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FORM 5
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/ / Check box if no                              UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    longer subject to                                         WASHINGTON, DC 20549
    Section 16. Form
    4 or Form 5                               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    obligations may
    continue. See       Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
    Instruction 1(b)                  Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

/ / Form 3 Holdings
    Reported

/ / Form 4 Transactions
    Reported

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*      2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol     6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
                                                                                                 Issuer (Check all applicable)
                                                                                                  X  Director       X 10% Owner
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                                                                                                  X  Officer (give    Other (Specify
                                                                                                 ----        title ---       below)
Illig, Clifford W                                Cerner Corporation (CERN)                                   below)
                                                                                                 Vice Chairman
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  (Last)          (First)          (Middle)   3. IRS Identification      4. Statement for     7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                 Number of Reporting        Month/Year           (Check applicable line)
                                                 Person, if an Entity                             X   Form filed by One Reporting
                                                 (Voluntary)                December 29, 2001    ---- Person
2800 Rockcreek Parkway                                                                                Form Filed by More Than One
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                 (Street)                                                5. If Amendment,
Kansas City, MO 64117-2551                                                  Date of Original
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  (City)         (State)              (Zip)
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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. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-      7. Nature
    (Instr. 3)                     action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship           of In-
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:          direct
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Issuer's     Direct         Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                                Fiscal Year         (D) or         cial
                                   Day/                 ----------------------------     (Instr. 3 and 4)    Indirect       Owner-
                                   Year)                Amount    (A) or (D)  Price                          (I)            ship
                                                                                                             (Instr. 4)     (Instr.
                                                                                                                            4)

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Common Stock                                                                                2,823,121            D
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Common Stock                                                                                  195,667            I         by Spouse
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Common Stock                     12/29/01        J        295         A        (1)              5,843            I         by Trust
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*If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).                   Page 1 of 3 pages         (Over)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.                                   SEC 2270 (3-99)




FORM 5 (CONTINUED)        TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                  (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)


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1. Title of Derivative    2. Conver-   3. Trans-  4. Trans-   5. Number of     6. Date Exer-   7. Title and Amount   8. Price
   Security                  sion or      action     action      Derivative       cisable and     of Underlying         of
   (Instr. 3)                Exercise     Date       Code        Securities Ac-   Expiration      Securities            Deriv-
                             Price of     (Month/    (Instr. 8)  quired (A) or    Date            (Instr. 3 and 4)      ative
                             Deriv-       Day/                   Disposed of (D)  (Month/Day/                           Secur-
                             ative        Year)                  (Instr. 3, 4,    Year)                                 ity
                             Security                            and 5)                                                 (Instr. 5)
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                                                                               Date    Expira-            Amount or
                                                               --------------- Exer-   tion       Title   Number of
                                                                (A)     (D)    cisable Date               Shares
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 9. Number of           10. Ownership               11. Nature of
    Derivative              of Derivative               Indirect
    Securities              Security:                   Beneficial
    Beneficially            Direct (D)                  Ownership
    Owned at End            or Indirect (I)             (Instr. 4)
    of Year                 (Instr. 4)
    (Instr. 4)

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Explanation of Responses:

See continuation page(s) for footnotes

                                                                                               /s/ Clifford W. Illig        2-12-02
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                                                                                           **Signature of Reporting Person   Date

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

      Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form       Page 2 of 3 pages          Page 2
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Illig, Clifford W                                                Cerner Corporation (CERN)
2800 Rockcreek Parkway                                           December 29, 2001                                 Page 3 of 3 pages
Kansas City, MO 64117-2551

(1)  Acquired shares held in issuer's 401(K) Trust, not required to be reported earlier, were acquired at various dates and at
various prices during the year.