The article describes health care as personal and sometimes frustrating. It reports that fewer than half of consumers are satisfied with their health care.

The article discusses predictions about health care innovation and venture investment for 2017. It says the market differed from the prior year, when unicorns were being anointed weekly and valuations outpaced company performance.

Digital health continued to grow, attracting $3.3B in venture funding by the third quarter of the year. Startups combine social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and sensor technologies to improve patient care.

Avalon Healthcare Solutions announced a third round of capital investment. Mosaic Health Solutions, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and Francisco Partners invested, and Echo Health Ventures will administer the investment for Mosaic.

Mosaic Health Solutions and Cambia Health Solutions created Echo Health Ventures, a health care investment company focused on investing in companies and transforming health care.

News about how Echo Health Ventures and its portfolio companies are transforming health care.

As Senior Analyst of Legal and Administration, Amanda serves as a liaison to Echo’s stakeholders and supports Echo’s investment process and portfolio management.

Annika is an associate at Echo Health Advisors and works to deepen engagement between its Alliance members and portfolio companies.

Bob is a managing principal at Echo Health Advisors, part of Echo Health Ventures. He is responsible for engagement between Echo Health Ventures, its portfolio, and its Alliance stakeholders.

David Goad supports Echo Health Ventures throughout the investment process, including sourcing investments, executing deals, and supporting governance and relationships with health plans across portfolio companies. He is a board observer for Medix Infusion.

Echo Health Ventures operates nationwide with offices in Portland, Durham, Little Rock, Seattle and Boston.

Echo Health Ventures invests to build and grow great health care companies.

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