UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Wheeler, Mark F.
P.O. Box 1070
1400 Shelburne Road
Burlington, VT 05402-1070
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/02/1999
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
IDX Systems Corporation (IDXC)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of
Securities D Indirect
Beneficially or Beneficial
Owned I Ownership
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Common Stock 26,935.00 D Direct
Common Stock 3,125.00 I By 401(k) Plan
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Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of
and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial
price of Security Ownership
Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D)
Exer- tion Number of vative or
cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (right to 07/10/97 01/30/07 Common Stock 5,110.00 $20.7200 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to 11/07/98 11/07/07 Common Stock 4,400.00 $31.5625 D Direct
buy) (1)
Employee Stock Option (right to 07/10/97 01/25/06 Common Stock 5,110.00 $32.8800 D Direct
buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
Grant to reporting person to purchase 4,400 shares of common stock under the IDX Systems Corporation 1995 Stock Option Plan. The
option becomes exercisable in 25 percent increments of 1,100 each on November 7, 1998, November 7, 1999, November 7, 2000 and
November 7, 2001. The plan puruant to which the reported option was granted provides for tax withholding rights.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Wheeler, Mark F.
DATE
