Publications by authors named "N Colombini"
Background: Computerised prescriptions for Hospital Discharge Orders (HDO) are used world-wide to secure medication processes.
Objectives: To evaluate physicians' adoption of computerised provider order-entry (CPOE) for HDO and the prescribing error rate of HDO in an acute medical care unit.
Setting: A prospective study was conducted in an internal medicine department over a six-month period.
This study aims to identify clinical and socio-demographic variables associated with the outcome of vocational rehabilitation programs (VRPs). All users of an Italian Community Mental Health Centre (CMHC) included in VRPs delivered according to the model of Supported Employment in years 2011-2016 were retrospectively enrolled. Fifty users who ended the program with employment were compared with fifty users who dropped out, with respect to clinical and socio-demographic variables.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The triple-dip recession taking place in Italy in 2008-2014 impacted negatively on health, mainly by increasing the rate of unemployment. This increased the prevalence of mental health disorders, while reducing the number of available places on vocational rehabilitation programs (VRPs) delivered by the psychiatric services.
Objectives: To explore the different points of views of stakeholders (namely, users and professionals) involved in VRPs developed inside an Italian Community Mental Health Center (CMHC).