Lou Hart, MD
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Removing Race From Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines Is Not Enough
Ostfeld-Johns S, Aragona E, Hart L. Removing Race From Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines Is Not Enough. JAMA Pediatrics 2022, 176: 1163-1164. PMID: 36251301, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3865.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersUsing Quality Improvement Science to Promote Reliable Communication During Family-Centered Rounds.
Glick A, Foster L, Goonan M, Hart L, Alam S, Rosenberg R. Using Quality Improvement Science to Promote Reliable Communication During Family-Centered Rounds. Pediatrics 2022, 149 PMID: 35362064, PMCID: PMC9647567, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-050197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily-centered roundsHospital-acquired conditionsRisk factorsDischarge planningPediatric hospital medicine servicePediatric acute care unitHospital medicine serviceAcute care unitsStudy-Act cyclesAcademic medical centerQuality improvement scienceReminder e-mailsRoutine providerClinical outcomesCare unitMedical CenterMedicine servicePhysician educationCenterline shiftPrevention strategiesMultiple interventionsCare deliveryNote templatePhysician engagementStatistical process control chartsAccess and Analytics: What the Military Can Teach Us About Health Equity.
Lopez L, Chen K, Hart L, Johnson AK. Access and Analytics: What the Military Can Teach Us About Health Equity. American Journal Of Public Health 2021, 111: 2089-2090. PMID: 34878876, PMCID: PMC8667823, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRacial and Ethnic Health Disparities Related to COVID-19
Lopez L, Hart LH, Katz MH. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Related to COVID-19. JAMA 2021, 325: 719-720. PMID: 33480972, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.26443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of Race in Clinical Diagnosis and Decision Making: Overview and Implications, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
REVIEWER. Use of Race in Clinical Diagnosis and Decision Making: Overview and Implications, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/ issue-brief/use-of-race-in-clinical-diagnosis-and-decision-making-overview-and- implications/, December 9, 2021Commentaries, Editorials and LettersYNHHS tackles racial bias in medical technology with new office
Kayla Yup, (2023, February 2) YNHHS tackles racial bias in medical technology with New Office. Yale Daily News. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/02/01/ynhhs-tackles-racial-bias-in-medical-technology-with-new-office/Publications for non-academic audiencesRace and the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics Hyperbilirubinemia Guideline—Reply
Ostfeld-Johns S, Aragona E, Hart L. Race and the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics Hyperbilirubinemia Guideline—Reply. JAMA Pediatrics 2023, 177: 437-437. PMID: 36780144, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.5910.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersWhy Inequity Should Be Treated As An Unwanted Variation in Care
Robeznieks, Andis; Mate, Kedar; Hart, Louis; Sivashanker, Karthik. Commentary: Why Inequity Should Be Treated As An Unwanted Variation in Care. American Medical Association (AMA). 11 June 2021.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersWorking Upstream in Advance Care Planning in Pandemic Palliative Care
Zaurova M, Krouss M, Israilov S, Hart L, Jalon H, Conley G, Luong K, Wei EK, Smeltz R, Frankenthaler M, Nichols J, Cohen S, Suleman N, Ivanyuk M, Shulman P, Tala O, Parker L, Castor T, Pearlstein N, Kavanagh E, Cho HJ. Working Upstream in Advance Care Planning in Pandemic Palliative Care. Health Security 2020, 18: 367-371. PMID: 32706629, DOI: 10.1089/hs.2020.0096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIngraining Equity into Quality and Safety: A System-Wide Strategy
Hart, L; Wei, E; Krouss, M; Segall, J; Roman, M; Sheehy, K; Bajaj, K. Commentary: Ingraining Equity into Quality and Safety: A System-Wide Strategy. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Improvement Blog. 24 Jul 2020.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Lou Hart, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist, which means he cares for hospitalized children.
“It’s a fast-paced environment and I love building relationships with kids and families,” Dr. Hart says. “What’s so great about young people is their strength and courage in times of despair. A child’s emotions can swing from so scared to so happy in the blink of an eye, which speaks to their resiliency.”
When he was 10, Dr. Hart wrote a note to his mother telling her that he planned to become a pediatrician when he grew up.
“My grandmother was a registered nurse in the traumatic brain injury and burn units at our public hospital for over 26 years. I remember her teaching me about things like hemophilia in her textbooks, and it fascinated me and sparked my life long curiosity about medicine,” he says. “And then when my father died during my senior year of college of a preventable illness, it shook me to the core and regrouped my focus to dedicate myself to a career in medicine to end this type of human suffering.”
At the time, Dr. Hart had been studying financial economics and philosophy, two areas that now serve him well in his position as medical director of health equity for Yale New Haven Health System. His mission in this inaugural role is to acknowledge and eliminate institutional bias, structural racial inequity, and unjust social barriers that all drive devastating health disparities for patients and communities.
“It’s a data-informed approach to normalize the idea of health equity being a fundamental pillar of quality and safety systems in healthcare,” he explains. “Inequities are unwanted variations in care processes and outcomes for our patients, and they need to be addressed and eliminated from our system. It’s about collecting patient social identity data and using an equity lens to root out any unjust disparities that exist in our collective measures of access to care, patient experience, quality and safety outcomes, and community engagement.”
When it comes to his one-on-one time with patients and families, Dr. Hart says he lets his natural curiosity, kindness, and empathy lead the way.
“I tell all my patients and families that I will serve them with respect, integrity, and accountability throughout our journey together. I remind them that it is my responsibility to build trust in our relationship and my distinct privilege and pleasure to be able to serve them and advocate on their behalf,” Dr. Hart says. “Ultimately, I treat all my patients how they want to be treated, and not simply how I might want to be treated.”
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Pediatrics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Original Certification Date
- 2019
News
News
- February 28, 2024
Find Yale Pediatrics at the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting
- February 27, 2024
Dinner Introduces Future Residents to Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital
- November 27, 2023Source: YNHHS
Yale New Haven Health launches “We Ask Because We Care” campaign to reduce and eliminate healthcare disparities
- January 31, 2023Source: Yale Daily News
YNHHS tackles racial bias in medical technology with new office