Richard Lester
About Richard Lester
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Physician
- Researcher
Organization
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
- University of British Columbia
- University of Manitoba Medicine
- University of Nairobi
Language(s)
Recent Contributions
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Richard Lester started a discussion "Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Patients who received SMS support had significantly improved ART adherence and rates of viral suppression compared with the control individuals. Mobile phones might be effective tools to improve patient outcome in resource-limited settings.
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Richard Lester replied to "sms messaging for HIV adherence" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Our WelTel team in Kenya has developed at non-for-profit orgnaization based on the WelTel Kenya1 study (supported by PEPFAR/CDC) with the aim of assisting programs to develop SMS programs for ART engagment in care/adherence based on their experience and evidence. You can contact Sarah Karanja, the program coordinator at sashkaranja@gmail.com . The team has prototyped a number of automated platforms and is currently working on options to take to scale. The website www.weltel.org is currently ...
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Richard Lester replied to "Opinions about mHealth Summit" in the Health IT community.
Sorry - the updated link - http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/12/mobile-health-hallelujah-or-bah-humbug/
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Richard Lester replied to "Opinions about mHealth Summit" in the Health IT community.
Hi All, Here's an additional blog about the summit posted on CNN Money - http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/category/from-the-crowd/ Best, Rich
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Richard Lester replied to "Expert Panel: Linkage and Retention in HIV Care" in the Adherence & Retention community.
Nice to hear of all the mobile phone applications to support retention in care. I'm reattaching our paper, WelTel Kenya1 (previously posted in the adherence discussions), that demonstrated improved adherence and HIV suppression through SMS support of patients on ART. Although we focused on adherence, adherence and retention are inherently linked, and by intention to treat (ITT) analyses, loss to follow-up contributes to adherence outcomes. Note that the World Health Organization held a meeting last ...
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.