Border worker elarm wearable tech trial
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From: Al
Hi everyone,
In early 2021 a wearable tech option for border workers was launched that had a pilot/trial conducted with Datamine - detailed in this media release:
https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/me...
Could I please request:
- the cost of the trial
- any documents or emails that show how the trial started or was proposed to MoH (how it came to be and how it evolved to start the trial)
-any documents or emails that show the outcome of the trial - Datamine proposed in their final report the wearable tech be rolled out to all border workers - I'd like to see any communications or considerations on that being being both assessed and costed.
Thank you for your help,
Al
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“Hi everyone,
In early 2021 a wearable tech option for border workers was launched that
had a pilot/trial conducted with Datamine - detailed in this media
release:
[2]https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/me...
Could I please request:
- the cost of the trial
- any documents or emails that show how the trial started or was proposed
to MoH (how it came to be and how it evolved to start the trial)
-any documents or emails that show the outcome of the trial - Datamine
proposed in their final report the wearable tech be rolled out to all
border workers - I'd like to see any communications or considerations on
that being being both assessed and costed.
Thank you for your help,”
Ngâ mihi
Ruth Blick
Advisor
Office of the Chief Data and Digital
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From: Al
Dear ODDG Data and Digital Requests,
As part of this OIA request that is still open could I please be provided with HR: 20210178 that was apparently a briefing to the Minister on the elarm trial in 2021. If it is publicly available please let me know where as I have been unable to find it.
Yours sincerely,
Al
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Health New Zealand
Tçnâ Al,
Thank you for your email of 30 March 2023, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Hi everyone,
In early 2021 a wearable tech option for border workers was launched that
had a pilot/trial conducted with Datamine - detailed in this media
release:
https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/me...
Could I please request:
- the cost of the trial
- any documents or emails that show how the trial started or was proposed
to MoH (how it came to be and how it evolved to start the trial)
-any documents or emails that show the outcome of the trial - Datamine
proposed in their final report the wearable tech be rolled out to all
border workers - I'd like to see any communications or considerations on
that being both assessed and costed.
Thank you for your help,
Al
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Kia ora Al,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
"- Hi everyone,
In early 2021 a wearable tech option for border workers was launched that
had a pilot/trial conducted with Datamine - detailed in this media
release:
https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/me...
Could I please request:
- the cost of the trial
- any documents or emails that show how the trial started or was proposed
to MoH (how it came to be and how it evolved to start the trial)
-any documents or emails that show the outcome of the trial - Datamine
proposed in their final report the wearable tech be rolled out to all
border workers - I'd like to see any communications or considerations on
that being both assessed and costed.
Thank you for your help,
Al".
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Kia ora Al,
Thank you for your request for Official Information about. Please find
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