Reimagine Workforce Management with AI: A Roadmap for Healthcare Leaders
Nurse staffing and scheduling remains one of the most complex challenges for hospitals and health systems. Drawing from over a decade of research, practical experience and hands-on innovation, Dr. Dani Bowie provides an essential roadmap for healthcare leaders looking to leverage AI to revolutionize workforce management.
Whether you're an executive, nurse leader or HR professional, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to build a flexible workforce and manage it more effectively with technology.
What you’ll learn:
Overview of AI in healthcare workforce management
How to establish the infrastructure for AI with best practice policy design
Steps to implement flexible workforce programs like float pools, command staffing centers and open shift management programs
Strategies to streamline each phase of the workforce management cycle — planning, scheduling and staffing
Practical strategies to integrate AI into your current healthcare system
Praise for Reimagine Workforce Management with AI
Rudy Jackson, SVP, System Chief Nurse Executive
This is the book I wish I had when I took my first role as a healthcare executive.
Aries Limbaga, Chief Deputy Director of OperationsIf you're still struggling with scheduling, this book is your new best friend.
Daniel Hudson, VP/Associate Chief Nurse Executive, Nursing Operations & AdministrationDr. Bowie breaks down AI in healthcare in a simple way for anyone to understand.
Dr. Dani Bowie“In the case of AI, we are on the edge of a new reality, and it is our professional duty to shape the future; otherwise, it will be shaped for us.”
About the author
Dani Bowie, DNP, RN, NE-BC
Dr. Dani Bowie brings over 15 years of experience in driving operational excellence in healthcare systems and specializes in leading innovative staffing and scheduling technology initiatives that boost nurse engagement and cut labor costs. She is currently the SVP of Workforce AI at Aya Healthcare.
Dr. Bowie received her Master of Science in nursing from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and her doctorate in nursing from Yale University, where she built a predictive nurse scheduling model. She has conducted research and published extensively about the nursing workforce in many journals, including Nursing Economics, Nurse Leader and American Nurse.
Dr. Bowie has led and independently consulted for several health systems to design and build centralized staffing and scheduling offices, while simultaneously deploying staffing and scheduling technology platforms. She leverages her expertise in healthcare, technology, project and people management, along with her bold leadership strategies, to help organizations achieve clinical and financial KPIs.