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February 19, 2007

Neal Patterson & Cliff Illig, Co-Founders of Cerner Corp. to Appear on KCPT Friday


(KANSAS CITY) —This week is National Entrepreneurship Week, a window of time set aside by the Kansas City based Kauffman Foundation to ignite the nation's consciousness around the importance of being entrepreneurial. This Friday, Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m. on One on One, Victor Hogstrom uncovers the secrets behind one of America's quintessential entrepreneurial success stories.

It's been nearly 30 years since Kansas City computer consultants Neal Patterson and Cliff Illig spent Sundays around a picnic table at Loose Park brainstorming plans for a brand new company. Today that business is Cerner Corp. of North Kansas City, one of the world's leading suppliers of health-care information technology. Modern Healthcare magazine recently named Cerner CEO Neal Patterson No. 34 on its list of the 100 most powerful people in the health-care industry. Cerner co-founder Cliff Illig is Cerner Corp. Chairman.

To learn more about Entrepreneurship Week, go to entrepreneurshipweekusa.com.

For more information about Cerner, visit www.cerner.com/public/.

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