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    <periodOfReport>2007-11-06</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001121439</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EMAGEON INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EMAG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001345476</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Oliver Press Partners, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Disclaimed Group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001345477</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Oliver Press Investors, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Disclaimed Group</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001216573</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OLIVER AUGUSTUS K</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>OLIVER PRESS PARTNERS, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Disclaimed Group</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001345478</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Press Clifford</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O OLIVER PRESS PARTNERS, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <otherText>Disclaimed Group</otherText>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-11-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>210000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>5.02</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3030860</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Davenport Partners, L.P., JE Partners and Oliver Press Master Fund LP</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As of November 6, 2007, Davenport Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Davenport&quot;), held 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &quot;Shares&quot;), of Emageon Inc., a Delaware corporation.  As of November 6, 2007, JE Partners, a Bermuda partnership (&quot;JE&quot;), held 2,424,100 Shares.  As of November 6, 2007, Oliver Press Master Fund LP, a Cayman limited partnership (&quot;Master Fund&quot; and, together with Davenport and JE, the &quot;Partnerships&quot;), held 606,660 Shares.  Oliver Press Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;OPI&quot;), serves as the general partner of each of the Partnerships.  Oliver Press Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;OPP&quot;), serves as the investment adviser to each of the Partnerships.  Augustus K. Oliver (&quot;Oliver&quot;) and Clifford Press (&quot;Press&quot; and, collectively with OPI, OPP and Oliver, the &quot;Filing Parties&quot;) serve as the Managing Members of each of OPI and OPP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Filing Parties share the power to vote and the power to direct the disposition of the Shares held by the Partnerships.  The Filing Parties' interest in the securities reported herein is limited to their pecuniary interest in the Partnerships, if any.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/Augustus K. Oliver/, Managing Member of Oliver Press Partners, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-11-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/Clifford Press/, Managing Member of Oliver Press Investors, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-11-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/Augustus K. Oliver/</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-11-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/Clifford Press/</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-11-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
