Initiative file / Health
Quit Smoking and Vaping virtual assistant
Evidence record v2
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- Institution
- Health
- Editorial classification
- Initiatives under review
- Initiative type
- Type undetermined
- Documented phase
- Operational
- Relationship to AI in the source
- AI declared, technique not published
- Execution evidence
- Confirmed
- First evidence
- Last verified
- Next review: Nov 1, 2026
Documented scope
What it is
Assistant for the joint Ministry of Health, CCSS and IAFA program, launched in 2020. Official sources document the service and call it AI; they do not identify a technique that distinguishes it from a rule-based chatbot. Operation is documented, without a current functional test by the Observatory.
Objective stated by the institution
Assistant for the joint Ministry of Health, CCSS and IAFA program, launched in 2020. Official sources document the service and call it AI; they do not identify a technique that distinguishes it from a rule-based chatbot. Operation is documented, without a current functional test by the Observatory.
Known timeline
Only milestones with an explicit date in the sources or editorial review are shown.
- First evidence
- Operational start
- 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 management report, covering through January 21, 2026, records CRC 6 million for maintenance. It does not establish expenditure or the contract status in September.
- IAFA continues to publish access to the program. No conversational test or independent clinical evaluation was performed.
What could not be determined
No undetermined fields were recorded in the current review.
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]Ana Priscilla Herrera García final management report, DITS 2026
- Publisher
- Ministerio de Salud
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · execution · stated objective
- [2]Quit Smoking and Vaping program: chatbot
- Publisher
- IAFA
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Consulted
Supports: existence · execution · operational use
Open questions
- What technique does the assistant use and what data-protection, clinical supervision and human-referral protocols are in place?
Related projects
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
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
Initiatives under reviewPlanned
Verified:
AIDA: Intelligent Digital Assistant for Care
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.
- Initiative type
- AI component
- Announcement