LIDIA — Predictive models in EDUS
Institution: Costa Rican Social Security Fund
What it is
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.
Verified results
Diabetes pilot at Clorito Picado Clinic: 1M+ patients analyzed, 2,500 identified as at-risk, 1,800 reached, 130 already diagnosed. Documented high accuracy in the pilot. Cost per model: ¢130M (~USD 250,000).
Context
Costa Rica’s only public preventive-medicine AI program. Built in-house by CCSS teams (physicians, engineers, statisticians) under EDUS director Manuel Rodríguez, with no external vendor. Three of the four models remain in phase zero due to budget constraints.
Official source
↗ https://www.teletica.com/salud/lidia-el-programa-de-inteligencia-artificial-que-crece-en-la-ccss-en-medio-de-un-dilema-etico_376322Related projects
TEC-CCSS training program in medical AI
Live8-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
PlannedThe Single Digital Health Record (EDUS), created under Law 9162 and operational since 2010, centralizes the clinical history of all insured members of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), covering approximately 90% of the country's population. The system was stress-tested during the COVID-19 pandemic and demonstrated scalability. The incorporation of an AI layer for predictive medicine is planned but has no public timeline; EDUS is considered one of the most complete clinical datasets in the Latin American public sector still untapped by AI at scale.
Live since: 2025
AIDA — Intelligent Digital Assistant for Care
PilotAI 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.
Live since: 2026