Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I would like to welcome all our guests here today. It has been a very good discussion, and this has been a very lengthy study for our committee, but one that has served to identify many of the opportunities and challenges that we regularly face when it comes to technological innovation in the health care system. We've covered topics and had witnesses talking about subjects from juvenile diabetes all the way to end-of-life care. I think most recently, in the last number of meetings we've had, there has been a common thread, highlighting the need for us to build capacity and high functioning alignment among researchers, industry, providers, consumers, and maybe I'll throw in educators and investors, and maybe that's implied in some of the other categories.
You've highlighted recommendations. You've talked about some incentives that could be in place. Mr. Casey, you talked about hosting conditions. I'm wondering if there are implied barriers in your recommendations. If not, what are some of the barriers we face in building a high functioning alignment among these different pieces? Perhaps I'll leave it at that and ask any of you to answer that question.