From today GPs will be receiving deliveries of the Pandemrix vaccine and will begin contacting 'at risk' groups for Swine Flu vaccination appointments. It was recently reported that there are fears that the backlog of post following the current Royal Mail strikes will affect the programme, resulting in 'at risk' groups missing their appointments and therefore delaying getting their vaccination. 
SNOMED-compliant electronic prescribing will be rolled out at CircleBath Hospital in a new contract announced between First DataBank (FDB) and ALERT Life Sciences Computing (ALERT). FDB's Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) will be integrated with ALERTâ Paper Free Hospital to enable clinicians at CircleBath Hospital to benefit from innovative SNOMED-compliant electronic clinical decision support in prescribing, dispensing and administration. 
GE (NYSE: GE) announced the formation of the "GE Healthymagination Fund", a new equity fund that will make investments in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The fund will invest in companies globally that have innovative diagnostic, IT, and life sciences technologies aligned with the strategic objectives of GE's Healthymagination initiative. 
Carestream Health, Inc., announced availability of its new web-based cardiology PACS that provides an efficient enterprise-wide image and information management solution for cardiology data. The CARESTREAM Cardiology PACS is now available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy. 
Healthcare and welfare organizations are driven by increasing cost pressure, shortage of skilled labour, aging population, need of high quality and more expensive care options. Tieto helps communities and lifecare organizations overcome these challenges and improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare and welfare services. The focus is integrated lifecare - a seamless care and service chain from birth to old age. Patients of GP practices in Greenwich will soon benefit from receiving text messages to support health promotion and patient 'access'. NHS Greenwich has recently funded iPLATO Patient Care Messaging for 39 Greenwich surgeries. 
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces that the private Maine Image Santé group in Le Mans has completed the installation of the first integrated DX-D 500 digital X-ray room.