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In addition, several healthcare apps have received FDA clearance. However, in spite of their potential, healthcare apps with smartphone-based sensors are mostly used outside of hospitals and have not been widely adopted for patient care in hospitals until recently. In this paper, we describe the experience of using smartphone apps with sensors in a large medical center in Korea. Among &gt;20 apps developed in our medical center, four were extensively analyzed (\u201cMy Cancer Diary\u201d, \u201cPoint-of-Care HIV Check\u201d, \u201cBlood Culture\u201d and \u201cmAMIS\u201d), since they use smartphone-based sensors such as the camera and barcode reader to enter data into the electronic health record system. By analyzing the usage patterns of these apps for data entry with sensors, the current limitations of smartphone-based sensors in a clinical setting, hurdles against adoption in the medical center, benefits of smartphone-based sensors and potential future research directions could be evaluated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150509854","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,27]],"date-time":"2015-04-27T12:16:51Z","timestamp":1430137011000},"page":"9854-9869","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Smartphone Applications with Sensors Used in a Tertiary Hospital\u2014Current Status and Future Challenges"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Yu","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Research Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea"}]},{"given":"Yura","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea"}]},{"given":"Guna","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea"}]},{"given":"Jae","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea"},{"name":"Ubiquitous Health Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Korea"},{"name":"Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02467, USA"}]},{"given":"Soo-Yong","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea"},{"name":"Ubiquitous Health Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Forrester Research. 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