March 17, 2026 · Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · DOI: 10.1111/acem.70252

Development and Validation of the Emergency Department Transitions Measure

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The authors aimed to develop and validate a measure to assess the quality of care transitions for patients discharged from the emergency department (ED) who experience diagnostic uncertainty. Through a mixed methods approach, they created the Emergency Department Transitions (EDT) measure, which consists of 10 items demonstrating strong reliability and validity. This tool can be utilized in future clinical and research settings to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving care transitions in the ED.

Sara Beachy, Danielle M McCarthy, Julianna Lenoir, Alexzandra Gentsch, Richard Hass, Marissa Witmer, Paula Ostroff, Melissa Tupas, Lindsey Shughart, Hailey Shughart, Kristin L Rising

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