Brent Scobie

Vice President, Quality and Community Services, Northern Light Acadia Hospital

Brent is vice president of Quality and Community Services for Northern Light Acadia Hospital. He is responsible for development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of quality, patient experience, and patient safety programs that promote a culture of high reliability and establishing and maintaining clinician standards by advancing outcome-informed, evidence-based therapy practices throughout the organization. He provides administrative oversight Acadia’s Community-based Services, Quality Department, Accreditation, Utilization Management, Patient Experience, Chaplaincy and Patient Rights. He is passionate about high quality, patient-centered, evidence-based care.
 
Brent shares his knowledge as a part-time faculty member at the University of Maine. Prior to working at Northern Light Acadia Hospital, Brent held clinical and administrative leadership positions across the Northern Light Health organization.

 
Education
Ph.D., Disability Studies and Social Work, University of Maine
Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) University of Maine
Bachelor of Arts Degree, English, University of Maine
 
Brent became the vice president of Clinical Services and Quality at Acadia Hospital
in May 2018.
 
Favorite Quote
“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the minds of others.” – Blaise Pascal