He is President of eHealthcare.net, an innovative consulting and product development firm dedicated to exceptional performance through Best Thinking^tm and the use of digital technology. He also has served as founder, Chairman and CEO of Health Online, Inc. for eight years and he was a co-founder and vice president of 1-800-DOCTORS (1-800-DOCTORS.COM), a doctor information and appointment service. Doug also serves on advisory boards for public and private eHealth companies including RnetHealth, Inc. (www.rnethealth.com), Cytura, Inc. (www.cytura.com) and Tevital-Medpliance (www.tevital.com). He writes "Medical Internet," a monthly column for Managed Care Interface magazine and he has penned numerous articles on healthcare e-commerce and e-care. In addition to the recent e-Healthcare book and CD-ROM, he was the lead author of five finance, healthcare and business Best of the Net Internet books from McGraw Hill Irwin and three noted books on healthcare management.