Dr. Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD is a site Principal Investigator of a 5-year project titled “Emergency- Department Initiated Palliative Care in Older Adults with Advanced Illness”, which was recently awarded by PCORI to New York University.
This study aims to test the comparative effectiveness of nurse-led telephonic case management versus facilitated, outpatient specialty palliative care on quality of life, healthcare utilization, loneliness in older adults with serious, life-limiting illness.