UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~THE~~Date ~~SECURITIES~~of ~~EXCHANGE~~Report (Date ~~ACT~~of OFearliest ~~1934~~event reported): February 7, 2005

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2005

HealthGate Data Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		0-28701		04-3220927
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

25 Corporate Drive, Suite 310, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 685-4000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01. Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.

OnIn ~~January~~connection with her appointment as Chief Financial 18Officer, ~~2005~~Treasurer and Secretary, HealthGate Data Corp. (“HealthGate”) ~~entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with EBSCO Publishing~~, ~~Inc. (“EBSCO Publishing”) a wholly-owned subsidiary~~has ofnotified ~~EBSCO~~Julie ~~Information~~Furrier ~~Services. Pursuant to~~that ~~the~~if ~~Asset Purchase Agreement EBSCO Publishing will acquire the assets of~~ HealthGate’s ~~patient~~terminates ~~content~~her ~~repository~~employment ~~business for $8.1 million in cash at~~without ~~closing~~cause, ~~plus the assumption of certain liabilities of the business~~Ms. ~~The~~ ~~companies~~Furrier ~~anticipate~~shall ~~that the transaction can~~ be ~~completed~~entitled ~~in approximately three months, subject~~ to ~~customary~~severance ~~closing conditions,~~payments ~~including~~comprising ~~HealthGate~~her ~~obtaining renewal agreements with certain~~then ~~existing~~current ~~customers~~base salary and ~~approval~~then bycurrent ~~HealthGate’s~~health ~~shareholders. The~~care ~~preceding~~for ~~description~~six ofmonths ~~the~~from ~~terms of~~ the ~~Asset~~ ~~Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in~~date ~~its entirety by reference to the copy~~ of ~~the Asset Purchase Agreement that has been filed herewith as Exhibit 10~~termination.~~1 and is incorporated herein by reference.~~

~~HealthGate is~~The ~~retaining~~form ~~its~~of ~~Quality~~the ~~Improvement~~letter ~~and~~describing ~~Risk~~her ~~Management Solutions business,~~severance ~~including~~benefits ~~its~~has ~~evidence-based~~been ~~medical~~filed ~~guidelines~~herewith ~~and~~as ~~its~~Exhibit ~~Quality~~10.1 ~~Architect~~ and ~~InteractiveIC~~ ~~products~~is ~~and~~incorporated ~~services,~~herein ~~which HealthGate plans to continue to~~by ~~develop, market and license~~reference.

InItem ~~August~~5.02. ~~2004,~~Departure ~~HealthGate had~~of ~~sold~~Directors toor ~~EBSCO~~Principal ~~Publishing~~Officers; ~~the~~Election ~~assets~~ of ~~“The~~Directors; ~~Natural~~Appointment ~~Pharmacist” complementary~~of ~~and~~Principal ~~alternative medicine database~~Officers. ~~Additionally, in August 2004 HealthGate and EBSCO Publishing entered into distribution agreements concerning both HealthGate’s products and services and EBSCO Publishing’s products and services.~~

(b) On February ~~January 19~~7, 2005, ~~HealthGate~~Veronica ~~issued~~Zsolcsak aresigned ~~press~~as ~~release relating~~HealthGate toData ~~the~~Corp.’s ~~Asset~~Chief Financial ~~Purchase~~Officer, ~~Agreement~~Treasurer and ~~the~~Secretary. Ms. ~~transaction~~Zsolcsak ~~contemplated~~has ~~by the~~agreed ~~Asset~~to ~~Purchase~~remain ~~Agreement.~~a ~~The~~part-time ~~press~~employee ~~release~~of ~~has~~HealthGate Data ~~been~~Corp. ~~filed~~for ~~herewith~~six ~~as Exhibit~~months ~~99.1~~to ~~and~~assist isHealthGate ~~incorporated~~in ~~herein~~transition matters as requested by ~~reference~~HealthGate.

(c) On February 7, 2005, HealthGate Data Corp. appointed Julie Furrier as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Ms. Furrier will also retain her title of Chief Accounting Officer. Ms. Furrier, who is available to HealthGate for approximately 60% of the business week, has a base annual salary of $87,715. Ms. Furrier shall be entitled to severance payments comprising her then current base salary and then current health care for six months from the date of termination if her employment is terminated by HealthGate without cause.

Ms. Furrier joined HealthGate in November 2000 and has served as HealthGate’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2001. Prior to joining HealthGate, from 1993 to 2000, Ms. Furrier was employed in several positions for Town & Country Corporation and subsidiaries, including as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Town & Country Fine Jewelry Group, Inc. from 1999 to 2000. From 1991 to 1992 Ms. Furrier was employed by The Boston Company Advisors, Inc. as a financial reporting accountant and from 1989 to 1991 she was employed by Edelstein & Company LLP as an auditor. Ms. Furrier has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1993.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description
10.1		~~Asset~~Form ~~Purchase~~of ~~Agreement,~~Severance ~~dated~~Benefits ~~January 18, 2005, between HealthGate Data Corp. and EBSCO Publishing, Inc. (excluding Schedules).~~Letter
99.1		Press Release dated January 19, 2005, announcing HealthGate Data Corp.’s agreement to sell the patient content repository business assets to EBSCO Publishing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HealthGate Data Corp.
Date: January 20, 2005	By:	/s/ William S. Reece
Date: February 9, 2005	By:	/s/ William S. Reece
		William S. Reece
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ ~~Veronica~~Julie ~~Zsolcsak~~Furrier
		Veronica Zsolcsak
		Julie Furrier
		Chief Financial Officer

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