About the Network
 

In 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded the Washington State Department of Health funding to form the Northwest Regional Stroke Network, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.

The focus of the network is to work across the Northwest region to:

Assess needs - for each state and across the region

Build capacity - strengthen and improve stroke care

Collaborate - working together with regional resources and policies. Examples include emergency response, telestroke, and distance learning.

The network formed to make it easier for states to work together on common challenges. There are currently five regional stroke networks  – four CDC-funded and one privately funded – in the United States.

Vision: To reduce disability and death from stroke for all people in the Northwest.

Mission: To facilitate, through collaboration, equal access to high quality stroke care throughout the Northwest.