Healthcare >> Analyst Interviews >> September 23, 1998

Health Care Information Technology : P. Christian Hester – Salomon Smith Barney

P. CHRISTIAN HESTER is an Executive Director with Warburg Dillon Read, responsible for coverage of healthcare information technology companies with a specific focus on healthcare-related Internet concerns. Prior to joining WDR, he spent seven years at Salomon Smith Barney as a Senior Analyst and later as Vice President in the firm's Healthcare Services Research Group covering healthcare services and information technology companies. Mr. Hester began his career as a member of Salomon Smith Barney's Healthcare Investment Banking Group. He received his Bachelor's degree in American History from Princeton University. Profile
TWST: Why is health care information technology regarded as an emerging

sector of health care rather than as a sector of technology?

Mr. Hester: I think a lot of it has to do, quite frankly,