June 16, 2010 (FinancialWire) — CardioNet, Inc., (NASDAQ: BEAT), a wireless medical technology company with an initial focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, said that its board of directors has appointed Joseph H. Capper as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds Randy H. Thurman, who remains chairman of the board.

Capper was previously president, CEO and member of the board of Home Diagnostics, Inc. previously a NASDAQ listed company that is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of diabetes management products.

He joined Home Diagnostics in 2009. Prior to Home Diagnostics, Capper was president and CEO of CCS Medical Inc. a private company that is a provider of medical supplies in diabetes, wound care, respiratory and other therapeutic categories.

Pennsylvania-based CardioNet is the provider of ambulatory, continuous, real-time outpatient management solutions for monitoring clinical information regarding an individual's health.

CardioNet's initial efforts are focused on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, or heart rhythm disorders, with a solution that it markets as Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry.

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