Autonomous institution

Costa Rican Social Security Fund

live

pilots

planned

Executive summary

Combines the country’s largest clinical dataset (EDUS, 100% member coverage since 2010), a medical AI training program with TEC, AIDA as a real-time in-consultation assistant and LIDIA as a preventive-medicine predictive engine. The only public institution running two clinical AI systems in parallel: one assistive (AIDA) and one predictive (LIDIA).

AI projects (4)

TEC-CCSS training program in medical AI

Live

8-week course for medical, IT and administrative staff. Projects: anomaly detection in mammograms, analysis of neonatal eye imaging.

Live since: 2025

EDUS with predictive AI

Planned

Single Digital Health Record (live since 2010, Law 9162) with planned AI incorporation for predictive medicine.

AIDA — Intelligent Digital Assistant for Care

Pilot

AI assistant embedded in EDUS that supports health professionals in real time during consultation: suggests differential diagnoses, helps with chronic-disease follow-up, and enables asynchronous tele-consultation with specialists.

Live since: 2026

LIDIA — Predictive models in EDUS

Pilot

Internal program of four predictive health models (type 2 diabetes, lung health, acute coronary syndrome and breast cancer) running on EDUS. Identifies at-risk populations so clinics can reach out before formal diagnosis.

Live since: 2023

Adoption lessons

CCSS is betting first on internal human capacity (TEC training) and territorial coverage (EBAIS), rather than vendor software procurement. It is a slower but less dependency-prone adoption pattern.