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UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is the best hospital in Massachusetts when it comes to serving low-income patients and those from varying racial backgrounds, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

On a Saturday afternoon at the Worcester Public Library’s main branch, the center of attention was a rubber prop meant to mimic a wounded human limb.

About a dozen people, women and men of all ages, watched as Stop The Bleed instructor Dominick Dunbar wrapped a tourniquet around the prop, demonstrating how to tighten the strap and explaining where to place one in the event of a real injury.

While consumers make a dash for doorbuster deals this Black Friday, David Filar will be running to raise funds for UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center’s Child Life program.Filar, who has lived in Worcester for the last nine years, is embarking on a four-day, 154-mile run across Massachusetts in an effort to raise $15,000 to purchase safe, developmental toys for young hospital patients during the holiday season.

Volunteer dermatologists from UMass Memorial Medical Center will be screening firefighters from 9 am to 1 pm at the Hahnemann Campus, located at 281 Lincoln Street in Worcester on November 16. 

As the use of artificial intelligence is becoming more prevalent in health care, UMass Memorial Medical Center’s emergency room in Worcester last year quietly became the first level-one trauma center in the United States to implement KATE AI.

Now, after nearly 18 months, UMass Memorial has seen a significant increase in the accuracy of its initial assessment of the severity of patients’ conditions.

Details PediBERT, the pediatric behavioral emergency response team at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center. 

At the end of Donate Life Month, UMass Memorial Health is honoring donors and their families for sharing the gift of life. 

The medical center held a flag raising Monday in collaboration with New England Donor Services. 

Massachusetts is facing a mounting maternal morbidity crisis, the likes of which aren’t slowing down.

Rates of severe maternal morbidity in the state nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020, with Black birthing people among the most impacted by the unexpected negative outcomes of labor and delivery affecting short- and long-term health, according to a 2023 report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

A nurse at UMass Memorial Medical Center is sharing their story on National Nurses Week and encouraging others to find a place in the rewarding profession.