Jessica Kagen Hart, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Attending, Division of General Pediatrics , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Quality Improvement, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Quality, Safety, and Operations Track , Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Quality and Safety for Graduate Medical Education, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Chair of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Penn Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of General Pediatrics
3600 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1220
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Brandeis University, 2001.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
MHQS (Healthcare Quality and Safety )
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022.
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Selected Publications

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.

Chiotos K, Dutcher L, Grundmeier RW, Meyahnwi D, Lautenbach E, Neuhauser MM, Hicks LA, Hamilton KW, Li Y, Szymczak JE, Muller BM, Congdon M, Kane E, Hart J, Utidjian L, Cressman L, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Gerber JS. : Impact of Clinician Feedback Reports on Antibiotic Use in Children Hospitalized With Community-acquired Pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 80(2): 263-270, Feb 2025.

Kurtz JB, Ellis M, Chang F, Lanza J, Rodrigo P, Dickens H, Nguyen J, Roman M, Ciarlante A, Simmons JP, Jones J, Tenney-Soeiro R, Hart J, Bonafide C, Maletsky K. : Leveraging Scheduled Rounding Times to Improve Rates of Participation in Family Centered Rounds for Caregivers who Prefer a Language Other than English. Oral Presentation, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii 2025.

Congdon, Morgan MD, MPH, MSEd; Rasooly, Irit R. MD, MSCE, Toto, Regina L. MD, MSEd, Capriola, Danielle MHA; Costello, Anna MD; Scarfone, Richard J. MD; Weiss, Anna K. MD, MSEd: Diagnostic Safety: Needs Assessment and Informed Curriculum at an Academic Children’s Hospital. Pediatric Quality and Safety 9(6), November 2024.

Simmons P, Hart J, Gottlieb S, Hyman D, Washington N. : The Evolving Role of the Pediatric Resident Physician in Hospital Clinical Operations. Hospital Pediatrics 14(9), Sep 2024.

Pumphrey K, Simmons JP, Devare J, Schreiner KL, Jones JM, Yazdani S, Letelier M, Apkon D, Rospigliosi D, Hart J : Safety Starts with Me: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Pediatric Trainee Safety Reporting. Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Ontario May 2024.

Simmons JP, Hart J, Washington N: Trainee Involvement in Patient Placement and Hospital Operations. Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Ontario May 2024.

Santaniello N, Apkon D, Huang E, Hart J, Ronan J, Cecere L, Simmons JP: "Choose Your Own QI Adventure" - An Innovative Longitudinal Approach to Resident QI Curriculum, Poster presentation, Association of Pediatric Program Directors Chief Resident Forum, Chicago, IL April 2024.

Kurtz JB, Simmons JP, Jones JM, Nguyen J, Dickens HR, Chang FH, Hoehn B, Ellis M, Roman M, Hart J, Tenney-Soeiro R, Bonafide C, and Maletsky K.: Improving Rates of Inclusion in Family-Centered Rounds for Caregivers who Prefer a Language Other than English. Poster presentation, CHOP Health Equity Week, Philadelphia, PA April 2024.

Pumphrey K, Horn S, Dunn M, Hart J, Zorc J, Shelov E, Kenyon C. : Improving Guideline Concordant Chronic Medication Management at Discharge for Inpatients with High-Risk Asthma: A Trainee Led Quality Improvement Project Oral presentation, CHOP Health Equity Week, Philadelphia, PA April 2024.

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