Australia - Digital Economy - Health, Education and Government

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Mar. 12, 2009 - 64 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Government Policies for the Digital Economy

1.1 Australian government is leading the way

1.1.1 Significant financial incentive

1.1.2 Benefits are beyond telecoms

1.2 Essential for health, education and energy services

1.2.1 Multiplier effect creates new jobs

1.2.2 FttH long term infrastructure goal

1.2.3 Vertical models won’t deliver the national benefits

1.2.4 Other sectors need to adjust their policies as well

1.3 Innovation

1.4 Digital economy industry workgroup

1.5 Trans-sectoral thinking required for governments

1.6 Regulatory frameworks are failing

1.7 National benefits are astounding

1.8 Conclusions

2. E-Health

2.1 Global e-health

2.1.1 Scope

2.1.2 E-health - killer app on true broadband

2.1.3 Massive costs of healthcare

2.1.4 Key developments - 2008

2.1.5 IT key to sustainable healthcare

2.1.6 E-health project examples

2.1.7 Published market statistics and forecasts

2.1.8 Conclusion

2.1.9 How to kick-start e-health

2.2 E-health in Australia

2.2.1 Australian Health Information Council

2.2.2 Clever Networks program

2.2.3 Overview of other projects

2.2.4 Telstra’s e-health initiatives

3. E-Education

3.1 Global e-education

3.1.1 Introduction

3.1.2 Case studies

3.2 E-education in Australia

3.2.1 National government policy - FttH to the schools

3.2.2 Australia’s largest online library

3.2.3 Media literacy

4. E-Science

4.1 Innovation networks: where e-science and telecoms meet

4.1.1 E-science

4.1.2 Citizens e-science

4.1.3 From video to virtual knowledge

5. E-Government

5.1 Global e-government

5.1.1 Introduction

5.1.2 Benefits of e-government

5.1.3 E-government applications

5.1.4 Leading e-government around the world

5.1.5 Fibre key to e-government

5.2 E-government in Australia

5.2.1 E-government

5.2.2 Survey on e-Government services usage

6. Glossary of Abbreviations

List of tables and exhibits

Table 1 - Projected regional increases in total healthcare spending - 2020 - 2050

Table 2 - Number of consumers using health monitoring - North America; Western Europe1 - 2008; 2012

Table 3 - Spending on IT in healthcare sector - Western Europe - 2006; 2012

Table 4 - Market value and growth of telehealth - 2012

Table 5 - Worldwide e-learning market value - 2005; 2008; 2010

Table 6 - Percentage of government agencies offering online services worldwide - 2005 - 2007

Exhibit 1 - Healthcare spending statistics

Exhibit 2 - Advantages of e-health

Exhibit 3 - E-health project examples

Exhibit 4 - Popular health related websites in the US

Exhibit 5 - Advantages of e-learning

Exhibit 6 - Examples of e-learning market participants

Exhibit 7 - Examples of Tele-education initiatives in developing markets

Exhibit 8 - Many Eyes - e-science website example

Exhibit 9 - GigaPort and SURFnet

Exhibit 10 - Examples of Web 2.0 developments

Exhibit 11 - Definition of e-government

Exhibit 12 - Examples of common web-based e-government applications

Exhibit 13 - United Nations e-government readiness ranking - top 35 countries - 2008

Exhibit 14 - Brown University’s top five e-government countries - 2007

Abstract

• The importance of broadband infrastructure;
• Key issues and strategies needed for countries to develop their digital economies;
• E-government market overview, analyses and statistics;
• E-health market overview, analyses and statistics;
• Tele-education market overview, analyses and statistics.

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