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Jessica Kagen Hart, MD
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Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
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Attending, Division of General Pediatrics , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Director of Quality, Safety, and Operations Track , Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Director of Quality and Safety for Graduate Medical Education, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Associate Chair of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Associate Director, Penn Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, Perelman School of Medicine
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Department: Pediatrics
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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3a 3600 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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26 Division of General Pediatrics
3a 3600 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Office: 215-590-1220
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Email:
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Education:
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33 University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
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46 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022.
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46 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022.
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223 Kurtz JB,Kurtz JB, Capriola D, Xin F, Mercado O, Ortiz P, Ortega Rivera M, Chainani S, Dickens H, Nolan L, Frazier A, Luo B, Menko S, Shum M, Gutierrez G, Madrid R, Stafford L, Li W, Portilla Y, Noel M, Bonafide C, Tenney-Soeiro R, Hart J, and Maletsky K. : Improving Rates of Hospital Discharge Instruction Translation for Spanish-preferring Patients through Technology and Workflow Solutions. Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Boston, MA April 2026.
157 Simmons P, Pumphrey K, Jones J, Yazdani S, Hart J, Kuhn E, Congdon M: Systems-Informed Safety Reporting: Utilization of the SEIPS Model to Improve the Quality of Safety Event Reporting. Poster presentation, Quality Improvement Research Conference, Boston, MA April 2026.
ab McShane M, Keifetz D, Parmar S, Carter D, Pluymers M, Appah-Sampong A, Chen A, Rosanova S, Breslin J, Orr M, Lipinski K, Hart J df : Reducing Unnecessary Regulated Medical Waste in the Emergency Department and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Oral presentation, Quality Improvement Research Conference, Boston, MA April 2026.
156 Hart JS, Shah N, Reilly C, Anderson H, Posner J, Tenney-Soeiro R, Weiss A, West D.: Improving Written Faculty Assessments of Teaching Effectiveness: A Mixed-Methods Quality Improvement Study. Oral presentation, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Boston, MA April 2026.
11c Pumphrey KA, Hart JK, Zorc JJ, Dunn MB, Shannon CM, Utidjian LH, Kenyon CC. : Improving Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy for Patients Admitted for Asthma Exacerbation. Pediatr Qual Saf. 11(1), Feb 2026.
155 Kurtz J, Simmons P, Jones JM, Nguyen J, Ellis M, Chang F, Hoehn B, Dickens H, Rimes S, Roman M, Tenney-Soeiro R, Hart J, Bonafide CP, Maletsky KD. : Disparities in Family-Centered Rounds Participation by Caregiver's Preferred Language. Hosp Pediatr. 16(2), Feb 2026.
f2 Huang E, Hart J, Won J. : From SMART aims to systems thinking: expanding the scope of quality improvement and patient safety education. BMJ Qual Saf. 34(12), Nov 2025.
1e0 Chiotos K, Dutcher L, Grundmeier RW, Szymczak JE, Lautenbach E, Neuhauser MM, Hicks LA, Hamilton KW, Li Y, Muller BM, Meyahnwi D, Congdon M, Kane E, Hart J, Utidjian L, Cressman L, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Gerber JS. : Off-target Impact of Clinician Feedback Reports on Antibiotic Use in Children With Medical Complexity Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 14(10), Oct 2025.
13e Hart J, Kuhn E, Nord E, Kerman C, Fieldston E, Kane E. : Development and Implementation of a New Process to Improve Safety of Urgent Direct Admissions. Hospital Pediatrics. Sept 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2024-008239. Epub ahead of print.
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Selected Publications
22b Kurtz J, Capriola D, Xin F, Mercado O, Ortiz P, Ortega Rivera M, Chainani S., Dickens H, Gutierrez G, Nolan L, Ellis M, Bancroft G, Morrison M, Luo B, Menko S, Shum M, Portilla Y, Li W, Madrid R, Frazier A, Stafford L, Noel M, Bonafide CB, Tenney-Soeiro R, Hart J and Maletsky KM.: Improving Rates of Hospital Discharge Instruction Translation for Spanish-Preferring Patients Oral presentation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Quality & Safety Day, Philadelphia, PA May 2026.223 Kurtz JB,Kurtz JB, Capriola D, Xin F, Mercado O, Ortiz P, Ortega Rivera M, Chainani S, Dickens H, Nolan L, Frazier A, Luo B, Menko S, Shum M, Gutierrez G, Madrid R, Stafford L, Li W, Portilla Y, Noel M, Bonafide C, Tenney-Soeiro R, Hart J, and Maletsky K. : Improving Rates of Hospital Discharge Instruction Translation for Spanish-preferring Patients through Technology and Workflow Solutions. Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Boston, MA April 2026.
157 Simmons P, Pumphrey K, Jones J, Yazdani S, Hart J, Kuhn E, Congdon M: Systems-Informed Safety Reporting: Utilization of the SEIPS Model to Improve the Quality of Safety Event Reporting. Poster presentation, Quality Improvement Research Conference, Boston, MA April 2026.
ab McShane M, Keifetz D, Parmar S, Carter D, Pluymers M, Appah-Sampong A, Chen A, Rosanova S, Breslin J, Orr M, Lipinski K, Hart J df : Reducing Unnecessary Regulated Medical Waste in the Emergency Department and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Oral presentation, Quality Improvement Research Conference, Boston, MA April 2026.
156 Hart JS, Shah N, Reilly C, Anderson H, Posner J, Tenney-Soeiro R, Weiss A, West D.: Improving Written Faculty Assessments of Teaching Effectiveness: A Mixed-Methods Quality Improvement Study. Oral presentation, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Boston, MA April 2026.
11c Pumphrey KA, Hart JK, Zorc JJ, Dunn MB, Shannon CM, Utidjian LH, Kenyon CC. : Improving Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy for Patients Admitted for Asthma Exacerbation. Pediatr Qual Saf. 11(1), Feb 2026.
155 Kurtz J, Simmons P, Jones JM, Nguyen J, Ellis M, Chang F, Hoehn B, Dickens H, Rimes S, Roman M, Tenney-Soeiro R, Hart J, Bonafide CP, Maletsky KD. : Disparities in Family-Centered Rounds Participation by Caregiver's Preferred Language. Hosp Pediatr. 16(2), Feb 2026.
f2 Huang E, Hart J, Won J. : From SMART aims to systems thinking: expanding the scope of quality improvement and patient safety education. BMJ Qual Saf. 34(12), Nov 2025.
1e0 Chiotos K, Dutcher L, Grundmeier RW, Szymczak JE, Lautenbach E, Neuhauser MM, Hicks LA, Hamilton KW, Li Y, Muller BM, Meyahnwi D, Congdon M, Kane E, Hart J, Utidjian L, Cressman L, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Gerber JS. : Off-target Impact of Clinician Feedback Reports on Antibiotic Use in Children With Medical Complexity Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 14(10), Oct 2025.
13e Hart J, Kuhn E, Nord E, Kerman C, Fieldston E, Kane E. : Development and Implementation of a New Process to Improve Safety of Urgent Direct Admissions. Hospital Pediatrics. Sept 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2024-008239. Epub ahead of print.
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