RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quintiles and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) today announced a six-year strategic services agreement to improve data collection and quality reporting for all ACS clinical registries. Working together, ACS and Quintiles will build a comprehensive and integrated clinical registry platform that combines data from more than 1,800 hospitals across the United States, international medical contributors and individual surgeons to improve surgical patient care outcomes.