Based on the ahfe 2016 international conference on human factors and ergonomics in healthcare held on july 27 31 2016 in walt disney worldr florida usa the book is intended as timely reference guide for both researchers involved in the design of healthcare systems and devices and healthcare professionals aiming at effective and safe health service delivery. This book discusses the latest advances in human factors and ergonomics focusing on methods for improving quality safety efficiency and effectiveness in patient care by emphasizing the physical cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomics applications it presents various perspectives including those of clinicians patients health organizations and insurance providers. Seven other titles in the advances in human factors and ergonomics series are advances in applied digital human modeling advances in cross cultural decision making advances in cognitive ergonomics advances in occupational social and organizational ergonomics advances in human factors ergonomics and safety in manufacturing and service industries advances in ergonomics modeling usability evaluation. This book is concerned with human factors and ergonomics in healthcare the utility of this area of research is to aid the design of systems and devices for effective and safe healthcare delivery. This book discusses the latest advances in human factors and ergonomics focusing on methods for improving quality safety efficiency and effectiveness in patient care by emphasizing the physical cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomics applications it presents various perspectives including those of clinicians patients health organizations and insurance providers