The Health Services and Information Management Programs at ECU will expand students' capacities to lead, recognize their unique strengths, and apply ECU's Integrated Leadership Framework to inspire, empower, and influence positive action for the benefit of society. Students are trained to strive for high quality, relevant, and accountable leadership that will meet the challenges of managing the nation's healthcare organizations. During the last semester before graduation, the HIM students have an allied health management experience and the HSM students have an internship where functions such as leadership, finance, budget, management and human resources in health care facilities are seen and experienced.