The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), a health care transformation independent non-profit organisation, reported on Monday the addition of Neil Bacon as its new president and CEO.

Effective immediately, Dr Bacon succeeds ICHOM's outgoing Dr Christina Akerman, who has returned to her native Sweden after four highly successful years.

In the senior position, Dr Bacon, a nephrologist, will enhance quality measurement and change health care by developing, supporting and implementing the global outcome standards across the disease burden to the next level, as well as establish the first health care platform for benchmarking outcomes across countries.

Previously, Dr Bacon founded Doctors.net.uk in 1996, the world's largest online medical networks used by physicians to rapidly obtain clinical information, education, medical news and career opportunities, as well as founder and CEO of iWantGreatCare, an independent organisation enabling patients to rate and review their doctors, dentists, hospitals, after-care facilities and medications, in 2008.

ICHOM aim to transform health care worldwide through creating international standards for the outcomes that matter most for patients by using medical conditions. The organisation's standard sets have been developed in 26 conditions including stroke, diabetes, and ischemic heart disease, representing 25% of the global disease burden. ICHOM also helps providers to implement outcome measures and utilise outcomes to improve patient care.