[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.

[5] Former facilities: ECU Health EastCare provides critical care air and ground transport service to all of eastern North Carolina.

Both air and ground transport programs serve all types of critical patients including trauma, cardiac, medical, high-risk obstetrics, burns, and pediatric.

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.