terms provide, with the passage of time or
                  otherwise,  for any increase in the  consideration  payable to
                  the Company, or decrease in the number of Additional Shares of
                  Common  Stock  issuable,  upon  the  exercise,  conversion  or
                  exchange thereof (by change of rate or otherwise), the Warrant
                  Price  computed  on  the  original  issue,   sale,   grant  or
                  assumption thereof (or upon the occurrence of the record date,
                  or date prior to the commencement of ex-dividend  trading,  as
                  the case may be, with  respect  thereof),  and any  subsequent
                  adjustments  based thereon,  shall,  upon any such increase or
                  decrease  becoming  effective,  be  recomputed to reflect such
                  increase or decrease  insofar as it affects such  Options,  or
                  the rights of  conversion or exchange  under such  Convertible
                  Securities, which are outstanding at such time;

                           (c) in any case in which Additional  Shares of Common
                  Stock  are  deemed  to be  issued,  upon the  expira  tion (or
                  purchase by the Company and cancellation or retirement) of any
                  such  Options  which  shall  not have been  exercised,  or the
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                  conversion or exchange under any such  Convertible  Securities
                  the rights of  conversion  or  exchange  under which shall not
                  have been  exercised,  the  Warrant  Price  computed  upon the
                  original issue, sale, grant or assumption thereof (or upon the
                  occurrence   of  the  record  date,   or  date  prior  to  the
                  commencement of ex-dividend  trading, as the case may be, with
                  respect  thereto),   and  any  subsequent   adjustments  based
                  thereon, shall, upon (and effective as of) such expiration (or
                  such  cancellation  or  retirement,  as the case  may be),  be
                  recomputed as if:

                                    (i) in the case of  Options  or  Convertible
                           Securities,  the only  Additional  Shares  of  Common
                           Stock  issued or sold were the  Additional  Shares of
                           Common Stock,  if any,  actually  issued or sold upon
                           the  exercise of such  Options or the  conversion  or
                           exchange  of  such  Convertible  Securities  and  the
                           consideration  received  therefor  was  the  consider
                           ation  actually  received  by the  Company  upon such
                           exercise,  or for  the  issue  or  sale  of all  such
                           Convertible Securities which were actually con verted
                           or exchanged,  plus the additional consider ation, if
                           any,  actually  received  by the  Company  upon  such
                           conversion or exchange, and

                                    (ii) in the case of Options for  Convertible
                           Securities,  only the Convertible Securities, if any,
                           actually  issued  or sold upon the  exercise  of such
                           Options  were issued at the time of the issue,  sale,
                           grant  or  assumption   of  such  Options,   and  the
                           consideration   received   by  the  Company  for  the
                           Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to have then
                           been issued was the  consideration  actually received
                           by  the  Company  for  the  issue,   sale,  grant  or
                           assumption  of  all  such  Options,  whether  or  not
                           exercised, plus the consideration deemed to have been
                           received  by the  Company  (pursuant  to Section  2.5
                           hereof)  upon the issue or sale of such Con  vertible
                           Securities  with  respect to which such  Options were
                           actually exercised; and

                           (d) no  readjustment  pursuant  to clause  (b) or (c)
                  above (either  individually or cumulatively  together with all
                  prior  readjustments  as made in  respect  of such  Options or
                  Convertible  Securities)  shall have the effect of  increasing
                  the Warrant  Price by a  proportion  (relative  to the Warrant
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                  prior to such  readjustment)  in excess of the  inverse of the
                  aggregate  proportional  adjustment thereof made in respect of
                  the  issue,  sale,  grant or  assumption  of such  Options  or
                  Convertible  Securities  or the  fact  that  such  Options  or
                  Convertible  Securities  were  outstanding  at the time  other
                  shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities were
                  issued.

If the consideration provided for in any Option or the additional consideration,
if any,  payable upon the  conversion  or exchange of any  Convertible  Security
shall  be  reduced,  or the rate at  which  any  Option  is  exercisable  or any
Convertible  Security is convert ible into or exchangeable  for shares of Common
Stock  shall be  increased,  at any time under or by reason of  provisions  with
respect  thereto  designed  to  protect  against   dilution,   then,   effective
concurrently with each such change, the Warrant Price then in effect shall first
be  adjusted  to  eliminate  the  effects  (if any) of the  issuance  (or deemed
issuance) of such Option or  Convertible  Security on the Warrant Price and then
readjusted as if such Option or Convertible Security had been issued on the date
of such  change  with the terms in effect  after such  change,  but only if as a
result of such adjustment the Warrant Price then in effect  hereunder is thereby
reduced.

         2.4.     Treatment of Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, etc.  In
case the Company at any time or from time to time after the date
hereof shall declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock
payable in Common Stock, or shall effect a subdivision of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of
shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in Common Stock), then, and in each such
case, Additional Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have
been issued (a) in the case of any such dividend, immediately
after the close of business on the record date for the determina
tion of holders of any class of securities entitled to receive
such dividend, or (b) in the case of any such subdivision, at the
close of business on the day immediately prior to the day upon
which such corporate action becomes effective.

         2.5.     Computation of Consideration.  For the purposes of this
Section 2:

                  (a) the  consideration for the issue or sale of any Additional
         Shares of Common Stock shall,  irrespective of the accounting treatment
         of such consideration:

                           (i)      insofar as it consists of cash, be computed
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                  net of any  expenses  paid or  incurred  by the Company or any
                  commissions or  compensation  paid or concessions or discounts
                  allowed to underwriters,  dealers or others performing similar
                  services in connection with such issue or sale;

                           (ii)  insofar as it consists of property  (includ ing
                  securities)  other than cash actually received by the Company,
                  be  computed  at the fair  value  thereof  at the time of such
                  issue or sale,  as  determined  in good  faith by the Board of
                  Directors of the Company;

                           (iii)  insofar as it consists  neither of cash nor of
                  other property, be computed as having no value; and

                           (iv) in case  Additional  Shares of Common  Stock are
                  issued or sold  together  with other  stock or securi  ties or
                  other assets of the Company for a  consideration  which covers
                  both,  be the  portion  of  such  consideration  so  received,
                  computed  as provided in clauses  (i),  (ii) and (iii)  above,
                  allocable to such  Additional  Shares of Common Stock,  all as
                  determined  in good  faith by the  Board of  Directors  of the
                  Company;

                  (b)  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock  deemed to have been
         issued  pursuant  to Section  2.3  hereof  shall be deemed to have been
         issued for a consideration per share determined by dividing:

                           (i) the total amount of cash and other  property,  if
                  any,   received  and  receivable  by  the  Company  as  direct
                  consideration for the issue,  sale, grant or assumption of the
                  Options  or  Convertible  Securities  in  question,  plus  the
                  minimum aggregate amount of addi tional  consideration (as set
                  forth in the instruments  relating thereto,  without regard to
                  any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of
                  such  consideration the purpose of which is to protect against
                  dilution)  payable to the Company upon the exercise in full of
                  such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
                  Securities  or,  in  the  case  of  Options  for   Convertible
                  Securities,  the  exercise  of such  Options  for  Convertible
                  Securities and the conver sion or exchange of such Convertible
                  Securities,  in each  case  computing  such  consideration  as
                  provided in the foregoing clause (a),

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                           (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as
                  set forth in the instruments relating thereto,  without regard
                  to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment
                  of such  number the  purpose  of which is to  protect  against
                  dilution)  issuable  upon the  exercise of such Options or the
                  conversion or exchange of such Convertible securities; and

                  (c)  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock  deemed to have been
         issued  pursuant  to Section  2.4  hereof  shall be deemed to have been
         issued for no consideration.

         2.6. Adjustments for Combinations, etc. In case the out standing shares
of Common  Stock shall be  combined or consoli  dated,  by  reclassification  or
otherwise,  into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Price in
effect   immediately   prior  to  such  combination  or   consolidation   shall,
concurrently  with the  effectiveness of such combination or  consolidation,  be
proportionately increased.

         2.7.  Minimum  Adjustment  of  Warrant  Price.  If  the  amount  of any
adjustment  of the Warrant  Price  required  pursuant to this Section 2 would be
less than one-tenth (1/10) of one percent (1%) of the Warrant Price in effect at
the time such  adjustment is otherwise so required to be made, such amount shall
be carried  forward and adjustment  with respect thereto made at the time of and
together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any
other amount or amounts so carried  forward,  shall aggregate at least one tenth
(1/10) of one percent (1%) of such Warrant Price.

         2.8. Shares Deemed Outstanding. For all purposes of the computations to
be made pursuant to this Section 2: (i) there shall be deemed to be  outstanding
as of the date hereof all shares of Common  Stock (a)  issuable  pursuant to the
exercise of Options and conversion of Convertible  Securities outstanding at the
close of business on April 1, 1998, including, without limitation, this Warrant,
and (b) issuable pursuant to the exercise of any options heretofore or hereafter
granted  under the  Company's  Stock Option Plans;  (ii)  immediately  after any
Additional  Shares of Common  Stock are deemed to have been  issued  pursuant to
Section  2.3 or 2.4  hereof,  such  Additional  Shares  shall  be  deemed  to be
outstanding;  (iii) treasury shares shall not be deemed to be  outstanding;  and
(iv) no  adjustment  shall be made in the  Warrant  Price upon the  issuance  of
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Options and Convertible  Securities so deemed
to be outstanding,  but this Section 2.8 shall not prevent other  adjustments in
the Warrant Price arising by virtue of such



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outstanding  Options or  Convertible  Securities  pursuant to the  provisions of
Section  2.3 hereof;  provided,  however,  that,  for  purposes  of  calculating
adjustments  to the  Warrant  Price,  there  shall be deemed  to be  outstanding
immediately  after  giving  effect to any  issuance  of shares of Common  Stock,
Options or  Convertible  Securities all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of Options and conversion of Convertible  Securities  then out standing
(including   without  limitation  the  Warrants)  after  giving  effect  to  the
antidilution   provisions   contained  in  all  such  outstanding   Options  and
Convertible  Securities  which  cause an  adjustment  in the number of shares of
Common Stock so issuable,  either by virtue of such issuance of shares of Common
Stock,  Options or Convertible  Securities or by virtue of the operation of such
antidilution provisions.


3.       CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC.

         3.1.   Adjustments   for   Consolidation,   Merger,   Sale  of  Assets,
Reorganization,  etc.  In case the  Company  after  the date  hereof  (a)  shall
consolidate  with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing
or surviving  corporation of such  consolidation or merger,  or (b) shall permit
any other Person to  consolidate  with or merge into the Company and the Company
shall be the  continuing  or  surviving  Person  but,  in  connection  with such
consolidation or merger,  the Common Stock or Other Securi ties shall be changed
into or exchanged  for stock or other  securities of any other Person or cash or
any  other  property,  or (c) shall  transfer  all or  substantially  all of its
properties  or assets to any other Person or otherwise  consummate a Sale of the
Company, or (d) shall effect a capital reorganization or reclassification of the
Common  Stock  or Other  Securities  (other  than a  capital  reorganization  or
reclassification   to  the   extent   that  such   capital   reorganization   or
reclassification  results in the issue of Additional  Shares of Common Stock for
which  adjustment  in the Warrant  Price is provided in Section  2.2.1 or 2.2.2.
hereof), then, and in the case of each such transaction,  proper provision shall
be made so that, upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this
Warrant, the holder of this Warrant,  upon the exercise hereof at any time after
the  consummation  of such  transaction,  shall be  entitled  to receive (at the
aggregate  Warrant  Price in  effect  at the time of such  consummation  for all
Common Stock or Other Securities  issuable upon such exercise  immediately prior
to such consummation),  in lieu of the Common Stock or Other Securities issuable
upon  such  exercise  prior  to  such  consummation,   the  greatest  amount  of
securities, cash or other property to which such holder would actually have been
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consummation if such holder had exercised the rights represented by this Warrant
immediately   prior  thereto,   subject  to  adjustments   (subsequent  to  such
consummation) as nearly equivalent as possi ble to the adjustments  provided for
in Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof; provided,  however, that if a purchase, tender or
exchange  offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of more than
50% of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock, and if the holder of the Warrant
so designates in a notice given to the Company on or before the date immediately
preceding the date of the  consummation of such  transaction,  the holder of the
Warrant shall be entitled to receive the greatest amount of securities,  cash or
other  property  to which such holder  would  actually  have been  entitled as a
shareholder  if the holder of the Warrant had exercised the Warrant prior to the
expiration of such  purchase,  tender or exchange offer and accepted such offer,
subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such purchase, tender
or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments  provided
for in Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof.

         3.2. Assumption of Obligations.  Notwithstanding  anything contained in
the  Warrants  to  the  contrary,  the  Company  will  not  effect  any  of  the
transactions  described in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 3.1 hereof unless,
prior to the  consummation  thereof,  each person (other than the Company) which
may be  required  to deliver any stock,  securities,  cash or property  upon the
exercise of this Warrant as provided herein shall assume, by written  instrument
delivered to, and reasonably  satisfactory  to, the holder of this Warrant,  (b)
the  obligations  of the Company  under this Warrant  (and if the Company  shall
survive  the consum  mation of such  transaction,  such  assumption  shall be in
addition to, and shall not release the Company from, any continuing  obligations
of the Company  under this  Warrant),  (c) the obliga tions of the Company under
the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  and (d) the  obligation to deliver to such
holder such shares of stock, securities, cash or property as, in accordance with
the  foregoing  provisions  of this  Section 3, such  holder may be  entitled to
receive,  and such  Person  shall have  similarly  deliv ered to such  holder an
opinion  of  counsel  for  such  Person,   which  counsel  shall  be  reasonably
satisfactory to such holder, stating that this Warrant shall thereafter continue
in full force and effect and the terms hereof (including  without limitation all
of the  provisions  of  this  Section  3)  shall  be  applicable  to the  stock,
securities,  cash or property  which such Person may be required to deliver upon
any exercise of this Warrant or the exercise of any rights pursuant hereto.

4.  OTHER  DILUTIVE  EVENTS.  In case any  event  shall  occur  as to which  the
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applicable but the failure to make any  adjustment  would not, in the opinion of
the holder of this Warrant,  fairly protect the purchase  rights  represented by
this Warrant in  accordance  with the  essential  intent and  principles of such
Sections,  then, in each such case,  at the request of such holder,  the Company
shall appoint a firm of independent  investment  bankers of recognized  national
standing (which shall be independent of the Company and shall be satisfactory to
the holder of this Warrant), which shall give their opinion upon the adjustment,
if  any,  on a  basis  consistent  with  the  essential  intent  and  principles
established in Sections 2 and 3 hereof, necessary to preserve, without dilution,
the purchase rights  represented by this Warrant.  Upon receipt of such opinion,
the Company will  promptly mail a copy thereof to the holder of this Warrant and
shall make the adjust ments described therein.

5. NO  DILUTION  OR  IMPAIRMENT.  The  Company  will not,  by amend  ment of its
certificate   of   incorporation   or  through  any  consoli   dation,   merger,
reorganization,  transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant,  but will at all times in good faith assist
in the  carrying  out of all such terms and in the taking of all such  action as
may be necessary or  appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of
this  Warrant  against  dilution  or  other  impairment.  Without  limiting  the
generality  of the  foregoing,  the Company (a) will not permit the par value of
any shares of stock  receivable  upon the exercise of this Warrant to exceed the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise, (b) will take all such action as may
be  necessary or  appropriate  in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue  fully  paid and  nonassessable  shares  of stock on the  exercise  of the
Warrants  from time to time  outstanding  and (c) will not take any action which
results in any  adjustment of the Warrant Price if the total number of shares of
Common Stock (or Other  Securities)  issuable after the action upon the exercise
of all of the  Warrants  would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock
(or  Other   Securities)  then  authorized  by  the  Company's   certificate  of
incorporation and available for the purpose of issue upon such exercise.

6.  ACCOUNTANTS'  REPORT AS TO  ADJUSTMENTS.  In each case of any  adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other  Securities)  issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant,  the Company at its expense will promptly  compute
such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and
cause  independent  certified  public accounts of recognized  nation al standing
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selected by the Company to verify such  computation  (other than any computation
of the fair  value of  property  as  determined  in good  faith by the  Board of
Directors of the Company) and prepare a report setting forth such  adjustment or
readjustment and showing in reasonable detail the method of calculation  thereof
and the facts upon which such adjustment or  readjustment is based,  including a
statement of (a) the consideration received or to be received by the Company for
any  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock  issued or sold or deemed to have been
issued,  (b) the number of shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  or deemed to be
outstanding, and (c) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such issue
or sale and as  adjusted  and  readjusted  (if  required by Section 2 hereof) on
account  thereof.  The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such report to
the holder of this Warrant and will, upon the written request at any time of the
holder of this Warrant,  furnish to such holder a like report  setting forth the
Warrant Price at the time in effect and showing in reasonable  detail how it was
calculated.  The Company will also keep copies of all such reports at its office
maintained  pursuant  to  Section  12.2(a)  hereof and will cause the same to be
available for  inspection at such office  during  normal  business  hours by the
holder of this Warrant or any prospective  purchaser of a Warrant  designated by
the holder thereof.

7.       NOTICES OF CORPORATE ACTION.  In the event of

                  (a) any taking by the  Company  of a record of the  holders of
any class of securities for the purpose of determining  the holders  thereof who
are  entitled to receive any  dividend  or other  distribution,  or any right to
subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or
any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or

                  (b)  any  capital   reorganization  of  the  Company,   reclas
sification  or  recapitalization  of the  capital  stock of the  Company  or any
consolidation  or merger  involving  the  Company  and any  other  Person or any
transfer  of all or  substantially  all the  assets of the  Company to any other
Person, or

                  (c)      any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquida
tion or winding-up of the Company,

                  (d)      any issuance of any Common Stock, Convertible
Security or Option by the Company, or

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the Company will mail to the holder of this Warrant a notice  specifying (i) the
date or expected date on which any record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend,  distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend,
distribu  tion or  right,  (ii) the  date or  expected  date on  which  any such
reorganization,  reclassification,  recapitalization,  consolida  tion,  merger,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or Sale of the Company is to take
place,  the time,  if any such time is to be fixed,  as of which the  holders of
record of Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be entitled to exchange their
shares  of  Common  Stock  (or Other  Securities)  for the  securities  or other
property    deliverable    upon    such    reorganization,     reclassification,
recapitalization,  consolidation,  merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up and a description in reasonable  detail of the  transaction and (iii)
the date of such issuance, together with a description of the security so issued
and the  consideration  received by the Company  therefor.  Such notice shall be
mailed at least 30 days prior to the date therein specified.

8.  REGISTRATION  OF COMMON STOCK.  If any shares of Common Stock required to be
reserved for purposes of exercise of this Warrant require  registration  with or
approval  of any  governmental  author ity under any federal or state law (other
than the  Securities  Act) before such shares may be issued upon  exercise,  the
Company  will,  at its expense and as  expeditiously  as possible,  use its best
efforts to cause such shares to be duly registered or approved,  as the case may
be. This Warrant and the shares of Common Stock (or Other  Securities)  issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall constitute  Registrable  Securities (as such
term is  defined  in the  Registration  Rights  Agreement).  The  holder of this
Warrant  shall be  entitled to all of the  benefits  afforded to a holder of any
such  Registrable  Securities  under the Registra tion Rights Agreement and such
holder,  by its acceptance of this Warrant,  agrees to be bound by and to comply
with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to
such  holder  as a  holder  of  such  Registrable  Securities.  As  promptly  as
practicable following the issuance of this Warrant to the Initial Holder and, in
any event within 15 Business Days thereafter,  the Company will, at its expense,
arrange for the listing,  upon  official  notice of  issuance,  of the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise hereof. At any such time as the Warrants are
listed on any national  securities exchange or the Common Stock is listed on any
other national  securities  exchange,  the Company will, at its expense,  obtain
promptly  and maintain  the  approval  for listing on each such  exchange,  upon
official  notice  of  issuance,  of the  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon
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such  shares or  Warrant,  as the case may be,  after  their  issuance;  and the
Company will also list on such national securities exchange, will register under
the Exchange Act and will maintain such listing of, any Other Securities that at
any time are issuable upon exercise of the Warrant,  if and at the time that any
securities  of the  same  class  shall be  listed  on such  national  securities
exchange by the Company.

9.       RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.

         9.1. Restrictive Legend.  Except as otherwise permitted by this Section
9, each  certificate  for Common  Stock (or Other  Securities)  issued  upon the
exercise of this Warrant,  each  certificate  issued upon the direct or indirect
transfer of any such Common  Stock (or Other  Securities),  this Warrant and any
Warrant  issued upon direct or  indirect  transfer or in substitu  tion for this
Warrant  pursuant  to Section  12 hereof  shall bear the legend set forth on the
face of this Warrant and shall be  transferable  only upon  satisfaction  of the
conditions specified in this Section 9.

         9.2.     Notice of Proposed Transfer, Opinion of Counsel.  Prior
to any transfer of any Restricted Securities which are not
registered under an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, the holder thereof will give written notice to
the Company of such holder's intention to effect such transfer
and to comply in all other respects with this Section 9.2.  Each
such notice (a) shall describe the manner and circumstances of
the proposed transfer, and (b) shall designate counsel for the
holder giving such notice.  The holder giving such notice will
submit a copy thereof to the counsel designated in such notice.
The following provisions shall then apply:

                  (a) If in the opinion of such  counsel the  proposed  transfer
         may be effected  without  registration  of such  Restricted  Securities
         under the  Securities  Act, such holder shall  thereupon be entitled to
         transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the
         notice  delivered by such holder to the Company.  Except as provided in
         Section 9.3  hereof,  each  certificate  representing  such  Restricted
         Securities  issued upon or in connection  with such transfer shall bear
         the restrictive legends required by Section 9.1 hereof.

                  (b) If in the opinion of such  counsel the  proposed  transfer
         may not legally be effected  without  registration  of such  Restricted
         Securities under the Securities Act (such opinion to state the basis of
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         therein), such holder shall not be entitled to transfer such Restricted
         Securities  until either (x) receipt by the Company of a further notice
         from such holder  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions of this Section
         9.2 and  fulfillment  of the  provisions  of  clause  (a) and (y)  such
         Restricted  Securi  ties have  been  effectively  registered  under the
         Securities Act.

The Company will pay the reasonable  fees and  disbursements  of counsel for any
holder of  Restricted  Securities  and of counsel for the Company in  connection
with all opinions  rendered by them pursuant to this Section 9.2 and pursuant to
Section 9.3 hereof.  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of this Section 9, no
opinion of counsel shall be necessary for a transfer of Restricted Securities by
the holder thereof to a subsidiary,  shareholder or affiliate of such holder, if
the  transferee  agrees in writing to be subject to the terms hereof to the same
extent as if such transferee were the Initial Holder hereof.

         9.3.  Termination of  Restrictions.  The  restrictions  imposed by this
Section 9 upon the  transferability  of  Restricted  Securi ties shall cease and
terminate as to any particular  Restricted  Securities (a) when such  Restricted
Securities shall have been  effectively  registered under the Securities Act, or
(b) when, in the opinions of both counsel for the holder thereof and counsel for
the  Company,  such  restrictions  are no  longer  required  in order to  insure
compliance with the Securities Act. Whenever such  restrictions  shall cease and
terminate as to any Restricted Securities,  the holder thereof shall be entitled
to receive from the Company,  without  expense (other than  applicable  transfer
taxes, if any), new securities of like tenor not bearing the applicable  legends
required by Section 9.1 hereof.

         9.4.  Warrant  Transfer.  Anything  contained  in this  Warrant  to the
contrary notwithstanding,  this Warrant may be transferred,  sold or assigned in
whole or in part,  at any time and from time to time,  except that this  Warrant
may  not  be  transferred,  sold  or  assigned  as to  fewer  than  one  million
(1,000,000)  shares  of Common  Stock  unless  there  are less than one  million
(1,000,000) shares of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is then exercisable.


10. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.  If the Company shall have filed a registration
statement  pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a
registration  statement  pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
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15(d) of the  Exchange  Act and will  comply with all other  public  information
reporting  requirements of the Commission (including Rule 144 promulgated by the
Commission under the Securities Act) from time to time in effect and relating to
the  availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any Re
stricted  Securities.  The Company will also  cooperate  with each holder of any
Restricted Securities in supplying such information as may be necessary for such
holder  to  complete  and file any  information  reporting  forms  presently  or
hereafter  required by the Commission as a condition to the  availability  of an
exemption from the  Securities  Act for the sale of any Restricted  Securi ties.
The Company  will  furnish to the holder of this  Warrant,  promptly  upon their
becoming available,  copies of all financial  statements,  reports,  notices and
proxy  statements  sent  or  made  available  generally  by the  Company  to its
stockholders,   and  copies  of  all  regular  and  periodic   reports  and  all
registration  statements and  prospectuses  filed by the Company with any securi
ties exchange or with the Commission.


11.  RESERVATION  OF STOCK,  ETC. The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available,  solely for issuance and delivery upon  exercise of the Warrant,  the
number of shares of Common Stock of each class (or Other  Securities)  from time
to time issuable  upon  exercise of the Warrant.  All shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) issuable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be duly authorized
and, when issued upon such exercise, shall be validly issued and, in the case of
shares,  fully  paid  and  nonassessable  with no  liability  on the part of the
holders thereof.


12.      OWNERSHIP, TRANSFER AND SUBSTITUTION OF WARRANT.

         12.1.  Ownership of Warrant.  The Company may treat the person in whose
name this  Warrant  is  registered  on the  register  kept at the  office of the
Company  maintained  pursuant to Section  12.2(a) hereof as the owner and holder
thereof  for all  purposes,  except  that,  if and when the  Warrant is properly
assigned in blank,  the Company shall treat the assignee thereof as the owner of
the Warrant  for all  purposes.  Subject to Section 9 hereof,  the  Warrant,  if
properly assigned,  may be exercised by a new holder without a new Warrant first
having been issued.

         12.2.  Office; Transfer and Exchange of Warrant.

                  (a) The  Company  will  maintain  an office  (which  may be an
         agency maintained at a bank) in New York or New Jersey



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         where notices, presentations and demands in respect of this Warrant may
         be made upon it. Such office  shall be main tained at 1200 The American
         Road, Morris Plains,  New Jersey 07950,  until such time as the Company
         shall  notify the holder of the  Warrant of any change of  location  of
         such
         office.

                  (b)  The  Company  shall  cause  to  be  kept  at  its  office
         maintained  pursuant  to  Section  12.2(a)  hereof a  register  for the
         registration  and transfer of the Warrant.  The name and address of the
         holder  of the  Warrant,  the  transfers  thereof  and  the  names  and
         addresses of  transferees  of the Warrant  shall be  registered in such
         register.  The Person in whose name the Warrant  shall be so registered
         shall be deemed and  treated as the owner and  holder  thereof  for all
         purposes of this Warrant,  and the Company shall not be affected by any
         notice or knowledge to the contrary.

                  (c) Upon the surrender of the Warrant,  properly endorsed, for
         registration  of transfer or for  exchange at the office of the Company
         maintained  pursuant  to Section  12.2(a)  hereof,  the  Company at its
         expense  will  (subject  to  compliance  with  Section  9  hereof,   if
         applicable)  execute  and  deliver  to or upon the order of the  holder
         thereof a new Warrant of like  tenor,  in the name of such holder or as
         such holder  (upon  payment by such holder of any  applicable  transfer
         taxes)  may  direct,  calling  in the  aggregate  on the  face or faces
         thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face
         or faces of the Warrant so surrendered.


         12.3.  Replacement  of Warrants.  Upon  receipt of evidence  reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the
Warrant and, in the case of any such loss,  theft or  destruction of the Warrant
held by a Person other than the Initial  Holder or any  institutional  investor,
upon delivery of indemnity  reasonably  satisfactory  to the Company in form and
amount or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender of the Warrant for
cancellation at the office of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 12.2(a)
hereof, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver,  in lieu thereof, a
new Warrant of like tenor and dated the date hereof.


13.      DEFINITIONS.  As used herein, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms have the following respective
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         Additional  Shares of Common  Stock:  All  shares  (including  treasury
shares) of Common  Stock  issued or sold (or,  pursuant  to  Section  2.3 or 2.4
hereof,  deemed to be issued) by the Company  after the date hereof,  whether or
not subsequently  reacquired or retired by the Company, other than the shares of
Common  Stock  issued:  (i) upon the  exercise  of the  Warrant;  (ii)  upon the
exercise of options granted  pursuant to the Company's Stock Option Plan, as the
same may be amended from time to time; (iii) in connection with the financing of
the  acquisition by the Company of VERSYSS  Incorporated;  or (iv) in connection
with the exercise of any Options or the conversion of any Convertible Securities
which are deemed to be outstanding in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.

         Book Value:  Shall mean, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any
date herein specified, the quotient of (a) the amount by which (i) the Company's
consolidated  total  assets  exceeds  (ii)  the  Company's   consolidated  total
liabilities,  in each case  determined (A) as of the last day of the most recent
fiscal year of the Company  ended prior to such date,  or (B) as of the last day
of the most recent calendar month ended prior to such date, whichever is higher,
divided by (b) the number of Fully Diluted Outstanding shares of Common Stock.

         Business  Day:  Any day other than a  Saturday  or a Sunday or a day on
which  commercial  banking  institutions in New York, New York are authorized by
law to be closed.  Any reference to "days" (unless  Business Days are specified)
shall mean calendar days.

         Commission:  The Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.

         Common Stock: As defined in the introduction to this Warrant, such term
to include any stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any
stock resulting from any  reclassification  of such Common Stock,  and all other
stock of any class or classes (however designated) of the Company the holders of
which have the right,  without  limitation  as to amount,  either to all or to a
share of the balance of current  dividends and  liquidating  dividends after the
payment of dividends and distri butions on any shares entitled to preference.

         Company:  As defined in the introduction to this Warrant,  such term to
include any corporation  which shall succeed to or assume the obligations of the
Company hereunder in compliance with Section 3 hereof.




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         Convertible Securities: Any evidences of indebtedness,  shares of stock
(other than Common Stock) or other securities directly or indirectly convertible
into or exchangeable for Additional Shares of Common Stock.

         Current Market Price: On any date specified  herein,  the average daily
Market Price during the period of the most recent 20 days,  ending on such date,
on which the national securities exchanges were open for trading, except that if
no class of the Common Stock is then listed or admitted to trading on any nation
al securities  exchange or quoted in the  over-the-counter  market,  the Current
Market Price shall be the Market Price on such date; provided,  however, that in
the event that the  Company  has  entered  into a firm  commitment  underwriting
agreement  with an  underwriter  (i)  pursuant  to which  the  Company  and such
underwriter  have determined an offering price for the sale of Common Stock in a
public offering as a result of arms length negotiations within the 20 day period
described  above  or  (ii)  relating  to  the  public  offering  of  Convertible
Securities  then,  in the case of (i),  the  Current  Market  Price of shares of
Common  Stock  issued and sold in such public  offering  shall be such  offering
price and in the case of (ii),  the Current  Market  Price shall be the lower of
Current Market Price or Market Price on the date immediately  preceding the date
the offering price of such  Convertible  Securities was determined in connection
with the  filing  of the  Registration  Statement  which is  declared  effective
covering such Convertible Securities filed pursuant to the Securities Act.

         Exercise Date:  As defined in the introduction to this
Warrant.

         Exchange  Act:  The  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  or any similar
federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all
as the same shall be in effect at the time.

         Expiration Date:  As defined in the introduction to this
Warrant.

         Fully Diluted  Outstanding:  When used with  reference to Common Stock,
shall  mean at any  date as of which  the  number  of  shares  thereof  is to be
determined,  all shares of Common Stock  outstanding at such date and all shares
of Common Stock issuable in respect of this Warrant outstanding on such date and
other options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, shares of
Common  Stock  outstanding  on such date which  would be deemed  outstanding  in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as from time to time in
effect for purposes of deeming book value or net income per share.


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         Initial Holder:  JA Special Limited Partnership.

         Market Price:  On any date  specified  herein,  the amount per share of
Common Stock equal to (a) the last sale price of Common  Stock,  regular way, on
such date or, if no such sale  takes  place on such  date,  the  average  of the
closing bid and asked prices  thereof on such date,  in each case as  officially
reported on the principal national  securities exchange on which Common Stock is
then listed or admitted to trading, or (b) if Common Stock is not then listed or
admitted to trading on any national  securities  exchange but is designated as a
national  market system  security by the NASD,  the last trading price of Common
Stock on such date,  or (c) if there  shall have been no trading on such date or
if Common Stock is not so  designated,  the average of the closing bid and asked
prices of Common  Stock on such  date as shown by the NASD  automated  quotation
system,  or (d) if Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on any
national exchange or quoted in the  over-the-counter  market,  the higher of (x)
Book Value per share or (y) the fair value  thereof  determined in good faith by
the Board of  Directors  of the  Company as of a date which is within 15 days of
the date as of which the determination is to be made.


         NASD:  The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

         Options:  Rights,  options or warrants to  subscribe  for,  purchase or
otherwise  acquire  either  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock or  Convertible
Securities  other than options  granted pur suant to the Company's  Stock Option
Plan as the same may be amended from time to time.

         Other  Securities:  Any  stock  (other  than  Common  Stock)  and other
securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the
holder of the Warrant at any time shall be  entitled  to receive,  or shall have
received,  upon the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common
Stock,  or which at any time  shall be  issuable  or shall  have been  issued in
exchange for or in  replacement of Common Stock or Other Securi ties pursuant to
Section 3 hereof or otherwise.

         Person:  A corporation, an association, a partnership, an
organization, a business, an individual, a government or politi
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         Registration Rights Agreement:  The Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 22, 1993, between the Company and
Jeffry M. Picower.

         Restricted  Securities:  All of the following:  (a) the Warrant bearing
the  applicable  legend or legends  referred to in Section  9.1 hereof,  (b) any
shares of Common  Stock (or Other  Securities)  which have been  issued upon the
exercise of Warrants and which are  evidenced by a certificate  or  certificates
bearing the applicable legend or legends referred to in such Section, (c) unless
the context otherwise requires, any shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
which are at the time issuable upon the exercise of Warrants and which,  when so
issued,  will  be  evidenced  by  a  certificate  or  certificates  bearing  the
applicable legend or legends referred to in such Section.

         Sale  of the  Company:  any  of:  (i)  the  sale  by one or more of the
shareholders  of the  Company in one or more  transactions  of a majority of the
outstanding common stock of the Company; (ii) the merger or consolidation of the
Company  with  or  into  any  other  Person,  in  a  transaction  in  which  the
shareholders  of the  Company  immediately  prior  to the  consummation  of such
transaction  collectively own less than 50% of the common stock and voting power
of the entity  surviving;  such  transaction (or any other business  combination
transaction having a similar effect);  or (iii) the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company in a single  transaction or a series of related
transactions.

         Securities Act:  The Securities Act of 1933, or any similar
federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

         Stock Option Plan:  Collectively,  the  Company's  Amended and Restated
1993  Incentive  and  Non-Incentive  Stock Option Plan,  as amended from time to
time,   the  Company's   Amended  and  Restated  1993   Non-Employee   Directors
Non-Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time, and the Company's
Value Added Reseller Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time.

         Trigger  Event:  Trigger  Event:  The earlier to occur of: (i) five (5)
business days  preceding the Sale of the Company;  or (ii) in the event that the
Sale of the  Company  shall  require  the  approval of the holders of the Common
Stock,  five (5)  business  days prior to the date  fixed by the  Company as the
record date for  determination  of the holders of Common Stock  entitled to vote
thereon.




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         Warrant Price:  As defined in Section 2.1 hereof.

         Warrants:  As defined in the introduction to this Warrant.

14. REMEDIES.  The Company  stipulates that the remedies at law of the holder of
this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in
the  performance of or compliance  with any of the terms of this Warrant are not
and will not be adequate and that, to the fullest extent  permitted by law, such
terms may be specifically  enforced by a decree for the specific  performance of
any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any of
the terms hereof or otherwise.

15. NO RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES AS STOCKHOLDER.  Nothing  contained in this Warrant
shall be  construed  as  conferring  upon the  holder  hereof  any  rights  as a
stockholder  of the  Company or as  imposing  any  obligation  on such holder to
purchase  any  securities  or as imposing  any  liabilities  on such holder as a
stockholder of the Company,  whether such obligation or liabilities are asserted
by the Company or by creditors of the Company or otherwise.

16. NOTICES. All notices,  requests,  demands and other communi cations provided
for hereunder  shall be in writing  (including  telegraphic  communication)  and
mailed, telecopied, telegraphed or delivered:

         If to the Holder:

                           JA Special Limited Partnership
                           22 Saw Mill River Road
                           Hawthorne, New York 10532

         If to the Company to:

                           Physician Computer Network, Inc.
                           1200 The American Road
                           Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
                           Attention: Chief Financial Officer


or at such other address as shall be designated in a written notice to the other
parties complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 16.


         All such notices,  requests,  demands and other  communications  shall,
when mailed (registered mail, return receipt requested,



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postage prepaid),  personally  delivered,  or telegraphed,  to be effective four
days after deposit in the mails, when personally delivered, or when delivered to
the telegraph company, respec tively,  addressed as aforesaid,  unless otherwise
provided herein and, when telecopied, shall be effective upon actual receipt.

17. FILING FEES. In the event that prior to and in connection  with the exercise
or  conversion of this Warrant or any other option or warrant held by the holder
of  this  Warrant,  any  filing  or  notice  is  required  to be made  with  any
governmental authority or agency (including, without limitation, pursuant to the
Hart-Scott  Rodino  Antitrust  Improvements  Act of 1976,  as  amended,  and any
regulations  promulgated  thereunder)  then the Company shall bear and reimburse
such  holder for all  filings  fees and  similar  costs  required  to be paid in
connection therewith.






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18.  MISCELLANEOUS.  This  Warrant and any term  hereof may be changed,  waived,
discharged  or terminated  only by an instrument in writing  signed by the party
against which  enforcement of such change,  waiver,  discharge or termination is
sought.  This Warrant  shall be construed  and enforced in  accordance  with and
governed by the internal laws of the State of New York. The section  headings in
this Warrant are for  purposes of  convenience  only and shall not  constitute a
part hereof.


                                            PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.

                                            By:  
                                               _______________________________

                                            Title:  
                                               _______________________________




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                              FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION

                 [To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]



To Physician Computer Network, Inc.



                  The undersigned registered holder of the within Warrant hereby
irrevocably exercises such Warrant for, and purchases thereunder * shares of the
Common Stock and herewith  makes  payment of $ therefor,  and requests  that the
certificates  for such shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to , whose
address is
                                 .



Dated:
                         (Signature must conform in all
                          respects to name of holder as
                        specified on the face of Warrant)


                                             ----------------------------------
                                                         (Street Address)


                                             ----------------------------------
                                            (City)   (State)     (Zip Code)

- --------
*/  Insert  here the  number of shares  called  for on the face of this  Warrant
without making any adjustment for Additional Shares of Common Stock or any other
stock or other securities or property or cash which,  pursuant to the adjustment
provisions of this Warrant, may be delivered upon exercise.




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                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

                 [To be executed only upon transfer of Warrant]



                  For value received,  the undersigned  registered holder of the
within Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfer unto
             the right represented by such Warrant to purchase
         *


Dated:
                         (Signature must conform in all
                          respects to name of holder as
                        specified on the face of Warrant)


                                             ----------------------------------
                                                         (Street Address)


                                             ----------------------------------
                                            (City)   (State)     (Zip Code)



Signed in the presence of:
- --------
*/  Insert  here the  number of shares  called  for on the face of this  Warrant
without making any adjustment for Additional Shares of Common Stock or any other
stock or other securities or property or cash which,  pursuant to the adjustment
provisions of this Warrant, may be delivered upon exercise.




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                                  EXHIBIT C


                        PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.
                             1200 The American Road
                         Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950


                                                                  April 1, 1998

JA Special Limited Partnership
22 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, New York 10532

Gentlemen:

                  Reference  is made to the Common Stock  Purchase  Warrant (the
"Warrant"), dated September 13, 1995, issued by Physician Computer Network, Inc.
("PCN") to Jeffry M. Picower and assigned by Mr.  Picower to JA Special  Limited
Partnership ("JA").  Unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Warrant.

                  PCN and JA wish to amend and  modify  certain of the terms and
provisions  of the  Warrant.  By  executing  this letter in the spaces  provided
below,  each of PCN and JA agree that the  Warrant is amended  and  modified  as
follows:

                  1. The Warrant  may only be  exercised  by the holder  thereof
from and after  the  first to occur of:  (i)  September  12,  2002;  or (ii) the
Trigger Event.  Accordingly,  the term  "Exercise  Date" shall mean the first to
occur of: (i) September 12, 2002; or (ii) the Trigger Event.

                  2.  "Trigger  Event"  shall mean the  earlier to occur of: (i)
five (5) business days preceding the Sale of the Company; (ii) in the event that
the Sale of the Company  shall require the approval of the holders of the Common
Stock,  five (5)  business  days prior to the date  fixed by the  Company as the
record date for  determination  of the holders of Common Stock  entitled to vote
thereon; and (iii) the Market Price Date (as defined below).

                  3.  As  used  herein,   the  "Market  Price  Date"  means  the
forty-fifth  consecutive  Business  Day on which the Market  Price of the Common
Stock is $5.00 per share or greater  (appropriately  adjusted for stock  splits,
stock dividends and the like);  provided,  however, that for this purpose, there
shall only be deemed to be a Market Price of the Common Stock in accordance with
clauses (a) and (b) of the  definition of Market Price  contained in the Warrant
and, under all other circumstance there shall be deemed to be no Market Price of
the Common Stock.





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                  4.       "Sale of the Company" shall mean any of:  (i) the
sale by one or more of the shareholders of the Company in one or
more transactions of a majority of the outstanding common stock
of the Company, (ii) the merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into any other Person in a transaction in which the
shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the consummation
of such transaction collectively own less than 50% of the common
stock and voting power of the entity surviving such transaction
(or any other business combination transaction having a similar
effect), or (iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of
related transactions.

                  5. The holder of the  Warrant  shall  exercise  the Warrant in
accordance  with the terms  thereof  no later then  twenty  (20)  business  days
following the Market Price Date,  unless, the Expiration Date has occurred on or
prior to the end of such twenty (20) day period.

                  6. The Warrant shall not be  transferable or assignable to any
Person other than a Permitted Assignee (as defined below).

                  7. As used herein, a "Permitted Assignee" shall mean Jeffry M.
Picower, his spouse, lineal ancestor or descendants, brothers, sisters, children
and grandchildren, or a trust for the benefit of Jeffry M. Picower or any one or
more member of such class;  and, upon the death of an individual  member of such
class, such individual's executor, administrator or personal representative,  as
the case may be, and any Person (other than an individual) controlled,  directly
or indirectly, by any of the foregoing.  Control shall be deemed to exist when a
Person  beneficially  owns,  directly or  indirectly,  the  securities  or other
interests (a) having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least
a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of another
Person or (b)  representing  a  majority  in  interest  of the equity of another
Person.

                  In consideration of the foregoing, PCN agrees that the Initial
Warrant  Price is hereby  changed  to $0.70 per share (an amount  determined  by
subtracting  the $0.30 per share  cash  consideration  previously  paid for such
Warrants from $1.00).

                  Except as specifically  provided herein,  nothing contained in
this letter  agreement  shall be deemed to have  amended or modified  any of the
terms or  provisions  of the Warrant  and the Warrant  remains in full force and
effect.  In the event that any term or provision of the Warrant  conflicts  with
any of the  terms  or  provisions  of  this  letter  agreement,  the  terms  and
provisions  of this  letter  agreement  shall  govern.  The  parties  agree that
promptly following the execution and delivery of this




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letter  agreement,  JA shall  exchange  the Warrant for an Amended and  Restated
Warrant containing the terms and provisions set forth herein.

                  Please  acknowledge  your  agreement  with  the  foregoing  by
executing this letter in the space provided below.

                                Very truly yours,

                                PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.



                                By:_____________________________

AGREED AND ACCEPTED as of the date first above written:

JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:  Decisions Incorporated,
         General Partner

        By:_________________




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                         EXHIBIT D

                                             ESCROW AGREEMENT


                  THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated April 1, 1998,
is by and among JA Special  Limited  Partnership  ("JA") Gordon Altman  Butowsky
Weitzen Shalov & Wein (the "Escrow Agent") and Physician Computer Network, Inc.
(the "Company").


                                                BACKGROUND


         JA and the Company are parties to the Stock  Purchase  Agreement  dated
April 1, 1998 (the "Purchase Agreement").  Unless otherwise defined herein, each
capitalized  term used  herein  shall have the meaning  attributed  to it in the
Purchase Agreement.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual  agreements
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:

                  1.  Appointment  of Escrow  Agent.  The parties  hereto hereby
appoint  the Escrow  Agent as their  agent to hold and to release  the  Escrowed
Property (as  hereinafter  defined) on the terms and conditions  hereinafter set
forth, and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment.

                  2. Deposit.  Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the parties hereto:(i) JA shall deposit with the Escrow Agent,
checks  payable  to the  Company in the  aggregate  amount of $11  million  (the
"Checks");  (ii) the Company shall deposit with the Escrow Agent the Warrant and
certificates  representing  the Preferred Shares (the  "Instruments")  and (iii)
both parties shall deposit with the Escrow Agent, the Purchase Agreement and the
Letter  Agreement  (the  "Documents"  and  together  with  the  Checks  and  the
Instruments, the "Escrowed Property").

                  3.  Distribution.  The Escrow  Agent  shall only  release  the
Escrowed Property,  in accordance with: (A) the joint written instructions of JA
and the Company  indicating  that:  (i) the  Instruments  should  immediately be
delivered to JA; (ii) the Checks should immediately be delivered to the Company;
and (iii) copies of the Documents should  immediately be delivered to each of JA
and the Company,  and each of JA and the Company agrees to enter into such joint
instructions at such time as the currently contemplated documentation with the



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Company's Senior Lenders regarding loan forbearance and related matters has been
completed to the mutual  reasonable  satisfaction of JA and the Company;  (B) an
order of a court of  competent  jurisdiction;  or (C) such other  joint  written
instructions of JA and the Company as are given to the Escrow Agreement.

                  4.  Duties and  Obligations.  It is agreed that the duties and
obligations  of the Escrow Agent are those herein  specifically  provided and no
other.  The Escrow Agent shall not have any liability  under, or duty to inquire
into,  the  terms and  provisions  of any  agreement,  other  than  this  Escrow
Agreement.  The Escrow Agent's  duties are  ministerial in nature and the Escrow
Agent shall not incur any  liability  whatsoever so long as it has acted in good
faith, except for willful misconduct or gross negligence.

                  The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel of its choice (other
than any lawyer  practicing  with the Escrow  Agent,  if any),  and shall not be
liable for any action taken,  suffered or omitted by it in  accordance  with the
advice of such counsel. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by any modification,
amendment, termination,  cancellation, rescission or supersession of this Escrow
Agreement  unless the same shall be in writing  and signed by all of the parties
hereto.

                  In the event that the Escrow  Agent  shall be uncer tain as to
its duties or rights hereunder or shall receive in structions, claims or demands
from any party hereto which, in its opinion, conflict with any of the provisions
of this Escrow Agreement, it shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action
and its sole obligation  shall be to keep all Escrowed  Property then held by it
pursuant to this Escrow  Agreement  until it shall be  directed  otherwise  by a
final,  binding,  non-appealable  order  or  judgment  of a court  of  competent
jurisdiction.

                  The Escrow Agent shall not incur any  liability  for following
the instructions herein contained or expressly pro vided for.

                  The Escrow  Agent  shall not have any  responsibility  for the
genuineness  or validity of any document or other item  deposited with it or any
liability for action in accordance with any written instructions or certificates
given to it hereunder and  reasonably  believed by it to be signed by the proper
parties. In taking any action hereunder, the Escrow Agent may rely on and follow
instructions given by JA and the Company.



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                  The Escrow  Agent  shall not be required  to  institute  legal
proceedings  of any kind and shall not be  required  to  initiate  or defend any
legal proceedings  which may be instituted  against it in respect of the subject
matter of these instructions.  If it does elect to act, it will do so only if it
is  indemnified  against  the  reasonable  cost and  expense of such  defense or
initiation.

                  Nothing  contained  in this  Escrow  Agreement  will  limit or
restrict the Escrow Agent,  in its capacity as attorneys,  from rendering  legal
services to any person.

                  5.  Resignation.  The  Escrow  Agent  may at any  time  resign
hereunder by giving written  notice of its  resignation to the parties hereto at
the  addresses  set forth in Section 8 hereof,  at least two (2)  business  days
prior to the date specified for such  resignation to take effect,  and, upon the
effective  date of such  resignation,  any  Escrowed  Property  then held the by
Escrow Agent  hereunder  shall be  delivered  by it to a financial  institution,
designated by the Company (the "Substituted Escrow Agreement"), whereupon all of
Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov & Wein's obligations hereunder shall cease
and  terminate.  If no such person shall have been  designated by such date, all
obligations of the Escrow Agent hereunder shall nevertheless cease and terminate
except that the Escrow Agent's sole  responsibility  thereafter shall be to keep
all the  Escrowed  Property  then held by it and to deliver the same to a person
designated in writing by the Company and JA or in accordance with the directions
of a final,  binding,  non-appealable  order or judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.  Any  successor  Escrow  Agent  shall  execute  and deliver to the
predecessor  Escrow Agent and the parties hereto,  an instrument  accepting such
appointment  and agreeing to the terms of this Escrow  Agreement,  and thereupon
such successor  Escrow Agent shall,  without further act, become vested with the
rights, powers and duties of the predecessor Escrow Agent as if originally named
herein.

                  6. Indemnification. JA and the Company, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify,  defend and hold the Escrow Agent  harmless from and against
any and all loss, damage, tax, liability and expense that may be incurred by the
Escrow Agent arising out of or in connection  with its acceptance of appointment
as Escrow Agent  hereunder,  except as caused by its gross negligence or willful
misconduct,  including,  without limitation, the legal costs and expenses of (a)
defending  itself  against  any  claim  or  liability  in  connection  with  its
performance hereunder and (b) participating (whether as a party or otherwise) or
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adjudicate the rights or obligations of the respective parties
hereto.

                  7.  Disputes.  If there arises a dispute  concerning a party's
entitlement to some or all of the Escrowed Property,  the prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover its reasonable costs (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with such dispute.

                   8.  Notices.  All  notices,   requests,   demands,   waivers,
consents,  approvals or other  communications to any party hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if: (a) delivered personally
to such party;  or (b) sent to such party by telegram or  telecopy,  with a copy
sent on the same day for overnight  delivery by Federal Express to the following
addresses:

                  If to JA or the Company:

                           as set forth in the notice
                           provisions of the Purchase Agreement

                  If to Escrow Agent, to it as follows:

                           Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen
                             Shalov & Wein
                           114 West 47th Street
                           New York, New York  10036
                           Attention:  Keith L. Schaitkin
                           Telephone No. (212) 626-0838
                           Telecopier No. (212) 626-0799

or, in each case, to such other  address as the addressee may have  specified in
notice  duly given to the  sender as  provided  herein.  Such  notice,  request,
demand, waiver, consent, approval or other communications will be deemed to have
been given as of the date so delivered, telegraphed or telecopied.

                  9. Binding Nature. This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their  respective  successors
and permitted assigns.

                  10.  Governing Law. This Escrow Agreement shall be governed by
and interpreted  under the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
made and performed  therein  without giving effect to the principles of conflict
of laws thereof.




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                  11. Amendment; Waiver. No amendment, modification or waiver of
the provisions of this Escrow  Agreement shall be effective  unless in a writing
executed by the party against whom such amendment or  modification  is sought to
be enforced (or in the case of a waiver by the party  waiving one or more of its
rights hereunder).

                  12. Counterparts. This Escrow Agreement may be executed in any
number of  counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed to be an  original,  but
collectively  all of  such  counterparts  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same
agreement.

                  13.      Headings.  The headings contained in this
Escrow Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
not constitute a part hereof.

                  14. Third Party Beneficiary.  This Agreement is solely for the
benefit of the parties  hereto.  No provision of this Agreement shall create any
third party beneficiary.



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


                             GORDON ALTMAN BUTOWSKY
                             WEITZEN SHALOV & WEIN


                             By:_____________________________


                             PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.

                             By:_____________________________
                             Name:
                             Title:
 

                             JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                             By: Decision, Inc.,
                                 General Partner


                             By:____________________________



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This Warrant and any shares  acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant have not
been  registered  under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  and may not be
transferred,  sold or otherwise  disposed of except while such a registration is
in effect or pursuant to an exemption from registration under said Act.




                        PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.

                          Common Stock Purchase Warrant
                                   ("Warrant")



                                                              April 1, 1998


                  PHYSICIAN  COMPUTER  NETWORK,  INC., a New Jersey  corporation
(the  "Company"),  for value received,  hereby certifies that JA Special Limited
Partnership,  or  registered  assigns,  is entitled to purchase from the Company
6,000,000 duly authorized,  validly issued,  fully paid and nonassessable shares
of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common  Stock"),  of the Company
at the purchase price per share of $1.00 (the "Initial Warrant  Price"),  at any
time from and after the first to occur of:  (i) April 1, 1999 and (ii) a Trigger
Event (the "Exercise Date"),  and prior to 5:00 p.m.,  Eastern Standard time, on
March 31, 2003 (the "Expiration Date"), all subject to the terms, conditions and
adjustments set forth below in this Warrant.

         Certain capitalized terms used in this Warrant and Form of Subscription
attached hereto are defined in Section 13 hereof.


1.       EXERCISE OR CONVERSION OF WARRANT.

         1.1.  Manner of Exercise or  Conversion;  Payment.  This Warrant may be
exercised by the holder  hereof,  in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time,  except  that this  Warrant may not be  exercised  as to fewer than one
million  (1,000,000)  shares  of  Common  Stock  unless  there are less than one
million  (1,000,000)  shares of Common  Stock as to which  this  Warrant is then
exercisable.  This Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof,  during normal
business hours on any Business Day from and



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after the Exercise Date, and prior to the Expiration  Date, by surrender of this
Warrant to the  Company at its office  maintained  pursuant  to Section  12.2(a)
hereof, accompanied by a subscription in substantially the form attached to this
Warrant (or a reasonable  facsimile  thereof)  duly  executed by such holder and
accompanied by payment,  in cash or by check payable to the order of the Company
(or by any  combination of such methods),  in the amount obtained by multiplying
(a) the  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  (without  giving  effect  to any
adjustment  thereof)  designated in such subscription by (b) the Initial Warrant
Price, and such holder shall thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly
authorized,  validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(or Other Securities) determined as provided in Sections 2 through 4 hereof.

         1.2.  When  Exercise  Effective.  The exercise of this Warrant shall be
deemed to have been effected  immediately  prior to the close of business on the
Business Day on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered to the Company as
provided  in Section  1.1 hereof.  Upon such  exercise  the Person or Persons in
whose name or names any certificate or  certificates  for shares of Common Stock
(or Other  Securities)  shall be  issuable  upon such  exercise  as  provided in
Section  1.3  hereof  shall be deemed to have  become  the  holder or holders of
record thereof.

         1.3. Delivery of Stock Certificates,  etc. As soon as practicable after
the  exercise  of this  Warrant,  and in any event  within  five  Business  Days
thereafter,  the  Company at its  expense  (including  the  payment by it of any
applicable  issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to
the holder hereof, or, subject to Section 9 hereof, as such holder (upon payment
by such holder of any applicable  transfer  taxes) may direct,  a certificate or
certificates for the number of duly authorized,  validly issued,  fully paid and
nonassessable  shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such holder
shall be entitled upon such exercise  plus, in lieu of any  fractional  share to
which such holder would  otherwise  be entitled,  cash in an amount equal to the
same  fraction of the Market Price per share on the Business Day next  preceding
the date of such exercise.

2.       ADJUSTMENT OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE.

         2.1. General;  Number of Shares; Warrant Price. The number of shares of
Common Stock which the holder of this Warrant  shall be entitled to receive upon
the exercise  hereof shall be deter mined by multiplying the number of shares of
Common Stock which



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would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 2) be issuable upon such
exercise,  as designated by the holder hereof pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof, by
the fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Initial Warrant Price and (b) the
denominator  is the Warrant  Price in effect on the date of such  exercise.  The
"Warrant Price" (i) shall initially be the Initial Warrant Price,  (ii) shall be
adjusted  and  readjusted  from time to time as provided in this  Section 2 and,
(iii) as so  adjusted  or  readjusted,  shall  remain in effect  until a further
adjustment or readjustment thereof is required by this Section 2.

         2.2.  Adjustment of Warrant  Price;  Issuance of  Additional  Shares of
Common  Stock.  In case the  Company  at any time or from time to time after the
date hereof shall issue or sell  Additional  Shares of Common  Stock  (including
Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2.3 or
2.4 hereof) without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the
greater of the Current  Market Price or the Warrant Price in effect  immediately
prior to such issue or sale, then, and in each such case, subject to Section 2.7
hereof,  such Warrant  Price shall be reduced,  concurrently  with such issue or
sale,  to a price  (calculated  to the  nearest  .001 of a cent)  determined  by
multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction:

                           (a) the numerator of which shall be (i) the number of
                  shares of Common Stock outstanding  immediate ly prior to such
                  issue or sale plus (ii) the  number of shares of Common  Stock
                  which the aggregate consider ation received by the Company for
                  the total number of such Additional  Shares of Common Stock so
                  issued or sold would  purchase at the greater of such  Current
                  Market Price and such Warrant Price; and

                           (b) the  denominator  of which shall be the number of
                  shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  immediately  after  such
                  issue or sale.

     2.3. Treatment of Options and Convertible  Securities.  In case the Company
at any time for from time to time after the date hereof shall issue, sell, grant
or assume,  or shall fix a record date for the  determination  of holders of any
class of securities entitled to receive, any Options or Convertible  Securities,
then, and in each such case,  the maximum number of Additional  Shares of Common
Stock (as set forth in the instrument  relating  thereto,  without regard to any
provisions  contained  therein for a subse quent  adjustment  of such number the
purpose of which is to protect  against  dilution) at any time issuable upon the
exercise

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of such Options or, in the case of Convertible  Securities and Options therefor,
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible  Securities and Options therefor,
shall be deemed to be Additional Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of
such issue,  sale, grant or assumption or, in case such a record date shall have
been  fixed,  as of the close of business on such record date (or, if the Common
Stock trades on an ex-dividend  basis, on the date prior to the  commencement of
ex-dividend trading);  provided,  however, that such Additional Shares of Common
stock shall not be deemed to have been issued unless the consideration per share
(determined  pursuant to Section  2.5 hereof) of such shares  would be less than
the greater of the Current  Market  Price or the Warrant  Price in effect on the
date of and  immediately  prior to such  issue,  sale,  grant or  assumption  or
immediately  prior to the close of  business  on such  record  date (or,  if the
Common  Stock  trades  on an  ex-dividend  basis,  on the date  prior to the com
mencement of ex-dividend  trading),  as the case may be; and provided,  further,
that:

                           (a) whether or not an adjustment of the Warrant Price
                  is required in  connection  with the  issuance,  sale grant or
                  assumption  of such  Options  or  Convertible  Securities,  no
                  adjustment or further adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be
                  made  as a  result  of the  exercise  of such  Options  or the
                  conversion or exchange of such Convertible  Securities and the
                  consequent  issue or sale of Convertible  Securities or shares
                  of Common Stock;

                           (b) in any case in which Additional  Shares of Common
                  Stock are deemed to be issued,  if such Options or Convertible
                  Securities by their terms provide, with the passage of time or
                  otherwise,  for any increase in the  consideration  payable to
                  the Company, or decrease in the number of Additional Shares of
                  Common  Stock  issuable,  upon  the  exercise,  conversion  or
                  exchange thereof (by change of rate or otherwise), the Warrant
                  Price  computed  on  the  original  issue,   sale,   grant  or
                  assumption thereof (or upon the occurrence of the record date,
                  or date prior to the commencement of ex-dividend  trading,  as
                  the case may be, with  respect  thereof),  and any  subsequent
                  adjustments  based thereon,  shall,  upon any such increase or
                  decrease  becoming  effective,  be  recomputed to reflect such
                  increase or decrease  insofar as it affects such  Options,  or
                  the rights of  conversion or exchange  under such  Convertible
                  Securities, which are outstanding at such time;




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                           (c) in any case in which Additional  Shares of Common
                  Stock  are  deemed  to be  issued,  upon the  expira  tion (or
                  purchase by the Company and cancellation or retirement) of any
                  such  Options  which  shall  not have been  exercised,  or the
                  expiration of any rights of  conversion or exchange  under any
                  such  Convertible  Securities  the  rights  of  conversion  or
                  exchange  under  which  shall  not have  been  exercised,  the
                  Warrant Price computed upon the original issue, sale, grant or
                  assumption thereof (or upon the occurrence of the record date,
                  or date prior to the commencement of ex-dividend  trading,  as
                  the case may be, with  respect  thereto),  and any  subsequent
                  adjustments  based thereon,  shall, upon (and effective as of)
                  such expiration (or such  cancellation  or retirement,  as the
                  case may be), be recomputed as if:

                                    (i) in the case of  Options  or  Convertible
                           Securities,  the only  Additional  Shares  of  Common
                           Stock  issued or sold were the  Additional  Shares of
                           Common Stock,  if any,  actually  issued or sold upon
                           the  exercise of such  Options or the  conversion  or
                           exchange  of  such  Convertible  Securities  and  the
                           consideration  received  therefor  was  the  consider
                           ation  actually  received  by the  Company  upon such
                           exercise,  or for  the  issue  or  sale  of all  such
                           Convertible Securities which were actually con verted
                           or exchanged,  plus the additional consider ation, if
                           any,  actually  received  by the  Company  upon  such
                           conversion or exchange, and

                                    (ii) in the case of Options for  Convertible
                           Securities,  only the Convertible Securities, if any,
                           actually  issued  or sold upon the  exercise  of such
                           Options  were issued at the time of the issue,  sale,
                           grant  or  assumption   of  such  Options,   and  the
                           consideration   received   by  the  Company  for  the
                           Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to have then
                           been issued was the  consideration  actually received
                           by  the  Company  for  the  issue,   sale,  grant  or
                           assumption  of  all  such  Options,  whether  or  not
                           exercised, plus the consideration deemed to have been
                           received  by the  Company  (pursuant  to Section  2.5
                           hereof)  upon the issue or sale of such Con  vertible
                           Securities  with  respect to which such  Options were
                           actually exercised; and




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                           (d) no  readjustment  pursuant  to clause  (b) or (c)
                  above (either  individually or cumulatively  together with all
                  prior  readjustments  as made in  respect  of such  Options or
                  Convertible  Securities)  shall have the effect of  increasing
                  the Warrant  Price by a  proportion  (relative  to the Warrant
                  Price in effect  immediately  prior to such  readjustment)  in
                  excess of the inverse of the aggregate proportional adjustment
                  thereof  made  in  respect  of  the  issue,   sale,  grant  or
                  assumption  of such Options or  Convertible  Securities or the
                  fact  that  such  Options  or  Convertible   Securities   were
                  outstanding at the time other shares of Common Stock,  Options
                  or Convertible Securities were issued.

If the consideration provided for in any Option or the additional consideration,
if any,  payable upon the  conversion  or exchange of any  Convertible  Security
shall  be  reduced,  or the rate at  which  any  Option  is  exercisable  or any
Convertible  Security is convert ible into or exchangeable  for shares of Common
Stock  shall be  increased,  at any time under or by reason of  provisions  with
respect  thereto  designed  to  protect  against   dilution,   then,   effective
concurrently with each such change, the Warrant Price then in effect shall first
be  adjusted  to  eliminate  the  effects  (if any) of the  issuance  (or deemed
issuance) of such Option or  Convertible  Security on the Warrant Price and then
readjusted as if such Option or Convertible Security had been issued on the date
of such  change  with the terms in effect  after such  change,  but only if as a
result of such adjustment the Warrant Price then in effect  hereunder is thereby
reduced.

     2.4. Treatment of Stock Dividends,  Stock Splits,  etc. In case the Company
at any time or from time to time after the date hereof shall  declare or pay any
dividend  on the  Common  Stock  payable  in  Common  Stock,  or shall  effect a
subdivision of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock into a greater number of
shares of Common Stock (by  reclassification  or otherwise  than by payment of a
dividend in Common  Stock),  then, and in each such case,  Additional  Shares of
Common  Stock  shall be deemed to have been  issued  (a) in the case of any such
dividend,  immediately  after the close of  business  on the record date for the
determina  tion of holders of any class of  securities  entitled to receive such
dividend,  or (b) in the case of any such subdivision,  at the close of business
on the day immediately prior to the day upon which such corporate action becomes
effective.

2.5.     Computation of Consideration.  For the purposes of this
Section 2:



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                  (a) the  consideration for the issue or sale of any Additional
         Shares of Common Stock shall,  irrespective of the accounting treatment
         of such consideration:

                           (i) insofar as it  consists  of cash,  be computed at
                  the amount of cash actually received by the Company net of any
                  expenses paid or incurred by the Company or any commissions or
                  compensation  paid or  concessions  or  discounts  allowed  to
                  underwriters, dealers or others performing similar services in
                  connection with such issue or sale;

                           (ii)  insofar as it consists of property  (includ ing
                  securities)  other than cash actually received by the Company,
                  be  computed  at the fair  value  thereof  at the time of such
                  issue or sale,  as  determined  in good  faith by the Board of
                  Directors of the Company;

                           (iii)  insofar as it consists  neither of cash nor of
                  other property, be computed as having no value; and

                           (iv) in case  Additional  Shares of Common  Stock are
                  issued or sold  together  with other  stock or securi  ties or
                  other assets of the Company for a  consideration  which covers
                  both,  be the  portion  of  such  consideration  so  received,
                  computed  as provided in clauses  (i),  (ii) and (iii)  above,
                  allocable to such  Additional  Shares of Common Stock,  all as
                  determined  in good  faith by the  Board of  Directors  of the
                  Company;

                  (b)  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock  deemed to have been
         issued  pursuant  to Section  2.3  hereof  shall be deemed to have been
         issued for a consideration per share determined by dividing:

                           (i) the total amount of cash and other  property,  if
                  any,   received  and  receivable  by  the  Company  as  direct
                  consideration for the issue,  sale, grant or assumption of the
                  Options  or  Convertible  Securities  in  question,  plus  the
                  minimum aggregate amount of addi tional  consideration (as set
                  forth in the instruments  relating thereto,  without regard to
                  any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of
                  such  consideration the purpose of which is to protect against
                  dilution)  payable to the Company upon the exercise in full of
                  such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
                  Securities or, in the case



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                  of Options for  Convertible  Securities,  the exercise of such
                  Options  for  Convertible  Securities  and the conver  sion or
                  exchange  of  such  Convertible   Securities,   in  each  case
                  computing  such  consideration  as provided  in the  foregoing
                  clause (a),

         by

                           (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as
                  set forth in the instruments relating thereto,  without regard
                  to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment
                  of such  number the  purpose  of which is to  protect  against
                  dilution)  issuable  upon the  exercise of such Options or the
                  conversion or exchange of such Convertible securities; and

                  (c)  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock  deemed to have been
         issued  pursuant  to Section  2.4  hereof  shall be deemed to have been
         issued for no consideration.

         2.6. Adjustments for Combinations, etc. In case the out standing shares
of Common  Stock shall be  combined or consoli  dated,  by  reclassification  or
otherwise,  into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Price in
effect   immediately   prior  to  such  combination  or   consolidation   shall,
concurrently  with the  effectiveness of such combination or  consolidation,  be
proportionately increased.

         2.7.  Minimum  Adjustment  of  Warrant  Price.  If  the  amount  of any
adjustment  of the Warrant  Price  required  pursuant to this Section 2 would be
less than one-tenth (1/10) of one percent (1%) of the Warrant Price in effect at
the time such  adjustment is otherwise so required to be made, such amount shall
be carried  forward and adjustment  with respect thereto made at the time of and
together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any
other amount or amounts so carried  forward,  shall aggregate at least one tenth
(1/10) of one percent (1%) of such Warrant Price.

         2.8. Shares Deemed Outstanding. For all purposes of the computations to
be made pursuant to this Section 2: (i) there shall be deemed to be  outstanding
as of the date hereof all shares of Common  Stock (a)  issuable  pursuant to the
exercise of Options and conversion of Convertible  Securities outstanding at the
close of business on April 1, 1998, including, without limitation, this Warrant,
and (b) issuable pursuant to the exercise of any options heretofore or hereafter
granted under the Company's Stock Option Plans; (ii) immediately after any



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Additional  Shares of Common  Stock are deemed to have been  issued  pursuant to
Section  2.3 or 2.4  hereof,  such  Additional  Shares  shall  be  deemed  to be
outstanding;  (iii) treasury shares shall not be deemed to be  outstanding;  and
(iv) no  adjustment  shall be made in the  Warrant  Price upon the  issuance  of
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Options and Convertible  Securities so deemed
to be outstanding,  but this Section 2.8 shall not prevent other  adjustments in
the Warrant Price arising by virtue of such  outstanding  Options or Convertible
Securities pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.3 hereof; provided,  however,
that, for purposes of calculating  adjustments to the Warrant Price, there shall
be deemed to be outstanding  immediately  after giving effect to any issuance of
shares of Common Stock,  Options or Convertible  Securities all shares of Common
Stock  issuable  upon the  exercise of Options  and  conversion  of  Convertible
Securities then out standing  (including  without limitation the Warrants) after
giving effect to the antidilution  provisions  contained in all such outstanding
Options and  Convertible  Securities  which cause an adjustment in the number of
shares of Common Stock so issuable,  either by virtue of such issuance of shares
of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities or by virtue of the operation
of such antidilution provisions.


3.       CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC.

         3.1.   Adjustments   for   Consolidation,   Merger,   Sale  of  Assets,
Reorganization,  etc.  In case the  Company  after  the date  hereof  (a)  shall
consolidate  with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing
or surviving  corporation of such  consolidation or merger,  or (b) shall permit
any other Person to  consolidate  with or merge into the Company and the Company
shall be the  continuing  or  surviving  Person  but,  in  connection  with such
consolidation or merger,  the Common Stock or Other Securi ties shall be changed
into or exchanged  for stock or other  securities of any other Person or cash or
any  other  property,  or (c) shall  transfer  all or  substantially  all of its
properties  or assets to any other Person or otherwise  consummate a Sale of the
Company, or (d) shall effect a capital reorganization or reclassification of the
Common  Stock  or Other  Securities  (other  than a  capital  reorganization  or
reclassification   to  the   extent   that  such   capital   reorganization   or
reclassification  results in the issue of Additional  Shares of Common Stock for
which  adjustment  in the Warrant  Price is provided in Section  2.2.1 or 2.2.2.
hereof), then, and in the case of each such transaction,  proper provision shall
be made so that, upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this
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this Warrant,  upon the exercise  hereof at any time after the  consummation  of
such  transaction,  shall be entitled to receive (at the aggregate Warrant Price
in  effect  at the  time of such  consummation  for all  Common  Stock  or Other
Securities issuable upon such exercise  immediately prior to such consummation),
in lieu of the Common  Stock or Other  Securities  issuable  upon such  exercise
prior to such  consummation,  the greatest  amount of securities,  cash or other
property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a shareholder
upon such  consummation  if such holder had exercised the rights  represented by
this Warrant  immediately prior thereto,  subject to adjustments  (subsequent to
such consummation) as nearly equivalent as possi ble to the adjustments provided
for in Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof; provided, however, that if a purchase, tender
or exchange  offer  shall have been made to and  accepted by the holders of more
than 50% of the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock,  and if the holder of the
Warrant so  designates  in a notice  given to the  Company on or before the date
immediately  preceding the date of the  consummation  of such  transaction,  the
holder of the  Warrant  shall be  entitled  to receive  the  greatest  amount of
securities, cash or other property to which such holder would actually have been
entitled as a shareholder if the holder of the Warrant had exercised the Warrant
prior to the expiration of such purchase,  tender or exchange offer and accepted
such offer,  subject to  adjustments  (from and after the  consummation  of such
purchase,  tender or  exchange  offer) as nearly  equivalent  as possible to the
adjustments provided for in Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof.

         3.2. Assumption of Obligations.  Notwithstanding  anything contained in
the  Warrants  to  the  contrary,  the  Company  will  not  effect  any  of  the
transactions  described in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 3.1 hereof unless,
prior to the  consummation  thereof,  each person (other than the Company) which
may be  required  to deliver any stock,  securities,  cash or property  upon the
exercise of this Warrant as provided herein shall assume, by written  instrument
delivered to, and reasonably  satisfactory  to, the holder of this Warrant,  (b)
the  obligations  of the Company  under this Warrant  (and if the Company  shall
survive  the consum  mation of such  transaction,  such  assumption  shall be in
addition to, and shall not release the Company from, any continuing  obligations
of the Company  under this  Warrant),  (c) the obliga tions of the Company under
the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  and (d) the  obligation to deliver to such
holder such shares of stock, securities, cash or property as, in accordance with
the  foregoing  provisions  of this  Section 3, such  holder may be  entitled to
receive,  and such  Person  shall have  similarly  deliv ered to such  holder an
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counsel  shall be  reasonably  satisfactory  to such  holder,  stating that this
Warrant shall thereafter  continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof
(including  without limitation all of the provisions of this Section 3) shall be
applicable to the stock,  securities,  cash or property which such Person may be
required to deliver  upon any  exercise of this  Warrant or the  exercise of any
rights pursuant hereto.

4.  OTHER  DILUTIVE  EVENTS.  In case any  event  shall  occur  as to which  the
provisions of Section 2 or 3 hereof are not strictly  applicable but the failure
to make any adjustment  would not, in the opinion of the holder of this Warrant,
fairly  protect the purchase  rights  represented  by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential  intent and principles of such  Sections,  then, in each such
case,  at the  request  of such  holder,  the  Company  shall  appoint a firm of
independent  investment bankers of recognized  national standing (which shall be
independent  of the  Company  and shall be  satisfactory  to the  holder of this
Warrant), which shall give their opinion upon the adjustment, if any, on a basis
consistent  with the essential  intent and principles  established in Sections 2
and 3 hereof,  necessary  to preserve,  without  dilution,  the purchase  rights
represented  by this  Warrant.  Upon receipt of such  opinion,  the Company will
promptly  mail a copy  thereof to the holder of this  Warrant and shall make the
adjust ments described therein.

5. NO  DILUTION  OR  IMPAIRMENT.  The  Company  will not,  by amend  ment of its
certificate   of   incorporation   or  through  any  consoli   dation,   merger,
reorganization,  transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant,  but will at all times in good faith assist
in the  carrying  out of all such terms and in the taking of all such  action as
may be necessary or  appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of
this  Warrant  against  dilution  or  other  impairment.  Without  limiting  the
generality  of the  foregoing,  the Company (a) will not permit the par value of
any shares of stock  receivable  upon the exercise of this Warrant to exceed the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise, (b) will take all such action as may
be  necessary or  appropriate  in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue  fully  paid and  nonassessable  shares  of stock on the  exercise  of the
Warrants  from time to time  outstanding  and (c) will not take any action which
results in any  adjustment of the Warrant Price if the total number of shares of
Common Stock (or Other  Securities)  issuable after the action upon the exercise
of all of the  Warrants  would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock
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Securities) then authorized by the Company's  certificate of  incorporation  and
available for the purpose of issue upon such exercise.

6.  ACCOUNTANTS'  REPORT AS TO  ADJUSTMENTS.  In each case of any  adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other  Securities)  issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant,  the Company at its expense will promptly  compute
such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and
cause  independent  certified  public accounts of recognized  nation al standing
(which may be the regular  auditors of the  Company)  selected by the Company to
verify  such  computation  (other  than any  computation  of the  fair  value of
property as  determined  in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company)
and prepare a report setting forth such adjustment or  readjustment  and showing
in reasonable detail the method of calculation  thereof and the facts upon which
such  adjustment  or  readjustment  is based,  including a statement  of (a) the
consideration  received or to be  received  by the  Company  for any  Additional
Shares of Common  Stock  issued or sold or deemed to have been  issued,  (b) the
number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding or deemed to be  outstanding,  and
(c) the Warrant Price in effect  immediately  prior to such issue or sale and as
adjusted and  readjusted  (if required by Section 2 hereof) on account  thereof.
The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such report to the holder of this
Warrant  and will,  upon the  written  request at any time of the holder of this
Warrant, furnish to such holder a like report setting forth the Warrant Price at
the time in effect and showing in reasonable  detail how it was calculated.  The
Company  will also keep  copies of all such  reports  at its  office  maintained
pursuant to Section  12.2(a)  hereof and will cause the same to be available for
inspection  at such office during  normal  business  hours by the holder of this
Warrant  or any  prospective  purchaser  of a Warrant  designated  by the holder
thereof.

7.       NOTICES OF CORPORATE ACTION.  In the event of

                  (a) any taking by the  Company  of a record of the  holders of
any class of securities for the purpose of determining  the holders  thereof who
are  entitled to receive any  dividend  or other  distribution,  or any right to
subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or
any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or

                  (b)  any  capital   reorganization  of  the  Company,   reclas
sification  or  recapitalization  of the  capital  stock of the  Company  or any
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any other Person or any transfer of all or substantially all the
assets of the Company to any other Person, or

                  (c)      any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquida
tion or winding-up of the Company,

                  (d)      any issuance of any Common Stock, Convertible
Security or Option by the Company, or

                  (e) any Sale of the Company,


the Company will mail to the holder of this Warrant a notice  specifying (i) the
date or expected date on which any record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend,  distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend,
distribu  tion or  right,  (ii) the  date or  expected  date on  which  any such
reorganization,  reclassification,  recapitalization,  consolida  tion,  merger,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or Sale of the Company is to take
place,  the time,  if any such time is to be fixed,  as of which the  holders of
record of Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be entitled to exchange their
shares  of  Common  Stock  (or Other  Securities)  for the  securities  or other
property    deliverable    upon    such    reorganization,     reclassification,
recapitalization,  consolidation,  merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up and a description in reasonable  detail of the  transaction and (iii)
the date of such issuance, together with a description of the security so issued
and the  consideration  received by the Company  therefor.  Such notice shall be
mailed at least 30 days prior to the date therein specified.

8.  REGISTRATION  OF COMMON STOCK.  If any shares of Common Stock required to be
reserved for purposes of exercise of this Warrant require  registration  with or
approval  of any  governmental  author ity under any federal or state law (other
than the  Securities  Act) before such shares may be issued upon  exercise,  the
Company  will,  at its expense and as  expeditiously  as possible,  use its best
efforts to cause such shares to be duly registered or approved,  as the case may
be. This Warrant and the shares of Common Stock (or Other  Securities)  issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall constitute  Registrable  Securities (as such
term is  defined  in the  Registration  Rights  Agreement).  The  holder of this
Warrant  shall be  entitled to all of the  benefits  afforded to a holder of any
such  Registrable  Securities  under the Registra tion Rights Agreement and such
holder,  by its acceptance of this Warrant,  agrees to be bound by and to comply
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conditions of the Registration  Rights Agreement  applicable to such holder as a
holder of such Registrable Securities.  As promptly as practicable following the
issuance  of this  Warrant to the Initial  Holder  and,  in any event  within 15
Business Days  thereafter,  the Company  will,  at its expense,  arrange for the
listing,  upon  official  notice of  issuance,  of the  shares  of Common  Stock
issuable  upon exercise  hereof.  At any such time as the Warrants are listed on
any  national  securities  exchange  or the Common  Stock is listed on any other
national securities exchange, the Company will, at its expense,  obtain promptly
and  maintain  the approval  for listing on each such  exchange,  upon  official
notice of issuance,  of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant and maintain the listing of such shares or Warrant,  as the case may be,
after their issuance; and the Company will also list on such national securities
exchange,  will  register  under the Exchange Act and will maintain such listing
of, any Other  Securities  that at any time are  issuable  upon  exercise of the
Warrant,  if and at the time  that any  securities  of the same  class  shall be
listed on such national securities exchange by the Company.

9.       RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.

         9.1. Restrictive Legend.  Except as otherwise permitted by this Section
9, each  certificate  for Common  Stock (or Other  Securities)  issued  upon the
exercise of this Warrant,  each  certificate  issued upon the direct or indirect
transfer of any such Common  Stock (or Other  Securities),  this Warrant and any
Warrant  issued upon direct or  indirect  transfer or in substitu  tion for this
Warrant  pursuant  to Section  12 hereof  shall bear the legend set forth on the
face of this Warrant and shall be  transferable  only upon  satisfaction  of the
conditions specified in this Section 9.

         9.2.     Notice of Proposed Transfer, Opinion of Counsel.  Prior
to any transfer of any Restricted Securities which are not
registered under an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, the holder thereof will give written notice to
the Company of such holder's intention to effect such transfer
and to comply in all other respects with this Section 9.2.  Each
such notice (a) shall describe the manner and circumstances of
the proposed transfer, and (b) shall designate counsel for the
holder giving such notice.  The holder giving such notice will
submit a copy thereof to the counsel designated in such notice.
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                  (a) If in the opinion of such  counsel the  proposed  transfer
         may be effected  without  registration  of such  Restricted  Securities
         under the  Securities  Act, such holder shall  thereupon be entitled to
         transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the
         notice  delivered by such holder to the Company.  Except as provided in
         Section 9.3  hereof,  each  certificate  representing  such  Restricted
         Securities  issued upon or in connection  with such transfer shall bear
         the restrictive legends required by Section 9.1 hereof.

                  (b) If in the opinion of such  counsel the  proposed  transfer
         may not legally be effected  without  registration  of such  Restricted
         Securities under the Securities Act (such opinion to state the basis of
         the  legal  conclusions  reached  therein),  such  holder  shall not be
         entitled  to  transfer  such  Restricted  Securities  until  either (x)
         receipt by the Company of a further notice from such holder pursuant to
         the  foregoing  provisions of this Section 9.2 and  fulfillment  of the
         provisions of clause (a) and (y) such Restricted  Securi ties have been
         effectively registered under the Securities Act.

The Company will pay the reasonable  fees and  disbursements  of counsel for any
holder of  Restricted  Securities  and of counsel for the Company in  connection
with all opinions  rendered by them pursuant to this Section 9.2 and pursuant to
Section 9.3 hereof.  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of this Section 9, no
opinion of counsel shall be necessary for a transfer of Restricted Securities by
the holder thereof to a subsidiary,  shareholder or affiliate of such holder, if
the  transferee  agrees in writing to be subject to the terms hereof to the same
extent as if such transferee were the Initial Holder hereof.

         9.3.  Termination of  Restrictions.  The  restrictions  imposed by this
Section 9 upon the  transferability  of  Restricted  Securi ties shall cease and
terminate as to any particular  Restricted  Securities (a) when such  Restricted
Securities shall have been  effectively  registered under the Securities Act, or
(b) when, in the opinions of both counsel for the holder thereof and counsel for
the  Company,  such  restrictions  are no  longer  required  in order to  insure
compliance with the Securities Act. Whenever such  restrictions  shall cease and
terminate as to any Restricted Securities,  the holder thereof shall be entitled
to receive from the Company,  without  expense (other than  applicable  transfer
taxes, if any), new securities of like tenor not bearing the applicable  legends
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         9.4.  Warrant  Transfer.  Anything  contained  in this  Warrant  to the
contrary notwithstanding,  this Warrant may be transferred,  sold or assigned in
whole or in part,  at any time and from time to time,  except that this  Warrant
may  not  be  transferred,  sold  or  assigned  as to  fewer  than  one  million
(1,000,000)  shares  of Common  Stock  unless  there  are less than one  million
(1,000,000) shares of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is then exercisable.


10. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.  If the Company shall have filed a registration
statement  pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a
registration  statement  pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Company will comply with the reporting  requirements of Sections 13 and 15(d) of
the  Exchange Act and will comply with all other  public  information  reporting
requirements of the Commission (including Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
under  the  Securities  Act) from time to time in  effect  and  relating  to the
availability  of an  exemption  from the  Securities  Act for the sale of any Re
stricted  Securities.  The Company will also  cooperate  with each holder of any
Restricted Securities in supplying such information as may be necessary for such
holder  to  complete  and file any  information  reporting  forms  presently  or
hereafter  required by the Commission as a condition to the  availability  of an
exemption from the  Securities  Act for the sale of any Restricted  Securi ties.
The Company  will  furnish to the holder of this  Warrant,  promptly  upon their
becoming available,  copies of all financial  statements,  reports,  notices and
proxy  statements  sent  or  made  available  generally  by the  Company  to its
stockholders,   and  copies  of  all  regular  and  periodic   reports  and  all
registration  statements and  prospectuses  filed by the Company with any securi
ties exchange or with the Commission.


11.  RESERVATION  OF STOCK,  ETC. The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available,  solely for issuance and delivery upon  exercise of the Warrant,  the
number of shares of Common Stock of each class (or Other  Securities)  from time
to time issuable  upon  exercise of the Warrant.  All shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) issuable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be duly authorized
and, when issued upon such exercise, shall be validly issued and, in the case of
shares,  fully  paid  and  nonassessable  with no  liability  on the part of the
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12.      OWNERSHIP, TRANSFER AND SUBSTITUTION OF WARRANT.

         12.1.  Ownership of Warrant.  The Company may treat the person in whose
name this  Warrant  is  registered  on the  register  kept at the  office of the
Company  maintained  pursuant to Section  12.2(a) hereof as the owner and holder
thereof  for all  purposes,  except  that,  if and when the  Warrant is properly
assigned in blank,  the Company shall treat the assignee thereof as the owner of
the Warrant  for all  purposes.  Subject to Section 9 hereof,  the  Warrant,  if
properly assigned,  may be exercised by a new holder without a new Warrant first
having been issued.

         12.2.  Office; Transfer and Exchange of Warrant.

                  (a) The  Company  will  maintain  an office  (which  may be an
         agency  maintained at a bank) in New York or New Jersey where  notices,
         presentations  and demands in respect of this  Warrant may be made upon
         it. Such office shall be main tained at 1200 The American Road,  Morris
         Plains,  New Jersey 07950,  until such time as the Company shall notify
         the holder of the Warrant of any change of location of such office.

                  (b)  The  Company  shall  cause  to  be  kept  at  its  office
         maintained  pursuant  to  Section  12.2(a)  hereof a  register  for the
         registration  and transfer of the Warrant.  The name and address of the
         holder  of the  Warrant,  the  transfers  thereof  and  the  names  and
         addresses of  transferees  of the Warrant  shall be  registered in such
         register.  The Person in whose name the Warrant  shall be so registered
         shall be deemed and  treated as the owner and  holder  thereof  for all
         purposes of this Warrant,  and the Company shall not be affected by any
         notice or knowledge to the contrary.

                  (c) Upon the surrender of the Warrant,  properly endorsed, for
         registration  of transfer or for  exchange at the office of the Company
         maintained  pursuant  to Section  12.2(a)  hereof,  the  Company at its
         expense  will  (subject  to  compliance  with  Section  9  hereof,   if
         applicable)  execute  and  deliver  to or upon the order of the  holder
         thereof a new Warrant of like  tenor,  in the name of such holder or as
         such holder  (upon  payment by such holder of any  applicable  transfer
         taxes)  may  direct,  calling  in the  aggregate  on the  face or faces
         thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face
         or faces of the Warrant so surrendered.



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         12.3.  Replacement  of Warrants.  Upon  receipt of evidence  reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the
Warrant and, in the case of any such loss,  theft or  destruction of the Warrant
held by a Person other than the Initial  Holder or any  institutional  investor,
upon delivery of indemnity  reasonably  satisfactory  to the Company in form and
amount or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender of the Warrant for
cancellation at the office of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 12.2(a)
hereof, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver,  in lieu thereof, a
new Warrant of like tenor and dated the date hereof.


13.      DEFINITIONS.  As used herein, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms have the following respective
meanings:

         Additional  Shares of Common  Stock:  All  shares  (including  treasury
shares) of Common  Stock  issued or sold (or,  pursuant  to  Section  2.3 or 2.4
hereof,  deemed to be issued) by the Company  after the date hereof,  whether or
not subsequently  reacquired or retired by the Company, other than the shares of
Common  Stock  issued:  (i) upon the  exercise  of the  Warrant;  (ii)  upon the
exercise of options granted  pursuant to the Company's Stock Option Plan, as the
same may be amended from time to time; (iii) in connection with the financing of
the  acquisition by the Company of VERSYSS  Incorporated;  or (iv) in connection
with the exercise of any Options or the conversion of any Convertible Securities
which are deemed to be outstanding in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.

         Book Value:  Shall mean, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any
date herein specified, the quotient of (a) the amount by which (i) the Company's
consolidated  total  assets  exceeds  (ii)  the  Company's   consolidated  total
liabilities,  in each case  determined (A) as of the last day of the most recent
fiscal year of the Company  ended prior to such date,  or (B) as of the last day
of the most recent calendar month ended prior to such date, whichever is higher,
divided by (b) the number of Fully Diluted Outstanding shares of Common Stock.

         Business  Day:  Any day other than a  Saturday  or a Sunday or a day on
which  commercial  banking  institutions in New York, New York are authorized by
law to be closed.  Any reference to "days" (unless  Business Days are specified)
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         Commission:  The Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.

         Common Stock: As defined in the introduction to this Warrant, such term
to include any stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any
stock resulting from any  reclassification  of such Common Stock,  and all other
stock of any class or classes (however designated) of the Company the holders of
which have the right,  without  limitation  as to amount,  either to all or to a
share of the balance of current  dividends and  liquidating  dividends after the
payment of dividends and distri butions on any shares entitled to preference.

         Company:  As defined in the introduction to this Warrant,  such term to
include any corporation  which shall succeed to or assume the obligations of the
Company hereunder in compliance with Section 3 hereof.

         Convertible Securities: Any evidences of indebtedness,  shares of stock
(other than Common Stock) or other securities directly or indirectly convertible
into or exchangeable for Additional Shares of Common Stock.

         Current Market Price: On any date specified  herein,  the average daily
Market Price during the period of the most recent 20 days,  ending on such date,
on which the national securities exchanges were open for trading, except that if
no class of the Common Stock is then listed or admitted to trading on any nation
al securities  exchange or quoted in the  over-the-counter  market,  the Current
Market Price shall be the Market Price on such date; provided,  however, that in
the event that the  Company  has  entered  into a firm  commitment  underwriting
agreement  with an  underwriter  (i)  pursuant  to which  the  Company  and such
underwriter  have determined an offering price for the sale of Common Stock in a
public offering as a result of arms length negotiations within the 20 day period
described  above  or  (ii)  relating  to  the  public  offering  of  Convertible
Securities  then,  in the case of (i),  the  Current  Market  Price of shares of
Common  Stock  issued and sold in such public  offering  shall be such  offering
price and in the case of (ii),  the Current  Market  Price shall be the lower of
Current Market Price or Market Price on the date immediately  preceding the date
the offering price of such  Convertible  Securities was determined in connection
with the  filing  of the  Registration  Statement  which is  declared  effective
covering such Convertible Securities filed pursuant to the Securities Act.




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         Exercise Date:  As defined in the introduction to this
Warrant.

         Exchange  Act:  The  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  or any similar
federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all
as the same shall be in effect at the time.

         Expiration Date:  As defined in the introduction to this
Warrant.

         Fully Diluted  Outstanding:  When used with  reference to Common Stock,
shall  mean at any  date as of which  the  number  of  shares  thereof  is to be
determined,  all shares of Common Stock  outstanding at such date and all shares
of Common Stock issuable in respect of this Warrant outstanding on such date and
other options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, shares of
Common  Stock  outstanding  on such date which  would be deemed  outstanding  in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as from time to time in
effect for purposes of deeming book value or net income per share.

         Initial Holder:  JA Special Limited Partnership.

         Market Price:  On any date  specified  herein,  the amount per share of
Common Stock equal to (a) the last sale price of Common  Stock,  regular way, on
such date or, if no such sale  takes  place on such  date,  the  average  of the
closing bid and asked prices  thereof on such date,  in each case as  officially
reported on the principal national  securities exchange on which Common Stock is
then listed or admitted to trading, or (b) if Common Stock is not then listed or
admitted to trading on any national  securities  exchange but is designated as a
national  market system  security by the NASD,  the last trading price of Common
Stock on such date,  or (c) if there  shall have been no trading on such date or
if Common Stock is not so  designated,  the average of the closing bid and asked
prices of Common  Stock on such  date as shown by the NASD  automated  quotation
system,  or (d) if Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on any
national exchange or quoted in the  over-the-counter  market,  the higher of (x)
Book Value per share or (y) the fair value  thereof  determined in good faith by
the Board of  Directors  of the  Company as of a date which is within 15 days of
the date as of which the determination is to be made.


         NASD:  The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.



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         Options:  Rights,  options or warrants to  subscribe  for,  purchase or
otherwise  acquire  either  Additional  Shares  of Common  Stock or  Convertible
Securities  other than options  granted pur suant to the Company's  Stock Option
Plan as the same may be amended from time to time.

         Other  Securities:  Any  stock  (other  than  Common  Stock)  and other
securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the
holder of the Warrant at any time shall be  entitled  to receive,  or shall have
received,  upon the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common
Stock,  or which at any time  shall be  issuable  or shall  have been  issued in
exchange for or in  replacement of Common Stock or Other Securi ties pursuant to
Section 3 hereof or otherwise.

         Person:  A corporation, an association, a partnership, an
organization, a business, an individual, a government or politi
cal subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

         Registration Rights Agreement:  The Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 22, 1993, between the Company and
Jeffry M. Picower.

         Restricted  Securities:  All of the following:  (a) the Warrant bearing
the  applicable  legend or legends  referred to in Section  9.1 hereof,  (b) any
shares of Common  Stock (or Other  Securities)  which have been  issued upon the
exercise of Warrants and which are  evidenced by a certificate  or  certificates
bearing the applicable legend or legends referred to in such Section, (c) unless
the context otherwise requires, any shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
which are at the time issuable upon the exercise of Warrants and which,  when so
issued,  will  be  evidenced  by  a  certificate  or  certificates  bearing  the
applicable legend or legends referred to in such Section.

         Sale  of the  Company:  any  of:  (i)  the  sale  by one or more of the
shareholders  of the  Company in one or more  transactions  of a majority of the
outstanding common stock of the Company; (ii) the merger or consolidation of the
Company  with  or  into  any  other  Person,  in  a  transaction  in  which  the
shareholders  of the  Company  immediately  prior  to the  consummation  of such
transaction  collectively own less than 50% of the common stock and voting power
of the entity  surviving;  such  transaction (or any other business  combination
transaction having a similar effect);  or (iii) the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company in a single  transaction or a series of related
transactions.




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         Securities Act:  The Securities Act of 1933, or any similar
federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

         Stock Option Plan:  Collectively,  the  Company's  Amended and Restated
1993  Incentive  and  Non-Incentive  Stock Option Plan,  as amended from time to
time,   the  Company's   Amended  and  Restated  1993   Non-Employee   Directors
Non-Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time, and the Company's
Value Added Reseller Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time.

         Trigger  Event:  Trigger  Event:  The earlier to occur of: (i) five (5)
business days  preceding the Sale of the Company;  or (ii) in the event that the
Sale of the  Company  shall  require  the  approval of the holders of the Common
Stock,  five (5)  business  days prior to the date  fixed by the  Company as the
record date for  determination  of the holders of Common Stock  entitled to vote
thereon.

         Warrant Price:  As defined in Section 2.1 hereof.

         Warrants:  As defined in the introduction to this Warrant.

14. REMEDIES.  The Company  stipulates that the remedies at law of the holder of
this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in
the  performance of or compliance  with any of the terms of this Warrant are not
and will not be adequate and that, to the fullest extent  permitted by law, such
terms may be specifically  enforced by a decree for the specific  performance of
any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any of
the terms hereof or otherwise.

15. NO RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES AS STOCKHOLDER.  Nothing  contained in this Warrant
shall be  construed  as  conferring  upon the  holder  hereof  any  rights  as a
stockholder  of the  Company or as  imposing  any  obligation  on such holder to
purchase  any  securities  or as imposing  any  liabilities  on such holder as a
stockholder of the Company,  whether such obligation or liabilities are asserted
by the Company or by creditors of the Company or otherwise.

16. NOTICES. All notices,  requests,  demands and other communi cations provided
for hereunder  shall be in writing  (including  telegraphic  communication)  and
mailed, telecopied, telegraphed or delivered:




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         If to the Holder:

                           JA Special Limited Partnership
                           22 Saw Mill River Road
                           Hawthorne, New York 10532

         If to the Company to:

                           Physician Computer Network, Inc.
                           1200 The American Road
                           Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
                           Attention: Chief Financial Officer


or at such other address as shall be designated in a written notice to the other
parties complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 16.


     All such notices,  requests,  demands and other communications  shall, when
mailed (registered mail, return receipt requested,postage  prepaid),  personally
delivered, or telegraphed, to be effective four days after deposit in the mails,
when personally  delivered,  or when delivered to the telegraph company,  respec
tively,  addressed as  aforesaid,  unless  otherwise  provided  herein and, when
telecopied, shall be effective upon actual receipt.

17. FILING FEES. In the event that prior to and in connection  with the exercise
or  conversion of this Warrant or any other option or warrant held by the holder
of  this  Warrant,  any  filing  or  notice  is  required  to be made  with  any
governmental authority or agency (including, without limitation, pursuant to the
Hart-Scott  Rodino  Antitrust  Improvements  Act of 1976,  as  amended,  and any
regulations  promulgated  thereunder)  then the Company shall bear and reimburse
such  holder for all  filings  fees and  similar  costs  required  to be paid in
connection therewith.






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18.  MISCELLANEOUS.  This  Warrant and any term  hereof may be changed,  waived,
discharged  or terminated  only by an instrument in writing  signed by the party
against which  enforcement of such change,  waiver,  discharge or termination is
sought.  This Warrant  shall be construed  and enforced in  accordance  with and
governed by the internal laws of the State of New York. The section  headings in
this Warrant are for  purposes of  convenience  only and shall not  constitute a
part hereof.


                        PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.

                        By:  /s/ Paul Antinori
                           ----------------------------------
 
                        Title:  Vice President
                              -------------------------------




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                              FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION

                 [To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]



To Physician Computer Network, Inc.



                  The undersigned registered holder of the within Warrant hereby
irrevocably  exercises such Warrant for, and purchases  thereunder  ------------
<F1> shares of the Common Stock and herewith  makes  payment of $ therefor,  and
requests  that the  certificates  for such  shares be issued in the name of, and
delivered to , whose address is
                                 .


<F1>  Insert  here the number of shares  called for on the face of this  Warrant
without making any adjustment for Additional Shares of Common Stock or any other
stock or other securities or property or cash which,  pursuant to the adjustment
provisions of this Warrant, may be delivered upon exercise.



Dated:                                      ----------------------------------
                                            (Signature must conform in all
                                            respects to name of holder as
                                            specified on the face of Warrant)


                                            ----------------------------------
                                                         (Street Address)


                                            ----------------------------------
                                            (City)   (State)     (Zip Code)




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                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

                 [To be executed only upon transfer of Warrant]



                  For value received,  the undersigned  registered holder of the
within Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfer unto
             the right represented by such Warrant to purchase --
- ----------- <F2>


<F2>  Insert  here the number of shares  called for on the face of this  Warrant
without making any adjustment for Additional Shares of Common Stock or any other
stock or other securities or property or cash which,  pursuant to the adjustment
provisions of this Warrant, may be delivered upon exercise.


Dated:                                      -----------------------------------
                                            (Signature must conform in all
                                            respects to name of holder as
                                            specified on the face of Warrant)


                                            -----------------------------------
                                                         (Street Address)


                                            -----------------------------------
                                            (City)   (State)     (Zip Code)



Signed in the presence of:




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                        PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.
                             1200 The American Road
                         Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950


                                                                  April 1, 1998

JA Special Limited Partnership
22 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, New York 10532

Gentlemen:

                  Reference  is made to the Common Stock  Purchase  Warrant (the
"Warrant"), dated September 13, 1995, issued by Physician Computer Network, Inc.
("PCN") to Jeffry M. Picower and assigned by Mr.  Picower to JA Special  Limited
Partnership ("JA").  Unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Warrant.

                  PCN and JA wish to amend and  modify  certain of the terms and
provisions  of the  Warrant.  By  executing  this letter in the spaces  provided
below,  each of PCN and JA agree that the  Warrant is amended  and  modified  as
follows:

                  1. The Warrant  may only be  exercised  by the holder  thereof
from and after  the  first to occur of:  (i)  September  12,  2002;  or (ii) the
Trigger Event.  Accordingly,  the term  "Exercise  Date" shall mean the first to
occur of: (i) September 12, 2002; or (ii) the Trigger Event.

                  2.  "Trigger  Event"  shall mean the  earlier to occur of: (i)
five (5) business days preceding the Sale of the Company; (ii) in the event that
the Sale of the Company  shall require the approval of the holders of the Common
Stock,  five (5)  business  days prior to the date  fixed by the  Company as the
record date for  determination  of the holders of Common Stock  entitled to vote
thereon; and (iii) the Market Price Date (as defined below).

                  3.  As  used  herein,   the  "Market  Price  Date"  means  the
forty-fifth  consecutive  Business  Day on which the Market  Price of the Common
Stock is $5.00 per share or greater  (appropriately  adjusted for stock  splits,
stock dividends and the like);  provided,  however, that for this purpose, there
shall only be deemed to be a Market Price of the Common Stock in accordance with
clauses (a) and (b) of the  definition of Market Price  contained in the Warrant
and, under all other circumstance there shall be deemed to be no Market Price of
the Common Stock.





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                  4.       "Sale of the Company" shall mean any of:  (i) the
sale by one or more of the shareholders of the Company in one or
more transactions of a majority of the outstanding common stock
of the Company, (ii) the merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into any other Person in a transaction in which the
shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the consummation
of such transaction collectively own less than 50% of the common
stock and voting power of the entity surviving such transaction
(or any other business combination transaction having a similar
effect), or (iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of
related transactions.

                  5. The holder of the  Warrant  shall  exercise  the Warrant in
accordance  with the terms  thereof  no later then  twenty  (20)  business  days
following the Market Price Date,  unless, the Expiration Date has occurred on or
prior to the end of such twenty (20) day period.

                  6. The Warrant shall not be  transferable or assignable to any
Person other than a Permitted Assignee (as defined below).

                  7. As used herein, a "Permitted Assignee" shall mean Jeffry M.
Picower, his spouse, lineal ancestor or descendants, brothers, sisters, children
and grandchildren, or a trust for the benefit of Jeffry M. Picower or any one or
more member of such class;  and, upon the death of an individual  member of such
class, such individual's executor, administrator or personal representative,  as
the case may be, and any Person (other than an individual) controlled,  directly
or indirectly, by any of the foregoing.  Control shall be deemed to exist when a
Person  beneficially  owns,  directly or  indirectly,  the  securities  or other
interests (a) having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least
a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of another
Person or (b)  representing  a  majority  in  interest  of the equity of another
Person.

                  In consideration of the foregoing, PCN agrees that the Initial
Warrant  Price is hereby  changed  to $0.70 per share (an amount  determined  by
subtracting  the $0.30 per share  cash  consideration  previously  paid for such
Warrants from $1.00).

                  Except as specifically  provided herein,  nothing contained in
this letter  agreement  shall be deemed to have  amended or modified  any of the
terms or  provisions  of the Warrant  and the Warrant  remains in full force and
effect.  In the event that any term or provision of the Warrant  conflicts  with
any of the  terms  or  provisions  of  this  letter  agreement,  the  terms  and
provisions  of this  letter  agreement  shall  govern.  The  parties  agree that
promptly following the execution and delivery of this




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letter  agreement,  JA shall  exchange  the Warrant for an Amended and  Restated
Warrant containing the terms and provisions set forth herein.

                  Please  acknowledge  your  agreement  with  the  foregoing  by
executing this letter in the space provided below.

                                Very truly yours,

                                PHYSICIAN COMPUTER NETWORK, INC.



                                By:  /s/ Paul Antinori
                                   _____________________________

AGREED AND ACCEPTED as of the date first above written:

JA SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:  Decisions Incorporated,
         General Partner

        By:  /s/ Jeffry M. Picower
           _________________________




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For Immediate Release


Physician Computer Network, Inc. Announces Cash Infusion; Agreement with Senior
Lenders; Reduction in Force; Withdrawal by Auditors of 1996 Audit Report; and
Increased Loss Estimates.

Morris Plains, NJ (April 2, 1998) - Physician  Computer  Network,  Inc. (Nasdaq:
PCNI) today announced that an entity controlled by the Company's Chairman of the
Board and largest  shareholder has agreed to an $11 million equity investment in
the  Company  for which the Company is issuing  shares of  cumulative  preferred
stock. The preferred stock has a liquidation  preference of $11 million and pays
cumulative  dividends at a rate  increasing from 15% to 18% per annum during the
next four  years.  The  preferred  stock is not  mandatorily  redeemable  by the
Company at any time. The Company also  announced  that it has reached  agreement
with its senior lenders to restructure the Company's senior credit facility.  As
part of the  agreement,  which is subject only to the  completion  of definitive
documentation,   the   Company  has  agreed  to  pay  down  $6  million  of  the
approximately $22.5 million currently  outstanding under the credit facility and
the lenders are granting the Company a forbearance  with respect to all existing
defaults under the credit facility,  future revolving credit  commitments by the
lenders  have been  terminated  and the  Company  is  agreeing  to terms for the
repayment of outstanding senior  indebtedness.  The Chairman of the Board of the
Company has also agreed to guaranty $2 million of the senior debt.  The proceeds
of the new investment,  the shares of preferred stock and the warrant agreements
discussed  below  have  been  placed  in  escrow  pending  finalization  of  the
definitive documents with the Company's lenders.

The Chairman of the Board of the Company is the beneficial owner of a warrant to
purchase  5  million  shares of the  Company's  common  stock for $5 per  share.
Contemporaneously  with  the new  equity  investment,  he has  agreed  that  the
warrant,  which he purchased in 1995 and which may be exercised in whole and not
in part:  (i) will  not be  transferable;  (ii)  will not be  exercisable  until
September  2002  except  under  circumstances  in which the  Company  is sold or
undertakes  certain other  business  combinations  or if the market price of the
Company's  common  stock  is $5 or more per  share  for  forty-five  consecutive
trading days;  and (iii) must be exercised in whole in the event that the market
price of the  Company's  common  stock is $5 or more per  share  for  forty-five
consecutive trading days, and the Company has agreed to lower the exercise price
of that  warrant  to an amount  equal to $1 per share  minus the $0.30 per share
cash consideration originally paid for such warrant. In addition, the Company is
issuing to the  investor  a new  warrant  to  purchase  6 million  shares of the
Company's  common  stock for $1 per share.  The new  warrant is not  exercisable
until the  earlier of April 1, 1999 or the date on which the  Company is sold or
undertakes certain other business combinations.


The  Company's  management  believes  that,  as a result of the $11 million cash
infusion  ($6  million  of which  will be used to repay the  senior  debt),  the
agreement  with  the  lenders  and  the  expense   reduction  being  undertaken,
management can focus its attention on the maintenance and servicing of the large
installed  base of  customers  using the  Company's  products  and on  continued
product


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development and enhancement. The anticipated product releases for 1998 remain
on schedule.

The Company has also announced  today that the Company has reduced its workforce
by approximately 140 employees representing  approximately 20% of its workforce.
These reductions-in-force and other cost reduction efforts are being made by the
Company in order to bring its expenses better in line with its expected revenues
for the coming year. The Company  believes these  reductions  will not adversely
affect operations or product release dates.

As previously  announced,  the  completion of the Company's  1997 audit has been
delayed  because the Company's  independent  auditors,  KPMG Peat Marwick,  have
identified  certain  instances  during the 1997  period in which the Company has
improperly  recognized items of revenue and expense.  The auditors have recently
informed the Company that they are reviewing certain matters with respect to the
Company's  consolidated  financial  statements  as of and  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1996,  which, at a minimum will require that the Company's  balance
sheet be restated in order to reclassify  certain items of cash as  receivables.
While the Company has not been advised whether or not any further restatement of
its 1996 consolidated financial statements will be required, it is possible that
upon  the  auditors'   completion  of  their  review  of  such  matters  further
restatement may be required. Further, the auditors have advised the Company that
they  have  withdrawn  their  auditors'  report  on the  Company's  consolidated
financial  statements  as of and for the year ended  December  31, 1996 and that
such report should not be relied upon.

At this time,  the Company does not have a projected date for the release of its
final  results for the fourth  quarter and the year ended  December 31, 1997. As
previously  announced,  the Company expects to report a loss from operations for
the fourth  quarter of 1997 and will  restate  its results for each of the first
three  quarters  of 1997 to  report  a loss  from  operations  for each of those
quarters. In addition,  as previously announced,  the Company's results are also
expected to include certain one-time, non-cash, special charges unrelated to the
issues of revenue and expense  recognition  referred  to above.  These  one-time
special  charges  relate  primarily to the  impairment  of  intangibles  and the
carrying value of goodwill.  To date, the 1997 net loss has not been determined,
but the Company  currently  estimates  that such net loss will range between $77
million and $81 million,  of which  approximately  $37 million  constitutes  the
special  charges  referred to above.  The amount of 1997 losses from  operations
were  previously  estimated to range between $27 million and $31 million and the
amount of such one-time  charges were previously  estimated to be  approximately
$25 million, if not more.

The  Company has  appointed a special  committee  of its Board of  Directors  to
conduct an investigation  and make  recommendations  regarding the circumstances
surrounding the Company's accounting irregularities.  The committee has retained
Gary  Lynch of Davis  Polk &  Wardwell  as  counsel  for the  investigation.  In
addition,  the Company has  retained the firm of Alvarez & Marsal to provide the
Company with management and financial services.

The Company's expectations are preliminary,  subject to the independent auditors
completing the 1997 audit. The estimated amount of losses,  anticipated  release
date for final results, and the potential  consequences of the foregoing matters
discussed in this press  release,  including the  arrangement  with the lenders,
constitute forward-looking  statements.  Actual results for the Company's fourth
quarter and for the 1997 fiscal year could differ materially from those


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estimated, depending on a number of factors including whether all sales recorded
on  account  of  any  particular  period  meet  applicable  revenue  recognition
requirements,  the adequacy of estimated  expense  accruals and reserves and the
evaluation of the impairment of intangible assets.  Additional factors which may
affect the  Company's  operations  and  business  are  described in the Business
section of Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996.

Physician  Computer Network is a leader in developing,  marketing and supporting
information technology to physician-based  healthcare  organizations,  including
group practices,  integrated  delivery networks,  MSOs, IPAs and other models of
physician  organizations.   PCN's  application  software  products  address  the
financial,   clinical,   administrative   and  management   needs  within  these
organizations  and  facilitate  electronic  connectivity  between them and other
healthcare industry entities including hospitals, clinical laboratories, managed
care providers and insurance intermediaries.



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