Health Tech Access - video transcript
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A title screen with a semi-transparent overlay over an image of what looks like a zoom call. There are six screens with people wearing headphones, one of which is a grid of about 25 people. In turquoise font in the centre of the screen, it reads “Health Tech Access a Rewa Journey”.
Audio
Jake Campbell:
Kia ora tātou. We are a Health Tech Access.
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The screen zooms in and cuts to Jennifer as she speaks to the camera. There are some graphics behind her and the words ‘Health Tech Access’ appear in the background. At the bottom of the screen an overlay reads “Jennifer Knopp, Post Doc Fellow, University of Canterbury”. Switch to a close up of a gloved hand holding a needle with the tip under the skin of someone’s arm. You can see that blood is being drawn as the plastic vial attached fills. Next, we see a close up of someone who presses a green plastic device firmly to their opposite wrist. The device is a bit shorter than an average pen but several times thicker. It has a loop of yellow wire sticking out the side near the wrist. The shot switches to a split-screen. On the left, we see a close-up of Jennifer from the side and smiling as she presses the device to her neck just below her ear. On the right is Jennifer talking to the camera.
Audio
Jennifer Knopp:
Think about how many people are going for a blood test today or fiddling with painful finger prick tests for things like blood sugar. Well, we're developing a noninvasive sensor that measures the things that doctors like to look at. A blood test that doesn't need blood. In fact, right now we're able to track blood sugar levels measured up to five times daily by people with diabetes, of which there are a quarter of a million to New Zealand alone and 450 million globally.
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We now get a full shot of the woman from the left screen. She still holds the device to her neck. We can also see that there is a white cord coming out the other end of the device and going off-screen. She is sitting in an office at a desk with Jake Campbell to the right side of the screen. They seem to be both looking at something off-screen. The camera zooms in and then switches to another man that appears to be talking over a zoom call. He is wearing green headphones and thick-rimmed glasses. Below his face it reads “Tamati Shepherd” and underneath “Partner, Health Practise Leader PWC NZ”.
We switch to a shot that shows the first image of the zoom call between many people with Tamati in the top left square.
Audio
Tamati Shepherd:
Virtual ways of managing the health is going to be a big kaupapa going forward and we can already see it. As a diabetic I don't want to have to keep pricking my finger.
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The view switches to a close-up of the device as it sits on a table next to a tube of lip balm. The camera travels down the length of the device. Next, we have a shot of some electronic components, which include a small circuit board, on the table next to what appears to be the same lip balm.
Audio
Jennifer Knopp:
Our sensor can be used anywhere, anytime, empowering personalized tests that provide on-demand information so that people can live a full life and manage their health.
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We see Jake Campbell talking over a zoom call with large silver and black headphones. This switches to a behind-the-shoulder image of Jake and Jennifer in the office as before. She has the device to her neck and he is using a computer mouse and they both look at data on a computer monitor.
Audio
Jake Campbell:
We started off the Rewa journey kind of just focused on just glucose monitoring and getting that available to everybody.
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Switch to another shot of a large zoom call with at least twenty participants before it switches to just one, a young woman with large back headphones. Under her face, it reads “Sarah Howe, PhD University of Canterbury”.
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Sarah Howe:
We found having mentors to help guide us through the Rewa process was invaluable. They encourage us to think way outside of our box.
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Next is a still image of what appears to be a phlebotomy room where a man sits getting ready to have his blood drawn. A young woman and an older man are both using cotton pads and attending to the seated man’s wrist. Cut to Lachlan talking to the camera, under his face reads “Lachlan McKenzie PhD University of Canterbury”.
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Lachlan McKenzie:
We went into this program with a very specific idea of who our customer segment would be, namely people with type one and type two diabetes. But over the course of Rewa, it has become increasingly apparent about how narrow the scope that was.
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We cut back to Jake, the young man from before.
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Jake Campbell:
Almost on the first day with our mentors, they pointed out, what if you can test for other things? What if we could do a full blood test without blood?
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The same background image as the title screen, a zoom call with an overlay. On the left is the Science for Technological National Science Challenge logo and on the right is the logo for Rewa. At the bottom of the screen is the web address stfichallenge.govt.nz.