Quality Improvement and Falls Prevention

In 2021, Mark Bradley took part in the ILT (Improvement Leader Training) program at Northwestern Medicine. He coordinated an improvement project focused on patient falls prevention. Patient falls prevention is a high priority in health care organizations. The chaplain team used Motivational Interviewing (an evidence-based practice) to inform their interventions. The work of the chaplains significantly decreased patient falls and dramatically demonstrated the value of professional chaplains to the organization.
Mark Bradley is the manager of Spiritual care and Education at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. Mark completed his MDiv in 1994 at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, NS, Canada. In 1999, he completed a DMin from Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL. For over a decade, he worked with The Night Ministry’s outreach and health ministry providing care for unhoused individuals in Chicago. In 2014, Mark came to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Mark is an ordained minister in the Metro of Chicago region of the American Baptist Churches. He is an ACPE Certified Educator and a board-certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.