Ping An Good Doctor launches AI-enabled brain health programme targeting Alzheimer’s care in China

Ping An Insurance has launched a brain health management programme in China that combines digital cognitive assessments, biomarker screening, remote monitoring technology and an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to support Alzheimer’s disease prevention and care.

Announced at a seminar in Beijing on 21 October, the programme brings together Ping An Good Doctor, the group’s healthcare services subsidiary, and other healthcare and insurance partners. It covers screening, treatment, rehabilitation, home-based care and financing.

The technology component includes online cognitive assessments that users can complete at home, alongside genetic testing and biomarker screening to help assess potential disease risk. The programme also incorporates a medical large language model (LLM) platform developed by Ping An, although the company has not detailed its specific clinical applications or how it is integrated into individual care pathways.

For patients receiving care at home, the programme uses millimetre-wave monitoring radar to track vital signs and support contactless safety monitoring around the clock. Ping An says the system is designed to enable rapid responses to potential incidents while reducing the burden on family caregivers.

Rehabilitation services combine digital training with remote guidance from healthcare professionals through a partnership with PKUCare Rehabilitation Hospital. The wider network also connects patients with partner hospitals and specialists across mainland China.

The initiative comes as China faces growing demand for dementia services. According to figures cited by Ping An, mainland China had more than 323 million people aged 60 or older at the end of 2025. The company also highlighted shortages of specialist doctors and the financial burden of long-term care.

Alongside the programme, Ping An is working with Ping An Health Insurance, Ping An Life, PKU Healthcare and the China Social Assistance Foundation on a public welfare initiative called One Million Guardians. Its first phase will cover 30 communities in Beijing, providing regular early screening and one year of medication subsidies to eligible patients experiencing financial hardship. Ping An Health Insurance’s Yiqiai charitable trust will contribute RMB 1 million to the initiative.

The programme also integrates healthcare services with insurance products intended to help cover treatment and long-term care costs. Its Wanjia’an Lifelong Guardian programme combines annuity, critical illness, medical and nursing insurance with brain health services.

Ping An plans to extend its brain health services to other conditions, including stroke, Parkinson’s disease and depression.

The launch illustrates how healthcare providers and insurers are combining AI, remote monitoring and digital health services with clinical networks and financial protection products. However, Ping An has not disclosed clinical validation data, diagnostic performance measures or patient outcomes demonstrating the programme’s effectiveness.