S U G G E S T E D   R E S E A R C H   T O P I C S

• How many hospitals have been built in Pitt County since 1900? Where were they located? Give a short description of each.
• How did Pitt County come to have a Regional Rehabilitation Center?
• What connection is there between PCMH and the ECU School of Medicine? Tell how they came to be affiliated. Who was responsible for their association?
• What areas besides Pitt County does PCMH serve? In what ways does it provide health care service?
• Describe the work done by the PCMH Volunteer Auxiliary and the Greenville Service League. What do these two groups contribute to the operation of the hospital?
• Describe the role of the hospital in dealing with natural disasters such as Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and other catastrophes.
• Trace the growth of the heart program at PCMH.
• Analyze the effects on the operation of PCMH from the involvement of the federal government in health care.
• Why did the administrators of PCMH and the medical practitioners of Pitt County support privatization? What effect has it had on the hospital's operation and medical practice in the area? In what ways has becoming a private health center affected PCMH's ability to serve the 29 counties in the east that make up its service area?
• Describe how the nurses in the county's hospitals have contributed to the growth and improvement of health care in Pitt County between 1951 and 2001.

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The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
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Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4354