Health

Aletha Britt has spent 48 years working at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, now part of ECU Health, starting her career in 1977.

Twenty-five nurses from ECU Health have been recognized as part of the Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina for 2025.

North Carolina State Representative Gregory F. Murphy has expressed concerns over Cigna’s recent policy decision, describing it as “just another instance” of the insurance company refusing to compensate physicians adequately for their services.

Tom Stanley, a manager in Marketing and Communications, learned the importance of advance care planning (ACP) after his father experienced a medical emergency during a family visit.

Dr. Sharona Johnson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NE-C, FAANP, has been inducted as a 2025 Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). Dr. Johnson serves as Executive Director of Advanced Clinical Practice for ECU Health, is a Family…

ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Greenville, North Carolina, to mark the upcoming opening of its new 144-bed facility.

Two teenagers from eastern North Carolina, Madelyn Sutter and Kade McLawhorn, traveled to Washington, D.C. this summer to represent their state at the Children’s Congress, a national advocacy event organized by Breakthrough T1D.

The Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at ECU Health is seeking to address the national shortage of electrophysiologists by training and retaining physicians in eastern North Carolina.

Christina Brizendine, PharmD, BCPS, has been named the Greenville Region Preceptor of the Year by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

The ECU Health Rehabilitation Department has announced Krista Austin, OT, and Alyssa Villasenor-Avalos, SLP, as the 2024 recipients of the Bennett Award for Outstanding Rehab Team Members.