LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Marc G. Naughton, Randy D. Sims and Mary Blair, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


Complete and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's  capacity as an officer and director of Cerner Corporation
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and timely file
such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority.

	The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution or
revocation.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilties to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, or until earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of September,
2002.





									   /s/Neal L. Patterson

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									   Neal L. Patterson




Subscribed and Sworn before me this 6th day of September, 2002.


Notary Public:/s/Jenae L. Miller
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Jenae L. Miller
		    6-4-04 Term Expires