Pittsburgh firm will integrate substance abuse treatment and mental health systems
PITTSBURGH, Pa.,April 13, 2009 — KIT Solutions has been selected by the state of Rhode Island to implement a statewide, integrated Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Information Management System.
Under the two-year contract, KIT Solutions will integrate the information management needs of social service professionals across the state in two behavioral health fields, substance abuse treatment and mental health.
“We were impressed with KIT’s ability to provide a comprehensive solution that brought together information from both our substance abuse and mental health staffs,” said Steve Dean, Administrator, Contracts and Logistics, Department of Mental Health and Retardation & Hospitals. “KIT’s leadership in this area and its track record of success in other states were major factors in our decision.”
“We are excited to begin this assignment with the state of Rhode Island,” said Xiaoyan Zhang, CEO of KIT Solutions. “Our extensive experience in helping state human service agencies comprehensively manage information and reporting needs in real time over the Internet will help us quickly deliver results.”
KIT Solutions, based in Pittsburgh, is a recognized leader in the delivery of web-based information management services that help Health and Human Service professionals effectively manage their service delivery, reporting to state and federal governments, and modernizing decision making process. Since its founding 13 years ago, KIT has grown to 65 employees and its clients include several federal agencies and state and local agencies in 17 states, including California and New York.
About KIT Solutions
KIT Solutions, based in Pittsburgh, provides on-line, real-time, and data-driven decision support service with Knowledge-based Information Technology (KIT) to Health and Human Service sector agencies across the United States. KIT delivers Software as a Service (SaaS) over the Internet, enabling clients to cost effectively manage social service programs by helping them better measure impact and performance outcomes, improve decision making based on increased knowledge, implement best practices, and track funding and satisfy grant reporting. More than 14,000 social service professionals use KIT Solutions’ on-line data service daily in more than 2,200 agencies and provider organizations across the nation.
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