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What is the cost of WITS?
The cost of WITS depends greatly on the amount of modifications done to the orginal system to fit your state/county specific needs. If you are interested in implementing WITS, please contact Chris White at cwhite@feinfo.com or 443-270-5124 to discuss pricing.
Why is there Source Code Availability?
The development model for WITS has shown significant benefit for the Counties and States that have chosen to adopt the system. The current code-base is the result of over $4 million dollars invested and 3+ years of development effort. As a result, new States and Counties that decide to adopt WITS are benefiting from the willingness on the part of CSAT and other members to share Intellectual Property and source code at no cost. Unlike 3rd-party proprietary systems that only distribute ‘binary’ forms of their applications (never source code), WITS adds an element of longevity and security for its adopters.
How is WITS different from competitors?
WITS is able to adapt to the individual needs of the state/county. Has worked with the government CSAT and SAMSHA to develop the system. CSAT determined that the best hope for states to meet HIPAA and PPG was to develop or identify core technologies that could be replicated from state to state, sharply reducing the cost of replacing legacy systems. CSAT decided to undertake the development of an information technology infrastructure that states could choose to use, modify and implement to replace current administrative data systems with new Web-based systems that are HIPAA and PPG compliant.
How was WITS started?
SAMSHA initial funding of WITS: The initial creation of the Web Infrastructure for Treatment Services was provided money by specific states or counties on the basis that they would help provide a system which could create data reports to SAMSHA. With changes in the the CSAT branch, they were now requiring states to find a better way to compute and report this data and providing funding for those states/counties that were able to. Westat in conjunction with FEI.com, helped to do this and was funded by the states/counties through SAMSHA and CSAT.