New Book Offers a Blueprint to Unlocking the Future of Healthcare Workforce Management with AI

Nurse scheduling and staffing remains one of the most complex challenges for hospitals and health systems. With more than 15 years of experience in driving operational excellence in healthcare systems, Dr. Dani Bowie, DNP, RN, NE-BC, specializes in leading innovative staffing and scheduling technology initiatives that boost nurse engagement and cut labor costs. Dr. Bowie’s new book, “Reimagine Workforce Management with AI: a Roadmap for Healthcare Leaders,” chronicles her journey with artificial intelligence (AI) over the past decade full of starts, pauses, failures, restarts and successes.

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In Dr. Dani Bowie's new book, "Reimagine Workforce Management with AI: A Roadmap for Healthcare Leaders," healthcare leaders are given step-by-step solutions for how to create an effective scheduling and staffing system that includes operational strategies, goals and key performance indicators.

“Nothing is more frustrating than being asked to do a job without the right tools and support and repeatedly getting less than optimal results,” said Dani Bowie, DNP, RN, NE-BC, SVP of Workforce AI at Aya Healthcare. “I’m able to show how healthcare leaders can use AI tools so that workforce planning, scheduling and staffing can be done with more precision than ever before.”

This eye-opening page-turner shows healthcare leaders how to revolutionize workforce management. Dr. Bowie’s 80-page book is chock full of tools, evidence-based best practices, key terminology and AI history. Healthcare leaders are given step-by-step solutions for how to create an effective scheduling and staffing system that includes operational strategies, goals and key performance indicators.

Topics and chapters include:

• Overview of AI in healthcare workforce management
• Strategies to streamline each phase of the workforce management cycle — planning, scheduling and staffing
• How to establish the infrastructure for AI with best practice policy design
• Practical strategies to integrate AI into your current healthcare system
• Steps to implement flexible workforce programs like float pools, command staffing centers and open shift management programs

Industry peers and colleagues reviewed Dr. Bowie’s new book and have given rave reviews. “This is the book I wish I had when I took my first role as a healthcare executive. A must-read for anyone leading workforce strategy in healthcare,” said Rudy Jackson, DNP, MHA, RN, CENP, FNAP, SVP and System Chief Nurse Executive.

Hospitals and healthcare systems can attain a free copy of “Reimagine Workforce Management with AI: a Roadmap for Healthcare Leaders” here.

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About the author:

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.

About Aya Healthcare:

Aya Healthcare is the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the United States. Aya operates the world’s largest digital staffing platform delivering every component of healthcare-focused labor services, including travel nursing and allied health, per diem, permanent staff hiring, interim leadership, locum tenens and non-clinical professionals. Aya’s AI-enabled software solutions, which include vendor management, float pool technology, provider solutions and predictive analytics, combined with its digital talent marketplaces, provide hospital systems greater efficiencies, superior operating results and reduced labor costs. While technology drives efficiency and scale, Aya’s 6,000+ global employees power the company to deliver unparalleled accountability and exceptional experiences for clients and clinicians. Aya’s company culture is rooted in giving back and supports organizations around food security, education, healthcare, safe shelter and equity. To learn more about Aya Healthcare, visit www.ayahealthcare.com.

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“I’m able to show how healthcare leaders can use AI tools so that workforce planning, scheduling and staffing can be done with more precision than ever before.”