ECU Health (formerly Vidant Health) is a

not-for-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

, 1,447-bed

hospital system A hospital network is a public, non-profit or for-profit company or organization that provides two or more hospitals and other broad healthcare facilities and services. A hospital network may include hospitals in one or more regions within on ...

that serves more than 1.4 million people in 29

Eastern North Carolina Eastern North Carolina (sometimes abbreviated as ENC) is the region encompassing the eastern tier of North Carolina. It is known geographically as the state's Coastal Plain region. Primary subregions of Eastern North Carolina include the Sandhil ...

counties. The health system is made up of nine

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s and more than 12,000 employees. ECU Health also includes wellness centers, home health and hospice services, a dedicated children's hospital, rehab facilities, pain management and wound healing centers and specialized cancer care. Their flagship hospital,

ECU Health Medical Center ECU Health Medical Center (previously Pitt County Memorial Hospital and Vidant Medical Center) is a hospital located in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the primary teaching hospital for East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and is ...

, is a level I trauma center and serves as the teaching hospital for the

Brody School of Medicine The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (BSOM) is a public medical school located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It offers a Doctor of Medicine program, combined Doctor of Medicine / Master of Public Health and Doc ...

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...

in Greenville. ECU Health is the largest private employer in Eastern North Carolina. All nine ECU Health hospitals have achieved The Gold Seal of Approval for quality care by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in America. In 2002, the organization implemented a program in which diabetes educators regularly visit rural clinics to improve glycemic control in African-American patients. ECU Health changed their name from University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina in January 2012 to Vidant Health. On January 3, 2022, Vidant Health announced that they would be rebranding as ECU Health. In the announcement, they indicated that it would take several months for the branding to be noticeable to the public.

ECU Health-owned hospitals

, Greenville - Flagship Hospital * ECU Health Beaufort Hospital,

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

* ECU Health North Hospital,

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* ECU Health Bertie Hospital,

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places Australia * Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...

* ECU Health Chowan Hospital,

Edenton Edenton is a town in, and the county seat of, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States, on Albemarle Sound. The population was 4,397 at the 2020 census. Edenton is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. In recent years Edenton has ...

* ECU Health Duplin Hospital, Kenansville * ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital,

Tarboro Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 10,721. It is the county seat of Edgecombe County. ...

ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan Hospital Roanoke-Chowan Hospital is a hospital located in Ahoskie, North Carolina, Ahoskie, North Carolina. It is a part of the ECU Health System. In the 1930s, James David Early of nearby Early's Station community was a major supporter of building a hospi ...

, Ahoskie * The Outer Banks Hospital,

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(jointly owned with Chesapeake Regional Healthcare) Former facilities: * Vidant Pungo Hospital, Belhaven - Acquired 2011, closed 2014, demolished 2016

Specialty facilities

* East Carolina Endoscopy Center * East Carolina Heart Institute * James & Connie Maynard Children's Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center * Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center * Onslow Radiation Oncology * Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice * ECU Health Behavioral Crisis Center * ECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower in Greenville * ECU Health Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation * ECU Health Health Foundation * ECU Health Home Health & Hospice * ECU Health Medical Group Practices * ECU Health Minor Emergency * ECU Health Outpatient Rehabilitation * ECU Health Pain Management Centers * ECU Health Radiation Oncology * ECU Health Sleep Centers * ECU Health SurgiCenter * ECU Health Wellness Centers * ECU Health Wound Healing Centers

Services

* Allergy and Asthma * Arthritis and Rheumatology * Bariatrics * Behavioral Health * Cancer * Children's * Dermatology * Ear, Nose and Throat * Emergency and Trauma * Employee Health and Wellness * Endocrinology * Family Medicine and Primary Care * Gastroenterology * Geriatrics * Heart and Vascular * Home Health * Hospice * Immediate and Walk-In Care * Nephrology * Neurology and Neurosurgery * Ophthalmology * Orthopedics and Sports Medicine * Pain Management * Palliative Care * Pulmonology and Respiratory * Radiology * Sleep * Surgery * Therapy and Rehabilitation * Transplant * Urology * Wellness and Prevention * Women's * Wound

ECU Health EastCare

ECU Health EastCare provides critical care air and ground transport service to all of eastern North Carolina. There are multiple ground units, including one dedicated to children's transport. EastCare's five air units are located in Beaufort, Nash, Craven, Wayne and Bertie counties. Both ground and air units provide rapid transportation and advanced medical care to critically ill and injured patients. Both air and ground transport programs serve all types of critical patients including trauma, cardiac, medical, high-risk obstetrics, burns, and pediatric.

ECU Health Foundation

The ECU Health Foundation is an independent, non-profit, tax-exempt, charitable corporation that serves as the custodian for all financial gifts and bequests to ECU Health .

Governing board

The governing board of ECU Health sets the policies that govern the operation and direction of ECU Health, ECU Health Medical Center and its subsidiaries. Members of the governing board meet monthly and are responsible for the articulation of its mission and values, the protection of assets and the quality of services. They serve voluntarily and without pay. Members of the governing board are chosen for their management experience and their standing as community leaders. They are chosen by the UNC Board of Governors and Pitt County Commissioners for a term of 5 years, not to exceed two consecutive terms. ECU Health Board of Directors: * Marcus S. Albernaz, MD * Shirley A. Carraway, Ed.D. * James W. "Jim" Chestnutt * Charlester T. Crumpler, Jr. * Ernest L. "Ernie" Evans * Jimmy F. Garris * Robert J. "Bob" Greczyn, Jr. * W. Phillip "Phil" Hodges * J. Bryant Kittrell, III * C. Bynum Satterwhite * Anand "Andy" Tewari, MD

References

External links

ECU Health Homepage
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