Western States Regional Network (IX)

Who They Are

Representing 14 Hemophilia Treatment Centers in California, Guam, Hawaii, and Nevada, providing Comprehensive diagnostic, treatment, prevention, research, and cost effective pharmacy services for a longer, healthier life.

What Disorders Do They Treat?

• Hemophilia
• Thrombophilia
• Von Willebrand Disease

 

What Do They Provide?

Federally supported Hemophilia Treatment Centers (HTC) in Region IX belong to a nationwide network of over 140 Centers that use multidisciplinary teams of blood disorder specialists to provide expert comprehensive diagnosis, medical care, outreach, education, outcomes monitoring, surveillance, and prevention services to people with hemophilia, Von Willebrand Disease, and related conditions.

 

Other Facts

HTCs promote comprehensive care and prevent blood disorder complications to achieve goals set by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Services are provided in line with National Hemophilia Foundation recommendations.

HTCs also coordinate care with dentists, genetic counselors, obstetrician/gynecologists, and primary care practitioners and they educate school personnel.

HTC care in the U.S. is organized into regions. Regional leadership provide fiscal and administrative oversight, grants management, capacity building, clinical education, technical assistance, evaluation, and liaison with related public and private health agencies at the local, state, and federal levels.

 

CLICK HERE to visit the Region IX website.