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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.

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. 

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.

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.

The four-hospital system initially launched acute hospital care at home in 2021 to address bursting-at-the-seams capacity issues. But then UMass Memorial recognized other benefits from the care model.

To help expectant parents find the right facility amid diminishing options, Newsweek has partnered with data and business intelligence portal Statista for the third annual ranking of America's Best Maternity Hospitals.

Features Tiffany Moore Simas, M.D., chair of obstetrics and gynecology at UMass Memorial Health, and includes a link to her November 2023 podcast, one of a five-episode series covering maternal health and well-being.