AIDA — Intelligent Digital Assistant for Care
Institution: Costa Rican Social Security Fund
What it is
AI assistant embedded in EDUS that supports health professionals in real time during consultation: suggests differential diagnoses, helps with chronic-disease follow-up (with stated focus on diabetes, hypertension and obesity) and enables asynchronous tele-consultation with specialists.
Verified results
Active pilot in 15 health areas for one year (2026-2027): Tibás-Uruca-Merced, Alajuela Central, Mata Redonda-Hospital, Cartago, Los Chiles, Pital, Cóbano, Garabito, Limón, Talamanca, Pérez Zeledón, Buenos Aires, Coto Brus, Nicoya and Carrillo. 292 new positions are announced to support the deployment. National expansion planned in four phases by 2031. The project roadmap was approved by the CCSS Board of Directors, giving the rollout institutional traceability and coverage.
Context
The first real-time clinical AI assistant in the Costa Rican State, endorsed by CCSS executive president Mónica Taylor and medical manager Dr. Alexánder León Sánchez Cabo, with a roadmap approved by the Board of Directors. Distinct from LIDIA (predictive) because it operates during the clinical act itself. Announced alongside a parallel non-AI component: expanding the medicines directly available at EBAIS primary-care clinics for patients with the chronic conditions AIDA prioritizes. The expanded EBAIS medicines specifically include rosuvastatin, montelukast and calcium alendronate. Institutional epidemiological data justifying the focus: hypertension in 36.6% of the population, diabetes in 14.8%, with insufficient control in 4 of every 10 hypertensive patients and 6 of every 10 diabetics. Additional source: El Observador CR (Nov 12, 2025).
Official source
↗ https://www.monumental.co.cr/2026/02/25/ccss-usara-inteligencia-artificial-y-ampliara-oferta-de-medicamentos-en-ebais/Related projects
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EDUS with predictive AI
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Live since: 2025
LIDIA — Predictive models in EDUS
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Live since: 2023