Recommendations for an Integrated Information System at the Chilean National Council for Drug Prevention

A study aimed at strengthening the information and communication systems for drug prevention, control, and treatment for the Chilean National Council for Drug Prevention (CONACE) is described. Diagnosis and recommendations are based on: analysis of the demand and availability of information and systems; evaluation of the CONACE Center of Documentation and Information (CDI ) collection, users, databases, and services; and, evaluation of the indexing language and the vocabulary for information retrieval used in the CDI databases. Guidelines for incorporating user requirements in the information and communication technologies used by the CDI are provided. The impact of the use of these information systems and technologies for collaboration at the national and international level are discussed.