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dc.titleCosta Rica's Unified Digital Health Record (EDUS) System: Best Practices, History, and Implementation
dc.contributor.authorOchoa Chaves, Luisa
dc.contributor.authorJiménez Alvarado, Oscar Mario
dc.contributor.authorMartínez de Lemos, Fernando
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.date.available2023-07-21T09:07:30
dc.date.issue2023-07-21T00:07:00
dc.description.abstractThe Unified Digital Health Record (EDUS) project is an initiative that Costa Rica launched in 2010 to organize in a single digitalized file the medical and social security information of people enrolled in the services of the Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS). This case study explains what EDUS is, how it works and what its challenges and benefits have been. The document includes a list of best practices for the design, development and implementation of digital health records. It also discusses two recent EDUS episodes in Costa Rica: the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cyber-attacks that the country received in 2022, which paralyzed the EDUS service for two months.
dc.format.extent63
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005019
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Costa-Ricas-Unified-Digital-Health-Record-EDUS-System-Best-Practices-History-and-Implementation.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Expediente-digital-unico-en-salud-EDUS-de-Costa-Rica-buenas-practicas-historia-e-implementacion.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectHealth Facility
dc.subjectE-Health
dc.subjectHealth Care Service
dc.subjectElectronic Health Record
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectDigital Transformation
dc.subjectHealth Care
dc.subjectHealth Care System
dc.subjectSocial Security
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
dc.subject.jelcodeI11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets
dc.subject.keywordsdigital health;electronic health record;Digital Transformation;Costa Rica;Digital;covid
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-LM-00594
idb.operationRG-T3704
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