Revisiting Ian McWhinney's principles in the digital health age

Affiliations

¹ Associate Director of Research in the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration at Western University in London, Ont. kthomps@uwo.ca.
² Clinical Associate Professor in Digital Health and Director of the Global Digital Health Unit in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom.
³ Project Lead at Knollcrest Lodge in Milverton, Ont.
⁴ General practitioner at OLVG Hospital in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Independent Senior International Consultant.
⁶ Associate Professor in Digital Health and Sydney Horizon Fellow at the University of Sydney in Australia.
⁷ Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University.

Keith Thompson et al. Can Fam Physician. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;71(9):543-545.

doi: 10.46747/cfp.7109543.

¹ Associate Director of Research in the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration at Western University in London, Ont. kthomps@uwo.ca.
² Clinical Associate Professor in Digital Health and Director of the Global Digital Health Unit in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom.
³ Project Lead at Knollcrest Lodge in Milverton, Ont.
⁴ General practitioner at OLVG Hospital in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Independent Senior International Consultant.
⁶ Associate Professor in Digital Health and Sydney Horizon Fellow at the University of Sydney in Australia.
⁷ Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University.

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