Exhibit 24

                            SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Director  or
Officer of Ideon Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints, G.
Thomas  Frankland,  Francis J. Marino and Eugene Miller and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and  stead,  to sign that
certain  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995
and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day
of March, 1996.



                                 /s/ Robert L.Dilenschneider
                                 Robert L. Dilenschneider



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                            SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Director  or
Officer of Ideon Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints, G.
Thomas  Frankland,  Francis J. Marino and Eugene Miller and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and  stead,  to sign that
certain  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995
and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day
of March, 1996.



                            /s/ Thomas F. Petway, III
                            Thomas F. Petway, III



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                            SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Director  or
Officer of Ideon Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints, G.
Thomas  Frankland,  Francis J. Marino and Eugene Miller and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and  stead,  to sign that
certain  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995
and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day
of March, 1996.



                              /s/Marshall L. Burman

                               Marshall L. Burman



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                            SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Director  or
Officer of Ideon Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints, G.
Thomas  Frankland,  Francis J. Marino and Eugene Miller and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and  stead,  to sign that
certain  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995
and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day
of March, 1996.



                              /s/ William T. Bacon,
Jr.
                              William T. Bacon, Jr.



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                            SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Director  or
Officer of Ideon Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints, G.
Thomas  Frankland,  Francis J. Marino and Eugene Miller and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and  stead,  to sign that
certain  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995
and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day
of March, 1996.



                              /s/ Adam W. Herbert,Jr.
                              Adam W. Herbert, Jr.



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                            SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that the  undersigned  Director  or
Officer of Ideon Group, Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints, G.
Thomas  Frankland,  Francis J. Marino and Eugene Miller and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and  stead,  to sign that
certain Annual Report and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and necessary to be done in
and about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,   hereby   ratifying   and   confirming   all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day
of March, 1996.



                                 /s/ John Ellis
Bush
                                 John Ellis Bush



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