Healthcare >> Analyst Interviews >> February 17, 2000

Internet Healthcare : P. Christian Hester – Warburg Dillon Read

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: You've written that the healthcare industry stands to benefit more

than any other from the proliferation of the Internet. Why is this so?

Mr. Hester: The healthcare system in the United