Further testing after the April, 2010 release of RelayHealth (RH) has shown that the statement by RH's support staff that the CCD (to be imported) must be constrained by HITSP C32 Versions 2.3 was NOT correct. The CCD created by HealthFrame will work with RH without this constraint. The initial problem was RH's failure to support the RxNorm coding for medication which is a requirement of the standard. As of the April release, they now support the RxNorm coding but are having translation/lookup problems in this area. In addition, their limited support of SIG elements brings into question the usefulness of this area in RH.
I was fortunate to be introduced to the IT Project Manager associated with the RelayHealth implementation at my hospital. She is very receptive in receiving my experiences in using RH and will be using my feedback in her implementation meetings.
I will provide updates when additional information is available.