オーストラリアの政府・医療・エネルギー・教育部門における電子化の取り組み

Executive Summary

The Internet and associated Web 2.0 technologies have greatly increased the potential for, and quality of, remote education and the ‘virtual classroom' .

Tele-education is becoming increasingly important in training health professionals in remote areas. In an effort to lower costs and provide training and education to a wider audience, corporations and universities are adopting e-learning solutions. This report examines e-education in terms of both tele-education (teacher-based) and e-learning (student-based). Case studies on the use of e-education in other countries are also provided. The Labor Government made this a key element of its election campaign. The report addresses the topic in a global context.

• Government policies to stimulate the digital economy;
• Government initiatives to fund infrastructure for the digital economy;
• Industry initiatives regarding FttH infrastructure and smart grids;
• Digital media strategies for local councils;
• Local broadbanding case studies;
• Smart grids as green telecoms, carbon trading, environmental issues;
• Market and industry analyses;
• Market statistics and forecasts.

Table of Contents

• 1.1 E-Government
  • 1.1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.2 Benefits of e-government
  • 1.1.3 E-government applications
  • 1.1.4 Fibre key to e-government
  • 1.1.5 Digital Content Industry Action Agenda
  • 1.1.6 Judiciary needs to reform itself in the wake of the new media
  • 1.1.7 International overview
  • 1.1.8 Policy and regulatory frameworks - historic overview
• 1.2 Labor Government policies
  • 1.2.1 National Secondary School Computer Fund
  • 1.2.2 Reclaiming our reputation for innovation
  • 1.2.3 Internet laws - undermining democracy
• 1.3 National FttX strategy
  • 1.3.1 Government' s national broadband plan
  • 1.3.2 Telstra' s initial FttN Plan
  • 1.3.3 Consequent developments and analysis
  • 1.3.4 G9 - Optus-led industry initiative
  • 1.3.5 Deutsche Telekom next contender
• 1.4 Municipality broadband
  • 1.4.1 Introduction
  • 1.4.2 Market overview
  • 1.4.3 Guidelines for local broadband rollouts
  • 1.4.4 Back-to-front broadband decisions - analysis
  • 1.4.5 Broadband Connect - what' s next?
  • 1.4.6 Progress Report - 2007
  • 1.4.7 Cities are taking charge
  • 1.4.8 How to get started
  • 1.4.9 The roles of the players
  • 1.4.10 Outlying areas
  • 1.4.11 Staged developments
  • 1.4.12 Broadband - a concept not a technology
  • 1.4.13 A City Broadband Agenda
  • 1.4.14 Broadband education
  • 1.4.15 City marketing
  • 1.4.16 Examples of tele-cities
  • 1.4.17 Broadband analysis packages for LGAs and ROCs
  • 1.4.18 Case studies

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Scope
• 2.3 E-Health introduction and overview
  • 2.3.1 Changing societies
  • 2.3.2 Increase in demand requires e-health solutions
  • 2.3.3 E-health well suited for chronicle ill patients
  • 2.3.4 More care for less money
  • 2.3.5 Tele-care
  • 2.3.6 The ' system' is the biggest obstacle to e-health
• 2.4 E-health - killer app on true broadband
  • 2.4.1 Broadband essential to maintain public health system
  • 2.4.2 Aged care services at home
  • 2.4.3 Social networking through video cams
  • 2.4.4 Public education and public debate needs to start now
  • 2.4.5 Online patient record systems
  • 2.4.6 Digital healthcare appointment system
  • 2.4.7 Video consultation and monitoring
  • 2.4.8 There simply is no alternative to e-health
• 2.5 Market surveys and reports
  • 2.5.1 Homecare telehealth
  • 2.5.2 Massive costs of healthcare
  • 2.5.3 Patient remains central
• 2.6 E-health: the killer app on broadband - analysis
  • 2.6.1 Urgent rethink needed about e-health delivery
  • 2.6.2 Bureaucratic framework hopelessly inadequate
  • 2.6.3 Redefining a medical consultation
  • 2.6.4 Redefining service delivery
  • 2.6.5 Deregulate and democratise the bureaucracy
• 2.7 New local developments
  • 2.7.1 Remote diagnosis
  • 2.7.2 Video consults
  • 2.7.3 Home care monitoring
  • 2.7.4 Patient e-health monitoring service
  • 2.7.5 Next G videoconferencing
  • 2.7.6 Electronic health records
• 2.8 Clever Networks programs
  • 2.8.1 Introduction
  • 2.8.2 First round of funding
  • 2.8.3 Second round of funding

• 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.1.1 E-learning and tele-education
  • 3.1.2 E-learning statistics and forecasts
• 3.2 Australian initiatives
  • 3.2.1 FttH to the schools
• 3.3 International case studies
  • 3.3.1 Europe
  • 3.3.2 Norway
  • 3.3.3 Developing market - Africa
• 3.4 Other trends
  • 3.4.1 Virtual worlds
  • 3.4.2 Educating remote health professionals

• 4.1 Industry overview
  • 4.1.1 The industry in 2008
  • 4.1.2 The Australian utilities market
  • 4.1.3 NUS Electricity Report and Cost Survey - 2007
  • 4.1.4 UtiliTel
  • 4.1.5 Wireless power
  • 4.1.6 Marketing and business issues
• 4.2 Smart grids
  • 4.2.1 Key energy and environmental issues
  • 4.2.2 Federal Government showing leadership
  • 4.2.3 Pinc, Australia' s first smart grid
  • 4.2.4 How to facilitate a smart grid
  • 4.2.5 Industry push for smart grids
  • 4.2.6 From smart meters to smarts grids
  • 4.2.7 Smart meter readers
  • 4.2.8 Broadband powerlines
  • 4.2.9 ICT solutions for global warming and energy saving
  • 4.2.10 Smart grid concept gathering momentum
  • 4.2.11 Victoria is holding the country back
  • 4.2.12 Political backlash
  • 4.2.13 Government still stuck in old-world thinking
  • 4.2.14 Leadership is all that is needed
  • 4.2.15 Utilities need to be modernised
  • 4.2.16 Technology solutions need to be followed through
  • 4.2.17 Smart grids and the FttN/FttH plans
  • 4.2.18 Holistic view - broadband, smart grids and E-Health

• Table 1 - Top five e-government countries - 2007
• Table 2 - Top five e-government countries - 2005
• Table 3 - Projected regional increases in total healthcare spending - 2020 - 2050
• Table 4 - Worldwide e-learning market value - 2005; 2008

• Exhibit 2 - Examples of Web 2.0 developments
• Exhibit 3 - E-government definition
• Exhibit 4 - Examples of web based e-government applications
• Exhibit 5 - Facts and figures of the Telstra' s FttN roll-out
• Exhibit 6 - Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN)
• Exhibit 7 - FttN Group of competitive carriers
• Exhibit 8 - Cooperation scenarios
• Exhibit 9 - Access Prices G9
• Exhibit 10 - Fibre Broadband Proposal
• Exhibit 11 - ' Ready-to-go' broadband towns - 2007
• Exhibit 12 - Key ingredients for local broadband success
• Exhibit 13 - Key broadbanding steps
• Exhibit 14 - Some application bit rates
• Exhibit 15 - Callpoint services
• Exhibit 16 - Key policy issues
• Exhibit 17 - E-health benefits
• Exhibit 18 - Patient interaction
• Exhibit 19 - Advantages of e-health
• Exhibit 20 - Advantages of e-learning
• Exhibit 21 - Sample of e-learning market participants
• Exhibit 22 - Examples of tele-education initiatives in developing markets
• Exhibit 23 - What is a smart grid?
• Exhibit 24 - Case study TXU
• Exhibit 25 - Smart grid applications
• Exhibit 26 - Smart air-conditioning control