AGEM Author Spotlight May 2025

Published Work by AGEM Members

 

AGEM Author Spotlight: Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine

Development and validation of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure-Older adult care Transitions from the Emergency Department (PROM-OTED) tool

Older adults frequently face challenges after discharge from the emergency department (ED), yet few tools exist to systematically assess the quality of these transitions from the patient’s perspective. In our study, we developed and validated the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure–Older Adult Care Transitions from the Emergency Department (PROM-OTED) tool to fill this gap. PROM-OTED captures what matters most to older adults in the days following an ED visit—including clarity of information, confidence in managing care, and the ability to resume essential activities. By centering the voices of older adults, this measure offers a novel way to evaluate and ultimately improve ED-to-home transitions. We hope it will serve as a foundational outcome measure in future geriatric emergency medicine research and quality improvement efforts.

Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and a Clinical Investigator at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He completed Emergency Medicine residency at Brown University, where he served as chief resident, and the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University. Dr. Gettel aims to advance the understanding of emergency department care transitions in the growing geriatric population through the identification and development of patient- and caregiver-reported outcome measures and then to design, implement, and validate innovative care transition strategies and interventions to improve clinical outcomes. His work has been funded by the NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR R03 mechanism, the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, the Alzheimer's Association, the Emergency Medicine Foundation, the Yale OAIC Pepper Center, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation.