Most CMIOs expect a raise in the coming year, although it wont be a big one, according to the results of the second annual CMIO Compensation Survey. Sixty-two percent of respondents said they expect a raise, and 45 percent of them expect raises that will range up to 4 percent.

Mobisante has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for MobiUS, its smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system.

Covidien has reported increases in net income and sales among its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended Dec. 24, 2010, mainly due to prosperous acquisitions.

Women had a 70 percent decrease in heart failure and 72 percent reduction in death when undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) when compared with men, according to sub-analysis of the MADIT-CRT trial published in the Feb. 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Tomorrow's laboratories will utilize advanced diagnostic and information management technologies such as digital pathology and molecular studies, and will require sophisticated, interoperable laboratory information systems/laboratory information management systems (LIS/LIMS) to handle the resulting more complex and high-volume data, according to a report from Kalorama Information.

The majorities of the U.S. public and doctors share many of the same hopes for advancing health through IT, according to a recently released survey report from the Markle Foundation.

Healthcare technology company WellDoc has acquired home-health consulting company Oncology Care Home Health Specialists. The acquisition will accelerate the development and quality of WellDoc's mHealth oncology solution, one of several disease suites in development, and will complement WellDoc's FDA cleared DiabetesManager, according to Baltimore-based WellDoc.

Danaher has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of Beckman Coulter's outstanding common stock for $83.50 per share in cash (without interest). The transaction is valued at approximately $6.8 billion, including debt assumed and net of cash acquired.