Cognizant a leading provider of IT services, today announced that the Company has been ranked the 21 st largest healthcare IT provider by Healthcare Informatics magazine in their 13 th annual survey of major healthcare information technology providers.

Cognizant jumped 14 places from last year's ranking, based on revenue from healthcare customers, and was the 5 th fastest growing company by revenue growth, with a 51% year-over-year increase. Cognizant has been included on this list for the 4 th consecutive year.

"As a leading partner to several of the world's largest healthcare companies, we have witnessed increased adoption of information technology as a strategic differentiator," said Krish Venkat, General Manager and Head, Cognizant Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice. "Our focus is to increase value well beyond traditional cost savings for outsourcing implementations and deliver complete offshore solutions that enable our clients to improve customer processes, streamline business operations and achieve their strategic objectives.

"We are delighted to be included on this list of the top healthcare IT providers," said Lakshmi Narayanan, President and CEO, Cognizant. "Our growth and success in the healthcare market is the result of the increased trust that we are earning from our customers as they engage with us more deeply via our consulting and domain expertise-centered approach to IT services."

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