Telstra Health is using the Spine data collection technology developed by its CloudMed subsidiary to power the new Elicio health intelligence platform being launched by the Improvement Foundation (IF), which will collect and aggregate data from disparate sources in real time for regional, state and national-level integrated care programs.

Spine is able to collect data from general practice, pharmacy, hospital and aged care software, aggregate it and analyse it in real time. It can be used to create a longitudinal view of a patient's journey but in the case of Elicio, it will also be used in association with the IF's data sets to allow clinicians to benchmark their organisation and identify gaps, and for improved care delivery.