Sharpies and stage lights: MUSC’s Tracy Ferro on outpatient CDI origins

By Brian.m | June 17, 2026

Listen to the episode here (Spotify). At ACDIS 2026 I delivered an unofficial episode of Off the Record with my guest today: Tracy Ferro, Executive Director, System CDI for Medical University of South Carolina Health (MUSC).   The “podcast” was delivered on stage, at the outpatient symposium. MUSC’s OP CDI program is new and being built in flight, and Tracy and I presented on it together, running the session a bit like an…

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Different Minds, Extraordinary Strengths: The UC Davis Coding Internship Story

By Brian.m | May 29, 2026

Listen to the podcast. This country does a decent job in our primary schools working with children and young adults with special needs. Certainly many improvements have been made in the last 40-50 years.   But once neurodivergent kids become adults, that support seems to vanish.  Tami Gomez stepped into this large breach by launching the UC Davis Neurodiversity Coding Internship Program. This new program creates professional pathways for neurodivergent individuals by offering hands-on training, mentorship,…

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