Whanganui Radiography Department Embraces AI Rostering

We have been working with the Whanganui radiography department to free up clinical time by adopting RosterLab to enable automated rostering specific to their unique specialist needs within healthcare.

So far, we have seen that by replacing manual rostering processes, the department is reducing administrative burden and enabling highly trained clinicians to spend more time on patient care.

Less Time on Admin, More Compliant & Sustainable Rosters

With current manual processes, a senior MRI radiographer spends at least 40 hours (a full working week) creating each 12-week roster using Excel spreadsheets, which are printed out for review with staff and then updated.

This amounts to over 170 hours per year on administrative work. The time burden is further compounded when taking into consideration additional time managing leave requests, shift swaps, and individual scheduling queries.

Unitec Pilot Study Leads to Wider RosterLab Adoption

The collaboration between RosterLab and the Whanganui radiography department began with a self-rostering research project led by Unitec. In this study clinician's explored whether self-rostering could improve fairness and autonomy while maintaining safe staffing levels.

So far, we have seen that with RosterLab, roster generation time is reduced from 40 hours down to less than 4 hours. The system can accommodate staff preferences, all while ensuring compliance with union requirements and maintaining appropriate staffing levels.