Table 4.

Priority Ranking of Key Research Questions^*

Research Priorities	Stakeholder Grouping
	ED Providers	Non-ED Providers	PLWD/Care Partners	All Stakeholders
What improves outcomes of ED-to-community care transitions among ED patients with impaired cognition and their care partners (eg, system, program operations, individual/care-partner strengths/needs) and how can these be personalized for vulnerable pops?	2	1	1	1
What matters most to ED patients with impaired cognition and their care partners during the ED-to-community transition and how can these priorities best be measured?	1	2	2	2
What barriers, facilitators, and strategies, specifically leveraging implementation science methods, influence engagement, uptake, and success of care transition interventions, including national guidelines, policies, and best practices?	3	3	4	3
How can care partners and community organizations be best engaged and empowered to improve ED-to-community care transitions?	4	4	3	4
How can communication quality surrounding ED-to-community transitions be optimally measured?	5	5	4	5

^*N = 61. ED providers n = 25. Non-ED providers n = 29. PLWD/care partners n = 7.