Without standards for interoperability, doctors and hospitals don't know if the systems they buy will be outdated by the time they are implemented.
Sure, the technology to digitize and store medical records has been around for like, forevah, but without standards, any effort would be fruitless.
When most dons are ill-paid, giving high salaries to a few newcomers will damage morale without raising standards.
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The problem is, fundamentally, not one of university officials who are unaware or without ethical standards (although one wonders at times).
"The results of the research encourage me to believe that the use of an SAT-type test could complement achievement tests such as A-levels and could broaden intake to British universities without lowering standards, " he said.
It suggests a problem with "officership standards, " again without making clear how those standards should be changed.
Others think teaching should be oriented toward the individual student, without such rigid standards.
We have concluded that manufacturers can meet these standards without sacrificing vehicle safety.
And it has done it while maintaining high academic standards without major scandal.
Moreover, almost all of the gas-fired power plants that will be built will meet these standards without any additional costs.
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Without such common standards, grumbles Mr Truskowski, companies that choose one storage vendor then find themselves locked into that firm's products.
It simply aims to be a place for men (and women, too) to come and talk openly about their lives without imposing moral standards.
And without universal accounting standards, perhaps imposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, we may never know how bad the toxic asset situation is.
They accused us of violating ethical standards without ever defining them.
Getting hair cuts at home or eating at home more and eating out less would have a similar impact on GDP without necessarily reducing standards of living.
Winners encourage open communication, set high standards without being brutal, encourage people to think about their role in the context of the larger organisation, and weather crises without panicking.
Our professional skepticism has to be that without strong audit standards and a strong duty of care and a strong sense of clarity about what auditors do we have to be skeptical that management and financial statement preparers will provide the information voluntarily or be willing to acknowledge the significance of the information.
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Sir Bernard said without an increase in standards people would regard police training as a process akin to a "sheep dip".
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But he may not be able to offer sizeable new wads of cash without relaxing his own standards of fiscal prudence.
Yet tutors at the top universities have made modest steps towards achieving a less skewed intake ever since admissions data were first published 13 years ago, mostly without dropping their entry standards.
Without lowering our minimum hiring standards, we needed to identify those applicants with a high level of relationship-building skills.
It is unrealistic to demand, as the Saharkhiz lawsuit does, that wireless communications systems based on global technology standards be sold without that capability.
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Last year, after going about 30 years without raising fuel-efficiency standards, we finally put in place a national fuel-efficiency standard for cars and trucks.
Without evaluating how well the standards are implemented and how well they allow teachers to adjust lesson plans, standards alone will never tell the full picture.
Handling each of these transitions separately without a set of common standards and best practices not only costs us valuable staff time it also poses a burden that can deter contractors from competing for our business and wastes millions of taxpayer dollars.
Existing SLAs tend to be drawn up without reference to specific regulatory and standards requirements.
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"It's very important not to expect too much from the social audit, " Mr. Berzau said, although he added standards would be lower without any independent checks.
Students in urban districts in particular have been underserved without accountability to national or even state standards.
Without government coming in and imposing warning standards, it is up to the alcohol industry to self-regulate which has frustrated many health professionals who believe the alcohol industry's commercial concerns will outweigh any public health issues.
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