UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Patterson, Neal L
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64117-2551
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cerner Corporation (CERN)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
01/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code Amount D Price End of Year I
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C><C>
Common Stock 3,218,752 D Direct
Common Stock 28,000 I by Spouse
Common Stock 12/31/98 J 166 (1) A 218,157 I by Trust
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code A D Exercisable Expiration
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Non-Qualified Stock Option $28.250000 05/22/98 J 25,000 05/22/04 05/22/08
(right to buy)
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Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Year
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/22/98 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Acquired shares held in the issuer's 401(k) Trust, not required to be
reported earlier, were acquired at various dates during January 1, 1998
through December 31, 1999, at prices ranging from $19 1/16 to $31 7/16.
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The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held "By Spouse", and this report shall not be deemed an
admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other
reason.
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Shares held "In Trust" contain 196,000 held in trust for minor children and 22,157 are held in a 401(K) Trust account.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Patterson, Neal L
DATE
