New England HIMSS Northern Maine Spring Event

April 18, 2014David W. Maxwell, Program Director

ConnectME Authority

Genesis of the Broadband Capacity Building Task Force

• Funded by a five-year grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

• Required to develop a broadband capacity building plan

• Met ten (10) times in 2012 and 2013• Staffed by the ConnectME Authority• Supported by Planning Decisions, Inc.

Task Force Membership• Warren Cook, Chair• Devore Culver, HealthInfoNet• Lisa Smith, Governor’s Energy Office• Allyson Handley, President, UMA• George Hogan, Wright Express (WEX)• Christopher Jerome, UNUM• Peter Mills, Maine Turnpike Authority• Bob Montgomery-Rice, Bangor Savings• Ryan Pelletier, Northern Maine Development Commission

Broadband Capacity Building Task Force Recommendations

• Help businesses move to the internet• Help the elderly stay at home• Educate health data analysts• UMaine as model for blended learning• Devices for elementary and secondary students• Shift administrative functions to online services• Maine turnpike as model for smart roads• Redeploy existing funds to support broadband

expansion

Recent Statistics Regarding Broadband

• 93.1% of street locations have access to some form of broadband from at least one provider

• Maine municipalities are served, on average, by 4.7 providers

• 43% of the geographical area of Maine has access to 4G mobile broadband

Recent Statistics Regarding Broadband

• 89.8% of Maine households have broadband available

• 75.3% of households with availability subscribe to broadband

• 47.6% of households use mobile devices (nearly twice the use in 2011)

Recent Statistics Regarding Broadband

• 93.7% of businesses in Maine have access to broadband

• 93.1% of businesses in Maine subscribe to broadband (up 7% since 2011)

• 46.3% of businesses in Maine use mobile devices

• (only) 59% of businesses in Maine have a website

Barriers to Broadband Use

• Lack of perceived value for consumer in owning a computer (up 10% from 2011)

• Cost (down 3% from 2011)• Lack of perceived value for business in having

an internet connection (up 15% from 2011)• Cost (down 10% from 2011)

What Does Broadband Provide?FCC’s Seven Tier Broadband Classification

FCC Speed Tier Upload/Download Speeds Broadband (Y/N)

• 1st Generation Data 200 kbps to < 768 kbps No• Tier 1 768 kbps to < 1.5 Mbps Yes• Tier 2 1.5 Mbps to < 3 Mbps Yes• Tier 3 3 Mbps to < 6 Mbps Yes• Tier 4 6 Mbps to < 10 Mbps Yes• Tier 5 10 Mbps to < 25 Mbps Yes• Tier 6 25 Mbps to 100 Mbps Yes• Tier 7 > 100 Mbps Yes

How Fast Does Broadband Need to Be?

Application Download Speeds Upload Speeds

Basic Email 768 kbps – 1.5 Mbps 256 kbps – 896 kbps Voice Over IP (VOIP)BrowsingYouTube Video

Remote Surveillance 1.5 Mbps – 3 Mbps 356 Kbps – 1 MbpsTelecommutingStreaming MusicStandard Definition Video

IPTV 3 Mbps – 6 Mbps 356 kbps – 1 MbpsFile Sharing (small/medium)

Video On Demand 6 Mbps – 10 Mbps 768 kbps – 2 MbpsRemote Diagnosis (basic)Online Gaming

How Fast Does Broadband Need to Be?

Application Download Speeds Upload Speeds

IPTV High Definition (HD) 10 Mbps – 25 Mbps 2 Mbps – 5 MbpsTelemedicineRemote Education

HD Video Surveillance 25 Mbps – 50 Mbps 5 Mbps – 10 MbpsSmart/Intelligent BuildingsEducational Services

Video Conferencing 50 Mbps – 100 Mbps 10 Mbps – 25 MbpsMultiple Educational ServicesResearch ApplicationsRemote Supercomputing

Real-time Data Collection > 100 Mbps ≥ 100 MbpsReal-time Medical Image Consultation

How Does Maine Compare?

Some Health Care Statistics

• Older and more rural population• Higher than national average on MEDICARE

(20% vs 15% nationally) (2010)• 5th most expensive state in per-person costs

(2009)• Growth in health care costs (1991-2009) was

7.4% vs 6.5% nationally

Health Care in Maine – What to Do?

Resources:• DHHS – State HIT Initiatives Program• HealthInfoNet – a non-profit repository for

medical records• Muskie School – innovative approaches to

critical health and social challenges• Health Care Claims database – source of

information for health care utilization and costs

Health Care in Maine – What to Do?

Action:• Increase use of telemedicine – 71% of

hospitals/about 10% of local providers (2010)• Allow elderly to stay at home – Full Circle

America as a model• http://

dianeatwood.com/catchinghealth/how-telemedicine-helps-some-elderly-people-stay-home-longer

• Partner with providers – for training and for home-based care

Health Care in Maine – What to Do?

Educate health care analysts:• predictions are shortage of 140K to 190K data

analytics nationally• build broad-based data analytics competency

in K through 12 grades• invest in more specialized knowledge in health

informatics at the university level

Implementation of the Broadband Capacity Building Plan

• How can the ConnectME Authority and the New England HIMSS collaborate to advance broadband infrastructure development and use in Maine?

For More Information……

http://www.maine.gov/connectme