EP41 - From Mannequins to Metaverse: The Future of Nursing Simulation - Dr. William Scott Erdley
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
Release Date: 12/13/2025
EP51 - AMDIS Roundtable - The AI Decisions Missing From the Medical Record
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
AI is already influencing clinical decision-making, but what happens when those decisions occur outside the systems hospitals can monitor? In this AMDIS Roundtable, Gregg Malkary is joined by Dr. John Lee, Dr. Paul Sutton, and Dr. Stephon Proctor to examine the growing use of consumer AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at the point of care. As physicians increasingly turn to these tools for clinical questions, documentation, differential diagnoses, and workflow support, health systems are facing a new challenge: understanding how AI is shaping care when those interactions never appear...
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EP50 - Treat the Patient, Not the Alert: AI, Alert Fatigue, and Nursing Decision Support
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
AI can identify a patient at risk. But what happens when the nurse receiving the alert is already caring for another patient? As hospitals continue adopting AI-powered clinical decision support tools, nursing leaders face a practical challenge: identifying risk is only part of the equation. Acting on it requires people, workflows, communication, and clinical judgment. In this episode of Beyond the Blueprint, Gregg Malkary is joined by Daniel Gracie, Carolyn S. Harmon, and Troy Seagondollar to explore how AI-driven alerts intersect with the realities of nursing practice. The conversation...
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EP49 - Leadership by Design: Creating Cultures Where Caregivers Thrive - Elizabeth Jeanes
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
Healthcare leaders often talk about culture, engagement, and retention. But what if many workforce challenges aren't simply staffing problems at all? In this episode of Beyond the Blueprint, host Kris Baird and co-host Keith Washington welcome nurse leader and workforce strategist Elizabeth Jeanes for a conversation about the connection between leadership, culture, and workforce design. Drawing on years of experience in nursing leadership and organizational development, Elizabeth explores why culture isn't built through mission statements or posters on a wall—it's built through consistent...
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EP48 - Healthcare Doesn't Have a Staffing Problem: Rethinking Workforce Design - Elizabeth Jeanes
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
What if healthcare's staffing crisis isn't really about staffing at all? In this episode, Elizabeth Jeanes, founder of Jeanes Strategic Consulting and a healthcare leader with more than 20 years of experience in nursing, leadership development, and organizational strategy, challenges one of healthcare's biggest assumptions: that workforce shortages are purely a numbers problem. Instead, Elizabeth makes the case for rethinking workforce design from the ground up, starting with preceptors, frontline influencers, and the leadership systems that shape culture from day one. Her take? The people...
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EP47 - Teaching Doctors in the Age of AI: Trust, Risk, and the Future of Clinical Thinking
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
In this episode, we explore how AI is reshaping physician training — and what medical educators must do now to keep pace. Dr. May Lin (Touro University), Dr. Saroj Misra (A.T. Still University), Dr. Renu Agnihotri (A.T. Still University), and Dr. Shivam Vedak (Stanford University) share what's working and what isn't when it comes to preparing residents and medical students to use AI responsibly. From faculty development and inconsistent guidance across clinical sites, to automation bias and the pressure to see more patients faster, the panel examines the hard tradeoffs facing medical...
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EP46 - AMDIS Roundtable - Restoring Clinical Cognition in the AI-Ready EHR
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
In this AMDIS Roundtable, Dr. Eve Cunningham (Cadence), Dr. Howard Landa (Adventist Health), and Dr. Deepti Pandita (UCI Health) explore what it really means to build an AI-ready EHR. Moving beyond features and vendor roadmaps, they examine how data governance, workflow design, and clinical validation shape the physician’s day — from inbox overload to exam-room disconnect. Together, they discuss shadow AI, cognitive burden, and the hard tradeoffs between optimizing legacy workflows and redesigning care. Their message is clear: the next generation EHR isn’t about adding more technology...
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EP45 - AMDIS Roundtable - Data Governance at the Point of Care
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
In this AMDIS collaboration, Dr. Mark Pierce (former Parkview Health), Dr. Howard Landa (Adventist Health), and Dr. John Lee (HIT Peak Advisors) examine why data governance is ultimately a patient-care issue, not just an IT function. Drawing on real bedside decisions, EHR transitions, and conflicting metrics, they show how unclear definitions and hidden data create hesitation, workarounds, and loss of clinician trust. Together, they discuss the leadership commitment and investment required to improve data quality, and why clean data is the prerequisite for safe and meaningful AI in healthcare....
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EP44 - Beyond the Pilot: Scaling Ambient Listening at Sutter Health - Dr. Veena Jones and Stephanie Driscoll
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
In this episode, we’re joined by two leaders from Sutter Health who are scaling ambient listening across their enterprise: Dr. Veena (Goel) Jones, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, and Stephanie Driscoll, Vice President of Digital Implementation. In 2025 alone, Sutter onboarded more than 3,100 clinicians to ambient listening—moving well beyond pilot programs to true system-wide adoption. Together, they share what it takes to make that scale possible, from EHR integration and workflow redesign to governance, training, and change management. Key Takeaways Ambient listening only scales when...
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EP43 - Cybersecurity as Patient Safety: A 2026 CMIO Playbook - Dr. Christian Dameff, Steven Ramirez, Dr. Sean Kelly
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Sean Kelly (Imprivata), Dr. Christian Dameff (UC San Diego Health), and Steven Ramirez (Renown Health) to explore a critical yet often misunderstood frontier: the intersection of cybersecurity and patient safety. Together, we unpack how clinical leaders can prepare for digital outages, ransomware attacks, and the escalating threat landscape—not as isolated IT events, but as high-stakes clinical disruptions. From real-time decision-making to cultural readiness, this conversation is a practical playbook for CMIOs navigating care delivery in an age...
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EP42 - Why RTLS Is Core Infrastructure in Healthcare - Todd Frantz, Ali Youssef, Paul Zieske
Beyond the Blueprint - Health Series
In this episode we’re joined by Todd Frantz (AdventHealth), Ali Youssef (Henry Ford Health), and Paul Zieske (Why Where Matters) to explore how next-gen real-time location systems are reshaping care delivery. Together, we dive into the evolution from dots-on-a-map asset tracking to intelligent platforms that drive staff safety, streamline workflows, and generate high-fidelity data for AI. From ED duress alerts to ambient analytics and digital wayfinding, this conversation is a roadmap for health leaders rethinking how hospitals move, sense, and respond in real time. Whether you’re...
info_outlineWhat if the future of nurse training didn’t just include mannequins—but holograms, AI conversations, and full-on metaverse environments?
In this episode of Beyond the Blueprint, we’re joined by Dr. William Scott Erdley, a retired simulation pioneer and former Director of Simulation & Clinical Skills Labs. With decades of experience in nursing education, Dr. Erdley unpacks the evolution of clinical simulation—from standardized patients and mannequin drills to immersive technologies like VR, AI, and even wetware.
Together, we explore how simulation builds confidence, strengthens care team collaboration, and prepares clinicians for rare, high-stakes scenarios. And we take a bold look at what's next: from smarter simulators to holographic mentors.
Whether you're leading a health system or reimagining nursing education, this episode is a front-row seat to the future of clinical readiness.
Key Takeaways
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Simulation offers high-fidelity, repeatable practice that boosts confidence and reduces clinical error.
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Nursing simulation now extends far beyond mannequins—into VR, AI-powered patients, and virtual tele-simulations.
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Standardized patients and realistic role-playing help build empathy, communication, and interprofessional collaboration.
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OB, neonatal, and code-team scenarios benefit especially from regular simulation refreshers.
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ROI is seen in fewer adverse events, reduced turnover, improved morale, and onboarding efficiency.
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Emerging tools like AI and VR are making simulations more accessible and scalable.
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Simulation is not just about tech—it’s about mindset, pedagogy, and patient-centered design.
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Debriefing is where the deepest learning happens—focus on reflection and resilience, not performance.
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Academic-medical partnerships can expand access without massive capital investments.
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The future of simulation is immersive, intelligent, and increasingly personalized.
Episode Highlights
00:00 | What Exactly Is Clinical Simulation?
00:29 | Real-World Save: Simulation Training Takes Flight
01:22 | Meet Dr. Scott Erdley: From Logic Tests to Leading Simulation Labs
03:23 | Simulation as Clinical Experience: The Early Days
05:29 | Skills, Communication, and Confidence: Why Sim Matters
06:26 | Learning to Call the Doctor at 2AM
07:13 | Repeatable Scenarios: Standardizing High-Stakes Practice
08:24 | When Simulation Saves Lives—Even at 30,000 Feet
09:18 | 75% of Nursing Programs Now Use Simulation Labs
09:58 | Code Team Drills with Mannequins: Practice Under Pressure
11:16 | OB and Neonatal Use Cases—and Legal Implications
13:52 | Strategic Planning: Why Are You Investing in Sim?
14:32 | Simulation for Onboarding, Oncology, and More
15:35 | ROI: From M&M Rates to Hiring Efficiency
16:20 | Academic Partnerships as an Access Strategy
17:21 | AI and VR: Opening the Simulation Toolbox
18:19 | Conversational AI and Psych Nursing Sim Scenarios
19:26 | Standardized Patients: Humanizing the Training Process
20:45 | Merging AI with Robotics: A Future with Thinking Mannequins
24:11 | From Wetware to Brain Interfaces: A New Era in Care
25:06 | Ready Player One Meets Real-World Nursing
26:02 | Why Debriefing > Critique: Coaching Through Reflection
27:04 | Simulating Conflict: Aggressive Patients, Interdisciplinary Tension
29:18 | Prompt-Based Simulations: A Natural Language Future
30:00 | Final Advice: Simulation as Strategy—and a Whole Lot of Fun