The US-based Cerner Corporation is the second largest provider by market share of healthcare information technology (HIT) services in the healthcare industry Cerner's primary business involves leasing software to help medical organizations manage data and finances electronically.

Hospitals have invested heavily in HIT technology, citing its ease and lower cost as reasons for having adopted an IT-based infrastructure. Increases in healthcare spending, safety and quality concerns, and insufficient care create a favorable environment for IT-based healthcare.^[1] Since those issues aren't isolated to the U.S, Cerner has pursued aggressive growth in international markets. Cerner invests more than a third of its operating expense to develop IT services for international markets while only 16% of its revenues are from its international segment. ^[2]

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