ICON Selected By The International Consortium For Health Outcomes Measurement To Help Advance Value-Based Healthcare

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that it has been selected by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) to advance value-based healthcare through the launch of a global healthcare outcomes benchmarking program called GLOBE. ICON is using its data management, data analytics and consultancy expertise to enable ICHOM to provide healthcare providers with a secure platform to share and compare high-quality, risk-adjusted health outcomes – the results of care that matter most to patients – that will lead to improvements in healthcare.