Cloudbreak Health Selected as Finalist for EY Entrepreneur of The Year® 2017 Award in the Greater Los Angeles Region
(PRWEB) May 30, 2017 -- Jamey Edwards, CEO of Cloudbreak Health has been named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in the Greater Los Angeles Region. The awards program, which is celebrating its 31st year, recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Cloudbreak Health was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 15 at the The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Cloudbreak Health provides more than 650 leading U.S. health systems, hospitals and other healthcare venues with simultaneous access to multiple telemedicine specialties and language interpretation services via one single video platform – all at the touch of a button.
Boasting more than 5,400 video endpoints in the market, Cloudbreak facilitates more than 720,000 annual telemedicine encounters through its industry pioneering products: Martti™ (My Accessible Real-Time Trusted Interpreter) and the Cloudbreak Telehealth Delivery Network.
“We are proud to be recognized for our accomplishments amongst a selection of the most visionary and entrepreneurial companies in Southern California,” said Jamey Edwards, Cloudbreak Health’s CEO. “We are driven by a mission of fixing our nation’s broken healthcare system and take pride in the fact we have been very successful in getting results and making a difference.”
Prior to Cloudbreak, Edwards was the CEO of Emergent Medical Associates. During his tenure, EMA grew into the leading multi-specialty group in the southwest US. He remains with EMA as a Board Member. He is also Board Member for Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Young President’s Organization & a Mentor at the LA Incubator Start Engine. Jamey has three times been an honoree for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and twice an honoree for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Healthcare Leadership Awards. Jamey is also a proud member of the #PinkSocks Tribe of healthcare innovators, working to disrupt healthcare from the ground up and drive positive change for patients and providers. He received his MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Now in its 31st year, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world.
Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National competition. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 18, 2017. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth ForumTM, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
ABOUT CLOUDBREAK HEALTH, LLC
The Cloudbreak Health platform provides more than 650 leading U.S. health systems, hospitals and other healthcare venues with simultaneous access to multiple telemedicine specialties and language services via one single platform. It boasts more than 5,400 video endpoints in the market and facilitates more than 720,000 annual telemedicine encounters through its industry pioneering products: Martti™ (My Accessible Real-Time Trusted Interpreter) and the Carenection Telehealth Delivery Network.
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Dori Jennings, Cloudbreak Health, http://www.cloudbreak.us, +1 614-468-6043, [email protected]
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