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Development and maintenance of computer systems for hospitals. The company helps with technical management support for hospitals around the world. Cerner corporation maintains offices, in addition to its headquarters in Kansas City, MO., in Detroit, MI., Washington DC, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Cerner also maintains a Vision Center in London (Ontario, Canada) in cooperation with the London Health Sciences Centre. The company's core software is called "Health Network Architecture", which allows each participating facility within a healthcare enterprise to access an individual's clinical record at the point of care. The system makes patients' individual records a part of an integrated system for any health care facility to assist physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians, and records keepers. Cerner Corporation owns or has interests in the following entities: Synetic, Inc., Elmwood, N.J., Multum Information Systems, Mitch Cooper & Associates, Health Network Ventures, Citation Computer Systems, Inc., First Consulting Group, and ADAC Laboratories Health Care Information Systems, among others. Cerner corporation was founded in 1979 by Neal Patterson, Clifford Illig and Paul Gorup, all professonal computer consultants. The company went public in 1986. Patterson is currently listed as Cchairman/CEO, and Mr. Illig is Vice-Chairman. Earl H. (Trace) Devanny III, is President. Cerner Corporation employs nearly 7300 persons locally, nationally and internationally. It is listed on NASDAQ. Its stock symbol is CERN. E-mail [email protected] Website- www.cerner.com