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With 2012 coming to an end, we have put together a list of innovative medical and healthcare apps - apps that gave us pause and represent the future of mobile medicine. These apps should also inspire developers and other healthcare providers to think outside the box when developing their own medical apps. Of note, most of the apps mentioned in this compilation are free to download.

"The AAMC has gathered a list of many of the milestones in medical knowledge and practice achieved at these institutions. The reported discoveries run from 1809 to the present. As new advances in patient care and research are realized, this site will be updated. "

"Could it really be true that so many dedicated, brilliant people with the same objectives could be doing exactly the same thing at the same time without sharing their resources? That they could be missing out on the interactions that fuel innovation? That they could put so much work put into teaching sessions that so few actually attend?"

"Social media use in medical education is an emerging field of scholarship that merits further investigation. Educators face challenges in adapting new technologies, but they also have opportunities for innovation."

"The Institute for Innovative Technology In Medical Education (iInTIME) meets its mission by collaborating to develop and then distribute virtual patient cases and other on-line educational modules that are consistent with iInTIME's educational philosophy. These virtual patient cases harness the power of medical knowledge and are designed to supplement traditional clerkship teaching and patient care activities for third-year medical students, but also are appropriate for many other learners."

"One of the most innovative educational resources in the field, Radiology 2.0 presents teaching files in a way not previously seen; the 2.0 denotes the next generation in interactive radiology education."

Key benefits of the NAS include the creation of a national framework for assessment that includes comparison data, reduction in the burden associated with the current process-based accreditation system, the opportunity for residents to learn in innovative programs, and enhanced resident education in quality, patient safety, and the new competencies. Over time, we envision that the NAS will allow the ACGME to create an accreditation system that focuses less on the identification of problems and more on the success of programs and institutions in addressing them.

"This article is intended to serve as a guide to instructors and educational programs seeking to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative and practical strategies to transform students' learning experience."

"The ACGME and LCME mandate that residency programs and medical schools provide core faculty with regular faculty development on teaching. Objective Structured Teaching Exercises (OSTEs) are an innovative tool using standardized learners (SLs) to develop and assess teaching skills."

A joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government, the Australian e-Health Research Centre is a leading national research facility in ICT for healthcare innovations.

"By offloading tasks from the 15-minute visit in order to prioritize the patient's agenda, adding group, telephone, and electronic encounters, and reorganizing services with the aim of maximizing the health of a practice's entire patient population, innovative primary care practices could lead primary care out of crisis into an era of renewal."

This article seems to advocate the trend in UK based primary care- but key questions remain unanswered, can trust be transferred from the individual doctor to the team? Does this dilute the 'doctor as drug' benefit?

"The use of painting in teaching reflective competence was well received. Our students found it an innovative and useful educational tool, an exciting 'out of the box' teaching modality. Moreover, students appreciated the plot, creativity and imagination employed in their fellow students' accounts. Footnotes"

A non-institutional, patient-centered educational plan would produce an abundant supply of compassionate, innovative, prevention-oriented doctors at an extremely low cost. Additionally, the pace of medical research would be sharply accelerated.

In this article, the authors develop a definition of positive deviance, a foundational construct in positive organizational scholarship. They offer a normative definition of positive deviance: intentional behaviors that depart from the norms of a referent group in honorable ways. The authors contrast this normative perspective on deviance with statistical, supraconformity, and reactive perspectives on deviance. They also develop research propositions that differentiate positive deviance from related prosocial types of behaviors, including organizational citizenship, whistle-blowing, corporate social responsibility, and creativity/innovation. Finally, the authors offer some initial ideas on how to operationalize positive deviance.

Results: It is anticipated that the 12 tips will provide medical educators interested in authoring virtual patient cases one set of useful guidelines to facilitate the process. Conclusions: Virtual patient cases provide medical educators with an innovative tool for medical education. These guidelines will assist authors in case development.

"The research results were seen as underscoring the importance of experiential and reflective learning activities and opportunities for application of theory in online learning and simulation exercises"

"While its not clear how popular regularly measuring ones heart rate will be in the general population, this certainly will be a tool eagerly taken up by self quantifiers. I am most excited about the utility of this for passive, no touch monitoring in health care settings as the technology advances to not require the camera so perfectly aligned and close to the face."

"As we develop written materials for the general public, we need to think about vocabulary and sentence structure, organization of ideas, as well as layout and design elements so that we can eliminate as many unnecessary barriers as possible."