Dr. Powell is an Assistant Professor whose research interests are in the areas of health information technology and gerontology. Her scholarly work focuses broadly on health data sharing with providers, patients and informal caregivers using technologies such as patient portals, text messaging applications, health information exchange, and telehealth.
- Enhancing Dementia Care: Bridging the Rural Gap with Telehealth – Betty Irene Moore Fellowship/ UC Davis, $449,000, 2024 – 2027
- Reducing Avoidable Nursing Home-to-Hospital Transfers of Residents with ADRD: An Analysis of Interdisciplinary Team Communication using Text Messages – R01 National Institute of Aging/NIH Diversity Supplement, $87,621, 2023-2025
- Reducing Avoidable Nursing Home-to-Hospital Transfers of Residents with ADRD: An Analysis of Interdisciplinary Team Communication using Text Messages – R01 National Institute of Aging/NIH, $1,021,343, 2022-2025
- Inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2024
- A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology — Columbia University subcontract (Primary: R01 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), $352,276, 2020-2022
- A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ R01HS022497. Alexander, G. (PI-Columbia University), Powell, K. (site PI), 2017-2022
- Missouri Quality Initiative for Nursing Homes (MOQI)- Payment Reform (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations Grant #1E1CMS331080, CMS Demonstration Project, Rantz – PI), Powell, K. (Collaborator) 2020-2021
- Using the Electronic Patient Portal to Engage Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Office of Research Dissertation Funding, University of Tennessee, College of Nursing. Powell, K. (PI), 2016-2017
- Using the Electronic Patient Portal to Engage Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions. College of Nursing Research Award, University of Tennessee, College of Nursing. Powell, K. (PI), 2015-2016
- Best Paper in Health Information Management, International Medical Informatics Association (doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2020.02.009), 2021
- Research Spotlight Award, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2019
- Health Systems, Policy, and Informatics Research Interest Group Dissertation Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2019
- Outstanding Dissertation Award, Gamma Chi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, 2017
- Powell, KR, Farmer, M, Liu, J, & Alexander, GL (2024). A Survey of Technology Abandonment in US Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(1), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.09.002
- Vogelsmeier, A. A., Popejoy, L. L., Powell, K., Brandt, L., & Rantz, M. (2024). Exploring Hospital Transfers for Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents With End-Stage Renal Disease. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 10-1097.
- Powell, KR, Popescu, M, Lee, S, Mehr, DR, Alexander, GL. (2023). Examining the Use of Text Messages Among Multidisciplinary Care Teams to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Protocol for a Secondary Analysis. JMIR Research Protocols, doi: 10.2196/50231.
- Powell, K. R., Winkler, A. E., Liu, J., & Alexander, G. L. (2022). A mixed‐methods analysis of telehealth implementation in nursing homes amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(12), 3493-3502.
- Alexander, G. L., Liu, J., Powell, K. R., & Stone, P. W. (2022). Examining structural disparities in US nursing homes: National survey of health information technology maturity. JMIR aging, 5(3), e37482.
- Alexander, G. L., Deroche, C. B., Powell, K. R., Mosa, A. S. M., Popejoy, L., Koopman, R. J., & Liu, J. (2022). Development and pilot analysis of the nursing home health information technology maturity survey and staging model. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 15(2), 93-99.
- Cohen, C. C., Powell, K., Dick, A. W., Stone, P. W., & Alexander, G. L. (2022). The association between nursing home information technology maturity and urinary tract infection among long-term residents. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(7), 1695-1701.
- Powell, K. R., & Alexander, G. L. (2021). Consequences of Rapid Telehealth Expansion in Nursing Homes: Promise and Pitfalls. Applied Clinical Informatics, 12(4), 933–943. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1735974
- Powell, K. R., Popescu, M., & Alexander, G. L. (2021). Examining Social Networks in Text Messages About Nursing Home Resident Health Status. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 47(7), 16-22.
- Powell, KR, Deroche, CB, & Alexander, GL. (2021). Health Data Sharing in US Nursing Homes: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(5), 1052–1059. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2020.02.009.
- Alexander, GL, Powell, KR, Deroche, CB. (2021). An Evaluation of Telehealth Expansion in U.S. Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 28(2), 342-348.
- Alexander, GL, Powell, KR, Deroche, CB. (2021). An Evaluation of Telehealth Expansion in U.S. Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 28(2), 342-348. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa253
- Alexander, GL, Deroche, CB, Powell, KR, Mosa, AS, Popejoy, L, Koopman, R. (2020). Forecasting Content and Stage in a Nursing Home Information Technology Maturity Instrument Using a Delphi Method. Journal of Medical Systems. 44(3):1-8. doi:10.1007/s10916-020-1528-6.
- Powell, KR, Deroche, CB, Carnahan, EJ, Alexander, GL. (2020). Exploring Resident Care Information Technology Use and Nursing Home Quality. Journal of Gerontological Nursing: 46(4):15-20. doi:10.3928/00989134-20200303-02.
- Powell, KR, Alexander, GL. (2020). Qualitative Validation of the Nursing Home Information Technology Maturity Staging Model. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 46(7):47-54.
- Powell, KR, Farmer, M, Liu, J, Alexander, GL. (2024). Tech Left Behind: Understanding Technology Abandonment in Nursing Homes. Midwest Nursing Research Society 48th Annual Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN. February 28 – March 2, 2024 (Symposium Presentation)
- Powell, K., Amewudah, P., Popescu, M., Alexander, G., Mehr, D., Lee, A. Extracting medication names and associated attributes from text messages. Presented at the American Medical Informatics Association 2023 Annual Symposium, November 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, LA. (Podium Presentation)
- Powell, KR, Amewudah, P, Lee, S., Popescu, M. (2023). Characteristics and Predictors of Avoidable Nursing Home-To-Hospital Transfer of Residents with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference, Des Moines, IA. (Poster Presentation).
- Powell, KR, Newbold, S, Kennedy, R, Birkhoff, S. (2022, November). Building Academic-Industry Partnerships to Support Research. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium. Washington, D.C. (Panel Presentation)
- Powell, K., Alexander, G., Popescu, M., Mehr, D., Lee, S. (2022). A Machine Learning Approach to Enhancing Communication about Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementia. Emerging Technologies in Aging and Dementia Conference; International Dementia Scholars Collaborative. Knoxville, TN (Podium presentation).
- Powell, KR. & Alexander, GL. (2022, March). Communication patterns found in Text Messages about Nursing Home Resident Health Status: A Feasibility Study. Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference, Schaumburg, IL. (Symposium Presentation).
- Powell, KR & Alexander, GL. (2021, November). Consequences of Rapid Telehealth Expansion in Nursing Homes: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium. San Diego, CA. (Podium presentation).
- Powell, KR. (2021, March). Assessing Telehealth Use in U.S. Nursing Homes. Midwest Nursing Research Society. Virtual conference. (Poster Discussion).
