Dean Popejoy’s program of research focuses on understanding the complex issues that surround the provision of care to elders in hospitals, nursing homes, community settings and primary care. The concept of Aging in Place as been pivotal to her research in terms of studying the impact of care coordination with and without the use of technology in identifying early illness and change in condition to support older adults’ independence in the home of their choice. She has also played key roles in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Centers grants serving as a co-director/co-lead/co-investigator in three funded initiatives. The Leveraging Information Technology to Guide High Touch, High Tech Care and Phase 1 of the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) were testing interventions to improve care coordination outcomes in primary and long term care. Phase 2 of the Missouri Quality Initiative tested nursing home health system change plus payment reform compared to payment reform alone. Additionally, Dr. Popejoy’s research teams have successfully translated the Re-engineered Discharge (RED) program developed for acute care to the short stay skilled nursing facility. They have developed an ontology to quantify the work of nurse care coordinators. She is currently working with colleagues in the Sinclair School of Nursing and its partners to translate successful innovation into business models including the Missouri Quality Initiative and Aging in Place.
- Selected as a Fellow of the American Gerontological Society of America, 2024
- Developing improved guidelines for nursing home-associated viral respiratory infections: Learning from the COVID-19 experience — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, R01, Vogelsmeier, A. & Popejoy, L. (Co-PIs), 2021-2025
- Age-friendly Sustainable Smart and Equitable Technologies (ASSETs) for Aging in Place — Missouri Department of Social Services & Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Demonstration grant, Popejoy, L. & Reeder, B. (Co-PIs), 2021-2024
- Missouri Quality Initiative for Nursing Homes (MOQI)-Payment Reform (1E1CMS331489), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, (Rantz, PI), Popejoy, L. (Co-I/Co-Lead), 2016 – 2021
- Missouri Quality Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents (1E1CMS331080), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (Rantz, PI); Popejoy, L., (Co-I/Co-Lead), 2012 – 2016
- Leveraging Information Technology to Guide High Tech High Touch Care (1C1CMS331001-01-00), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, (Rantz, PI), Popejoy, L., (Co-I/Co-Director), 2012 – 2015
- Building Patient Centered Outcomes Research: Care Transitions, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (R24, 1R24HS022140-01A, Mehr, PI), Core Study, SNF to Home: Reengineering SNF Discharge (00041091), Popejoy, L. (PI), 2013 – 2017
- Helen E. Nahm Endowed Professorship, Sinclair School of Nursing, July 2017
- Care coordination for older adults: Process, outcomes, cost, National Institute of Nursing Research (R15NR012940), Principal Investigator, 2011-2014
- Best Paper, Patient Centered Care Coordination Section, Quantifying Care Coordination Using Natural Language Processing and Domain Specific Ontology, International Medical Informatics Association, August 2015.
- Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, 2014
- Geary, C. R., Hook, M., Popejoy, L., Smith, E., Pasek, L., Langford, L. H., & Hewner, S. (2024). Ambulatory Care Coordination Data Gathering and Use. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 42(1), 63-70.
- Rantz, M., Martin, N., Zaniletti, I., Mueller, J., Galambos, C., Vogelsmeier, A., … Popejoy, L., Thompson, R. A., & Crecelius, C. (2024). Longitudinal Evaluation of a Statewide Quality Improvement Program for Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(5), 904-911.
- Proffitt, R., Robinson, E. L., Reeder, B., Leary, E., Botkin, L., Marushak, S., … Popejoy, L., & Skubic, M. (2024). Smart Technology for Aging and Reducing Disability (STAReD): Study protocol for a randomized pragmatic clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 138, 107461.
- Oliver, D. P., Washington, K., Benson, J., Kruse, R. L., Popejoy, L., Liu, J., … & Demiris, G. (2024). Access for cancer caregivers to education and support for shared decision making (ACCESS) intervention: a cluster cross-over randomised clinical trial. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 14(e1), e1324-e1333.
- Vogel, T. R., Kruse, R. L., Schlesselman, C., Doss, E., Camazine, M., & Popejoy, L. L. (2024). A qualitative study evaluating the discharge process for vascular surgery patients to identify significant themes for organizational improvement. Vascular, 32(2), 395-406.
- 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, 39(3), 232-238.
- Doss, E. R., & Popejoy, L. L. (2023). Informal family caregiving of patients with diabetic extremity wounds: an integrative review. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 45(3), 272-281.
- Kunkle, R., Chaperon, C., Popejoy, L. L., Struwe, L., Wengel, S., & Berger, A. M. (2023). Understanding formal caregiver burden in nursing assistants in nursing homes: A mixed methods approach. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 16(5), 231-240.
- Baltazar, A. O., & Popejoy, L. (2023). Health literacy of surrogates and communication issues in palliative care conversations in critical care: An integrative review. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 25(1), 39-44.
- Guerbaai, R. A., DeGeest, S., Popejoy, L. L., Simon, M., Wellens, N. I., Denhaerynck, K., & Zúñiga, F. (2023). Evaluating the implementation fidelity to a successful nurse-led model (INTERCARE) which reduced nursing home unplanned hospitalisations. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 138.
- Doss, E. R., & Popejoy, L. L. (2023). Interventions to Prevent Readmissions in Hospitalized Peripheral Vascular Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review. Clinical Nursing Research, 32(2), 423-432.
- Guerbaai, R. A., Dollinger, C., Kressig, R. W., Zeller, A., Wellens, N. I., Popejoy, L. L., … & Zúñiga, F. (2023). Factors associated with avoidable hospital transfers among residents in Swiss nursing homes. Geriatric Nursing, 53, 12-18.
- Doss, E. R., Vogel, T. R., Kruse, R. L., Camazine, M., Schlesselman, C., & Popejoy, L. L. (2023). Discharge process challenges of an academic vascular surgery service: A qualitative study. Research in Nursing & Health, 46(2), 210-219.
- Zúñiga, F., Guerbaai, R. A., De Geest, S., Popejoy, L. L., Bartakova, J., Denhaerynck, K., … & Simon, M. (2022). Positive effect of the INTERCARE nurse‐led model on reducing nursing home transfers: A nonrandomized stepped‐wedge design. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(5), 1546-1557.
- Popejoy, L. L., Vogelsmeier, A. A., Kist, S., Miller, S. J., Galambos, C., Alexander, G. L., … & Rantz, M. (2022). A call to address RN, social work, and advanced practice registered nurses in nursing homes: solutions from the Missouri Quality Initiative. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 37(1), 21-27.
- Popejoy, L., Zaniletti, I., Lane, K., Anderson, L., Miller, S., & Rantz, M. (2022). Longitudinal analysis of aging in place at TigerPlace: Resident function and well-being. Geriatric Nursing, 45, 47-54.
- Varty, M., Speller-Brown, B., Wakefield, B. J., Ravert, R. D., Kelly, K. P., & Popejoy, L. L. (2022). Decision-making involvement, self-efficacy, and transition readiness in youth with sickle cell disease. Nursing research, 71(1), 12-20.
- Vogelsmeier, A., Popejoy, L., Fritz, E., Canada, K., Ge, B., Brandt, L., & Rantz, M. (2022). Repeat hospital transfers among long stay nursing home residents: a mixed methods analysis of age, race, code status and clinical complexity. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 626.
- 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.
- Alexander, G. L., Galambos, C., Rantz, M., Shumate, S., Vogelsmeier, A., Popejoy, L., & Crecelius, C. (2022). Value propositions for health information exchange toward improving nursing home hospital readmission rates. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48(1), 15-20.
- Oliver, D. P., Washington, K. T., Pitzer, K., Popejoy, L., White, P., Wallace, A. S., … & Demiris, G. (2022). Mixed methods analysis of hospice staff perceptions and shared decision making practices in hospice. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-13.
- Popejoy, L., Vogelsmeier, A., Wang, Yan, Wakefield, B., Galambos, C., & Mehr, D. (2021). Testing Re-Engineered Discharge Program Implementation Strategies in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Clinical Nursing Research, 30(5), 644-653.
- Vogelsmeier, A., Popejoy, L., Galambos, C., Petroski, G., Crecelius, C., Alexander, G. L., & Rantz, M. (2021). Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative in Sustaining Changes in Nursing Home Care: Six-Year Trends of Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 25(1), 5-12.
- Galambos, C., Vogelsmeier, A., Popejoy, L., Crecelius, C., Alexander, G. L., Rollin, L., & Rantz, M. (2021). Enhancing Physician Relationships, Communication, and Engagement to Reduce Nursing Home Residents Hospitalizations. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 36(2), 99-104.
