The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology(CCHIT) has named three new commissioners and reappointed two existingcommissioners.

Netc@rds has moved to the second phase of its European Netc@ards project, an online service for the electronic European health insurance card initiative, according to a report from eHealth Europe.

Siemens Automation and Drives, a division of Siemens, has developed two new tools for medical displays, the SMfitTotal Care software and the SMfit Site manager software.

Medseek, a provider of enterprise eHealth systems, announced the launch of its pilot personal health management application with MedStar Health, a non-profit healthcare organization in Columbia, Md.

Opus Healthcare Solutions of Austin, Texas, has released OpusMobility,software designed to offer physicians mobile access to patient labresults and diagnostic reports.

AngioDynamics, a provider of medical devices used by interventionalradiologists and surgeons, has appointed K. Wayne McDougall to the roleof vice president and corporate controller.

Diagnostic ultrasound developer Aloka has appointed Masanobu Tada aspresident, and Carlos Faustmann as vice president of operations ofAloka Holding Europe, the company's wholly owned European headquartersin Switzerland.

While only 17 percent of home care agencies are currently using atelehealth system, the number of agencies using remote patientmonitoring will most likely double over the next two years as one-thirdreported they are planning to purchase a system, according to a FazziAssociates survey.