Hospitals safeguard against operating room mistakes By Kim Chen Wiseman
To keep accreditation and eligibility for Medicare reimbursements, area hospitals and surgery centers must now comply with new federal rules aimed at preventing surgeons and nurses from operating on the wrong person or wrong body part.
Goodloe’s efforts not derailed by budget woes By Holly Fisher Despite having to solve a major budget shortfall, Charleston County School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Goodloe’s plans have not been derailed.
Biotech firm hopes tissue-freezing patent heats up sales By Dennis Quick Limping athletes and others with damaged knee cartilage soon may be jumping in celebration. Degenerative arthritis sufferers and heart patients might join them.
QUICK NOTES: Manufacturers launch workforce upgrade program By Dennis Quick Skills sharpener. One of the more salient recommendations of the Morrison Report—the Lowcountry’s economic development manual that consultant Ed Morrison released more than a year ago—is that we improve the skills of our workforce if we’re to compete economically with the rest of the world.
THE BRACK REPORT: State should prepare for urgent educational wake-up call By Andy Brack There’s a relatively painless way to highlight the fact that South Carolina has two educational systems, one that provides students in growing counties with great opportunities and another in poorer counties that fails students and taxpayers. All you have to do is ask each of the lawyers and witnesses in a Manning school funding fairness trial whether they’d rather send their kids and grandchildren to schools in Greenville or Columbia versus schools in Dillon or Allendale counties.
Mold: Just keeps on growing and growing By Sarah G. McC. Moïse
Stories about mold seem to be everywhere lately, from building industry and legal publications to the governor’s mansion and the office water cooler—as employees file lawsuits about health problems they say were caused by mold.
TIME WELL SPENT: Depression at work carries many costs By Honor Hawkins A few years ago, “Barbara,” a stellar professional working for a prestigious government contractor, was cruising the fast track to a lucrative executive position. Her smarts, ambition and 12-hour days were paying off big time.
Eateries respond to changes in diners’ eating habits By Sarah G. McC. Moïse Popular low-carbohydrate diets have helped an estimated 40 million people lose weight. But U.S. grain farmers, pasta producers and bakers say that as a result, it’s their wallets that are getting slimmer.
Charleston International Airport to get Wi-Fi service By Sarah G. McC. Moise The Charleston County Aviation Authority board has awarded locally-based Aerolina Inc. a $21,189 contract to install a wireless Internet network at Charleston International Airport.
Muhler Co. move adds face-lift to Rivers Avenue By Dennis Quick When the North Charleston-based Muhler Co. moves from Fain Street to its new Rivers Avenue headquarters near West Aviation Avenue, the window, shutter and sunroom installation company will help give its new neighborhood a bright new look.
Small builders learn new tricks from the big dogs By Sarah G. McC. Moise Don’t assume big builders are out of touch with their customers just because some of them build 15,000 homes a year. After all, they don’t do a billion dollars in sales year after year by accident.
Sloppy real estate deals surge in hot market By Renee Johnson Real estate professionals are seeing more sloppy deals in this hot housing market than in the past, according to the overwhelming majority of respondents in an informal Inman News poll.
Keep your house cooler and energy efficient this summer By Sarah G. McC. Moise The average U.S. family spends close to $1,300 a year on energy bills, according to the Environmental Protection agency. Unfortunately, a lot of that energy is wasted. Simple changes can save you hundreds of dollars. Here are money and energy saving tips from some of the experts.
GET A LIFE: Get a life: Pasta pronto By Sarah G. McC. Moise I have this book, How to Make Pasta. The pictures and recipes look great, and the woman who wrote it sounds so wholesome describing how easy it is to “have a nutritious dinner on the table for my family from flour to finish in 15 minutes.” I have visions of her in her terra cotta-tiled kitchen with happy children gathered around the butcher’s block watching their mama make tortellini.
REWRITE: OLD NEWS MADE NEW By Holly Fisher When members of the business community dedicate their time, money and efforts to a project, it happens. That has been the case with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Project (www.nfte.com) kicking off this summer in the tri-county area.
CAREER COACH: Design your resume to maximize success in cyberspace By Barbara Poole Every job hunter knows that a critical tool in the search process is a professional resume. Although a strong resume is unlikely to land you a job by itself, it’s often the key to whether you’re invited in for an interview, which is where the contest for the right candidate really begins.
