Initiative file / Health
AIDA: Intelligent Digital Assistant for Care
Evidence record v2
09 / 31
- Institution
- CCSS
- Editorial classification
- Initiatives under review
- Initiative type
- AI component
- Documented phase
- Planned
- Relationship to AI in the source
- AI declared, technique not published
- Execution evidence
- Undetermined
- First evidence
- Last verified
- Next review: Nov 19, 2026
Documented scope
What it is
Intelligent Digital Assistant for Care announced by CCSS to support real-time clinical decisions and integrate with EDUS as part of its primary-care strengthening strategy.
Objective stated by the institution
Support real-time clinical decisions in primary care through an integration with EDUS.
Known timeline
Only milestones with an explicit date in the sources or editorial review are shown.
- First evidence
- Announcement
- Latest editorial verification
- Next scheduled review
Evidence reading
Each dimension is assessed separately. Undetermined marks an evidence gap; not applicable means the dimension does not correspond to the documented object.
What is confirmed
- The Board approved the broader strategy, and the official source states that AIDA will be deployed within it.
What could not be determined
- No later evidence was found confirming the start of AIDA deployment, its vendor or its technical architecture.
Documented results
Results are published only when a source traceably attributes them to this initiative.
No public results attributable to this initiative were found in the current review.
Evidence matrix
Sources and traceability
Sources state which claims they support, their origin and the date on which they were consulted.
- [1]CCSS introduces a new strategy to strengthen primary care
- Publisher
- Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · stated objective · target · governance
Open questions
- Did AIDA begin being used in any of the 15 demonstration areas during 2026?
Documented relationships
Depends on
EDUS: Unified Digital Health RecordIntegration with EDUS is part of the stated objective.
Context
The official source uses future tense: it states that AIDA will be deployed. The strategy includes a 2026-2027 pilot phase, but no later public evidence was found confirming that AIDA entered use.
Related projects
Ecosystem and capabilitiesOperational
Verified:
EDUS: Unified Digital Health Record
CCSS digital infrastructure that centralizes clinical records and enables information exchange across facilities. EDUS is the data foundation used by separate initiatives such as LIDIA and the announced AIDA integration.
- Initiative type
- Digital infrastructure
- Operational start
Ecosystem and capabilitiesCompleted
Verified:
TEC-CCSS training program in medical AI
8-week course for medical, IT and administrative staff. Projects: anomaly detection in mammograms, analysis of neonatal eye imaging.
- Initiative type
- Capacity-building program
- First evidence
Verified adoptionPilot
Verified:
LIDIA: predictive models in EDUS
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.
- Initiative type
- AI component
- Pilot start