ECU Health

Last updated
ECU Health
Company type Private not-for-profit
Industry Hospital network
PredecessorVidant Health; University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina
Founded1997
Headquarters
Greenville, North Carolina
,
United States
Number of locations
Nine hospitals
Area served
 Eastern North Carolina
Key people
Mike Waldrum, MD, MS, MBA
Chief Executive Officer ;
Revenue US$ 1,693,152,000 (2017)
US$ 101,637 (2017)
Number of employees
12,224 (2017)
Website ECU Health

ECU Health (formerly Vidant Health) is a not-for-profit, 1,447-bed hospital system that serves more than 1.4 million people in 29 Eastern North Carolina counties. The health system is made up of nine hospitals 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, is a level I trauma center and serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville. Its smaller, community-based hospitals serve as patient feeders to the main hospital. The main hospital has shuttered services at these facilities only to reroute state licenses and permits back to the main hospital. [1]

Contents

ECU Health is the largest private employer in Eastern North Carolina. [2]

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. [3]

ECU Health changed their name from University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina in January 2012 to Vidant Health. [4]

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. [5]

ECU Health-owned hospitals

Former facilities:

Specialty facilities

Services

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 Onslow, 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: [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greenville, North Carolina</span> City in North Carolina, United States

Greenville is the county seat and most populous city of Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. It is the principal city of the Greenville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the 12th-most populous city in North Carolina. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain. As of the 2020 census, there were 87,521 people in the city. The city has continued to see a population and economic boom with most of the growth being seen in the 20th and 21st centuries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ECU Brody School of Medicine</span> Medical school of East Carolina University

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 Doctor of Medicine / Master of Business Administration programs, and standalone Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Public Health programs. Brody is a national leader in family medicine, ranking No. 1 in North Carolina and No. 2 nationally in the percentage of graduates who choose careers in family medicine, based on the 2017 American Academy of Family Physicians report on MD-granting medical schools. Brody ranks in the top 10 percent of U.S. medical schools for graduating physicians who practice in the state, practice primary care and practice in rural and underserved areas. Brody graduates currently practice in 83 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

ECU Health 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 the flagship medical center for ECU Health. ECU Health is a Level 1 Trauma Center, one of 6 in the state of North Carolina. It is the only level I trauma center east of Raleigh, and thus is the hub of medical care for a broad and complicated rural region of over 2 million people. ECU Health Medical Center is the largest employer in Eastern North Carolina and 20th overall in the state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stamford Hospital</span> Hospital in Connecticut, United States

Stamford Hospital, residing on the Bennett Medical Center campus, is a 305-bed, not-for-profit hospital and the central facility for Stamford Health. The hospital is regional healthcare facility for Fairfield and Westchester counties, and is the only hospital in the city of Stamford, Connecticut.

John Muir Health is a hospital network headquartered in Walnut Creek, California and serving Contra Costa County, California and surrounding communities. It was formed in 1997 from the merger of John Muir Medical Center and Mount Diablo Medical Center.

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine is the dental school at East Carolina University. It is North Carolina's second dental school, which enrolled its inaugural class in the fall of 2011. ECU SoDM was established to address the shortage of dentists in the rural regions across North Carolina. It serves North Carolina statewide by educating more dentists, with the primary focus of student recruitment being students who desire to return to rural and underserved areas to provide oral health care. The SoDM built 8 community service learning centers located in rural and underserved areas throughout the state. The students will complete nine-week rotations at the service learning centers during their final year of study.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System(SRHS) is one of South Carolina's largest healthcare systems. SRHS draws patients primarily from the areas of Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, and Greenville counties (all located in the Piedmont region of South Carolina), as well as Rutherford and Polk counties (located in western North Carolina). Spartanburg General Hospital was organized under the authority of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1917. It officially became the Spartanburg Regional Health Services District, Inc., a political subdivision of the State of South Carolina, by the charter granted by the Secretary of State of South Carolina on May 1, 1995.

BJC HealthCare is a non-profit health care organization based in St. Louis, Missouri. BJC includes two nationally recognized academic hospitals – Barnes–Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital, which are both affiliated with the Washington University School of Medicine.

Medical centers in the United States are conglomerations of health care facilities including hospitals and research facilities that also either include or are closely affiliated with a medical school.

Chowan Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Edenton, North Carolina. It is a part of the ECU Health system. In 1947 Chowan Hospital opened. It moved in 1950 and again to its present position in 1970. A wing was added in 1988. It joined with UHSEC in 1998. The Emergency Department at Pitt County Memorial Hospital was linked to Chowan Hospital in April 2001. The hospital has 49 general hospital beds and 40 general nursing home beds. It also has three Shared Inpatient/Ambulatory Surgery and one Endoscopy operating rooms.

ECU Health Duplin Hospital is a hospital located in Kenansville, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the ECU Health Medical Center & ECU Health in Greenville, NC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaweah Delta Medical Center</span> Hospital in California USA, founded 1963

Kaweah Health Medical Center is located in Visalia, California, United States and offers comprehensive health services including cardiac, vascular, colorectal, and general surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, mental health services, orthopedic surgery, adult and neonatal intensive care and pediatrics, and more. It is the largest hospital in Tulare County and Kings County, serving a population of more than 600,000. Kaweah Health is governed by an elected board of directors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EastCare</span>

ECU Health EastCare is the critical care mobile air and ground transport service of ECU Health at ECU Health Medical Center. It serves 31 counties in Eastern North Carolina. It is sponsored by ECU Health Medical Center and The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Medical Center is the only level 1 trauma center east of Raleigh. EastCare's five full-time air ambulances constitute the largest air medical program in North Carolina and can serve a radius of 230 nautical miles around Greenville without refueling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Penrose Hospital</span> Hospital in Colorado, United States

Penrose Hospital is a 364-bed hospital located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and owned by Penrose-Saint Francis Health Services. The campus includes Penrose Hospital, the Penrose Cancer Center, the E Tower building, the Penrose Pavilion, and the John Zay House. The hospital is a Level II trauma center.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul R. Cunningham</span> Surgeon and medical dean (born 1949)

Paul Raymond Goldwyn Cunningham is a Jamaican American surgeon and medical educator known for pioneering as one of the few African American medical Deans existing in the United States. Their number becomes even smaller when only considering non-minority Med schools. Cunningham was appointed Dean of The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in 2008., where he became a tenured Professor of Surgery in 1989. He graduated as an MD from the University of the West Indies in 1972, and further specialized in surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center (Manhattan). He practiced and taught surgery for several years at the Bertie-County and Pitt-County Memorial Hospitals before joining academia. Cunningham has published numerous research articles in areas such as trauma, bariatric surgery, allograft and organ transplantation. In 2016 he was honored Dean Emeritus after serving Brody School of Medicine for 29 years, eight as dean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allen M. Thomas</span> American politician

Allen Morris Thomas is an American politician. He was appointed on December 6, 2021 by President Biden and the White House as Regional Administrator for the Southeast Region of the United States Small Business Administration.

Pungo District Hospital, known for a period as Vidant Pungo Hospital, was a hospital in Belhaven, North Carolina. It opened in 1949, was acquired by Vidant Health in 2011, and closed in 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UNC Medical Center</span> Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Medical Center (UNCMC) is a 932-bed non-profit, nationally ranked, public, research and academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, providing tertiary care for the Research Triangle, surrounding areas and North Carolina. The medical center is the flagship campus of the UNC Health Care Health System and is made up of four hospitals that include the North Carolina Memorial Hospital, North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital, North Carolina Women's Hospital, and the North Carolina Cancer Hospital. UNCMC is affiliated with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. UNCMC features an ACS designated adult and pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center and has a helipad to handle medevac patients.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Farkas</span> American politician from North Carolina

Brian Austin Farkas is an American politician and State Representative who served District 9 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

References

  1. ↑ "NC NAACP president condemns demolition of Belhaven hospital, calls it "ominous sign"". WITN. 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  2. ↑ "North Carolina's Largest Private Employers" (PDF). Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Teams of Diabetes Educators Regularly Visit Rural Clinics to Coach African-American Patients, Leading to Better Glycemic Control and Potential Cost Savings". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  4. ↑ King, Lauren. "Pitt County Memorial Hospital in N.C. set to change name". The Associated Press/PilotOnline.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Team, WITN Web. "Vidant Health to rebrand as ECU Health this spring". witn.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Quillin, Martha (2016-11-28). "Judge stops demolition of Belhaven hospital – for now". The News & Observer . Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  7. ↑ "NC NAACP president condemns demolition of Belhaven hospital, calls it "ominous sign"". WITN. 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  8. ↑ "Leadership". ECU Health. East Carolina University. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.