Brain health in your product: adding cognitive screening to telehealth, insurance and wellness apps
How telehealth platforms, insurers and employers can add a short memory and thinking check over phone or video, with consent and a clinician pathway built in.
Quick answer
A cognitive screening API lets a telehealth, insurance or wellness platform add a short, consented memory and thinking check to calls or app journeys, return a clear result, and route people who need a closer look to a clinician. It turns brain health into a measurable part of a care or wellness programme.
What is a cognitive screening API?
A cognitive screening API is a service a health or wellness platform calls to run a short memory and thinking check, over a phone or video call or in an app, and receive a structured result with a suggested next step.
Who uses it
| Partner | Use case |
|---|---|
| Telehealth platforms | Add a brain health check to routine or senior consultations |
| Insurers | Brain health in member wellness programmes, with consent |
| Employers | Optional check-ins as part of employee health benefits |
| Senior living and care | Regular check-ins with a clear escalation path |
What a responsible integration needs
- Explicit consent, separate for any voice or video recording.
- Plain-language results that do not label anyone with a diagnosis.
- A clinician pathway for people who need a closer look.
- Data minimisation and regional data storage.
- Repeatability, so change over time is visible.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Several validated brief tests are given by phone or video. They are screening steps, followed by a full assessment when needed.
No. Screening flags who may benefit from a full assessment by a clinician.
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- 1.Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission. The Lancet, 2024.
- 2.World Alzheimer Report 2021: Journey through the diagnosis of dementia. Alzheimer's Disease International, 2021.
- 3.Linguistic markers predict onset of Alzheimer's disease. EClinicalMedicine (Eyigoz et al.), 2020.
This article is for information and does not replace advice from a doctor. If you notice changes in memory or thinking, see a doctor.
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