Cerner

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electronic health record vendor health information technology company public company

Cerner is a major American health information technology company best known for its electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare data solutions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cerner Corporation	14
Cerner Millennium	2
Cerner canonical	1
Cerner Millennium platform	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T165407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cerner
Context triple: [Oracle Corporation, acquired, Cerner]

A. Medtronic
Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
B. NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
C. Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
D. Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
E. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cerner
Target entity description: Cerner is a major American health information technology company best known for its electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare data solutions.

A. Medtronic
Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
B. NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
C. Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
D. Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
E. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electronic health record vendor ⓘ health information technology company ⓘ public company ⓘ
acquired	Siemens ⓘ surface form: Siemens Health Services
acquisitionOfSiemensHealthServicesYear	2015 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOn	care coordination ⓘ clinical workflows ⓘ electronic health records ⓘ health information exchange ⓘ healthcare data analytics ⓘ
formerName	PGI & Associates ⓘ
foundedBy	Cliff Illig ⓘ Neal Patterson ⓘ Paul Gorup ⓘ
hasCompetitor	Allscripts ⓘ Athenahealth ⓘ Epic Systems ⓘ MEDITECH ⓘ
headquartersLocation	North Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ
inception	1979 ⓘ
industry	health information technology ⓘ healthcare IT ⓘ software ⓘ
knownFor	enterprise EHR platforms ⓘ large health system implementations ⓘ population health platforms ⓘ
notableClient	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
notableProduct	Cerner self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cerner Millennium HealtheIntent ⓘ PowerChart ⓘ
productOrService	clinical decision support tools ⓘ data analytics for healthcare ⓘ electronic health record systems ⓘ health information exchange solutions ⓘ interoperability solutions ⓘ patient portal solutions ⓘ population health management solutions ⓘ practice management software ⓘ revenue cycle management software ⓘ
servesIndustry	academic medical centers ⓘ ambulatory care centers ⓘ government health agencies ⓘ health systems ⓘ hospitals ⓘ physician practices ⓘ
tickerSymbol	CERN ⓘ
tradedOn	NASDAQ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oracle Corporation → acquired → Cerner ⓘ

Cerner → notableProduct → Cerner self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cerner Millennium

PGI & Associates → successor → Cerner ⓘ