Pat Salber, MD, of ZOLO Healthcare, Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — January 18, 2011 — Pat Salber, MD, Co-Founder and Principal of ZOLO Healthcare Solutions, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

ZOLO Healthcare Solutions brings senior-level expertise to healthcare organizations that want to improve care, manage costs and optimize revenue. Management and reporting of data are a critical part of the delivery system transformation and necessary to make the leap to improved patient experience, quality and cost efficiency.

Pat is a board-certified internist and emergency physician with over 15 years of experience providing clinical leadership to integrated delivery systems, health plans, and employers. She is an expert in the design, implementation and evaluation of effective medical management, wellness, and quality improvement programs. She is experienced in leading complex clinical implementations, such as transition to a new pharmacy benefit management company and implementation of a multi-million dollar integrated care management system. She stays on top of the latest innovations in medical management, such as cloud- and phone-based care management programs, in order to offer state-of-the art options to her clients. Pat’s passion is working with healthcare organizations to improve the patient experience and strengthen the physician-patient relationship.

ZOLO consultants draw upon their extensive operations experience to help clients design and implement post-reform programs and solutions. Examples include formation of accountable care organizations, development of medical homes, and programs to coordinate and improve care. ZOLO’s mission is to help healthcare organizations create and implement measurable processes and practices that lead to: integrated and coordinated care; improved quality and outcomes; a great patient experience; aligned incentives and physician engagement; and reduced medical costs and increased revenue.

Pat has also been the Host of The Doctor Weighs In, since 2006, where bloggers explore a variety of health-related topics, ranging from basic science to healthcare policy and politics. Previously, from 2007 to 2010, she was CMO and Executive VP at Universal American Corp.; President and CEO of PRS Strategic Health Care Consulting, from 2006 to 2010; and Founder, President and CEO of Acelacare, Inc., from 2004 to 2005. Earlier, from 2003 to 2004, she was Senior Medical Director at Blue Shield of California; Medical Director, KP GM Team, The Permanente Company in conjunction with General Motors, from 1997 to 2003; Director of the American College of Emergency Physicians, from 1994 to 1998; Physician Director of National Accounts at Kaiser Permanente, and from 1995 to 1997.

Pat earned her BA in Zoology in 1967, and her MA in Endocrinology in 1973, both from UC Berkeley. She earned her MD from UCSF’s School of Medicine in 1978, and her MBA from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business in 1999.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .