University of Florida

• B.S. Industrial Engineering North Carolina State University
• PhD Pharmacy Health Care Administration University of Florida

Susan Maue serves as a Senior Engagement Manager for Applied Health Outcomes, a division of Navigant Consulting. She received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1994 and her PhD in Pharmacy Health Care Administration from the University of Florida in 1998. Continuing with the quality improvement theme presented in industrial engineering, she turned her focus toward health care. Her primary research interests include physician guideline utilization, pharmacoeconomics, disease management and health care quality improvement.

In her current position, Dr. Maue is responsible for designing and conducting various research studies that extend across a variety of disease states. Additionally, she is responsible for developing methodologically rigorous study protocols for managed care organizations and physician organizations that meet the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA) accreditation standards and for developing training material to assist health care professionals in better understanding the criteria for accreditation. She is also responsible for customizing and implementing COMPETETM (Continual Outcomes Measurement Program for Establishing Therapeutic Excellence) for various provider groups that wish to effectively demonstrate outcomes-based efficiency and high quality. Dr. Maue's teaching/training experience includes lectures at both national and local conferences on the topics of pharmacoeconomics, evidence-based medicine, healthcare quality improvement and disease management.

Selected Publications :

• Godley P, Pham H, Woodward B, Rohack J, Maue SK. Opportunities for Quality Improvement in Hypertension Care in a Managed Care Setting. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. Accepted: 03/2001.
  
• Maue SK, Segal R. Application of Pharmacoeconomics and Decision Analysis in Gastrointestinal Disorders in the Context of Disease Management. Introduction to Applied Pharmacoeconomics, 2001. Chapter 8:144-178.
  
• Phillips C, Polakoff D, Mauch RP, Maue SK. Assessment of Constipation Management in Long Term Care Patients. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Accepted 02/2001.
  
• Floyd KM, Maue SK , Aqui W, Augello F. The Prevalence and Treatment Patterns of Constipation in the Long-Term Care Setting: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study. The Consultant Pharmacist. April 2000.
  
• Kernodle, SJ. Improving Health Care with Clinical Practice Guidelines and Critical Pathways: Implications for Pharmacists in Ambulatory Practice. Pharmacy Practice Management Quarterly. 1997; 17(3): 76-89.
  

Abstracts :

• Maue SK, Farrelly EW, Frech F. The Need for Improved Blood Pressure Control within the Diabetic Hypertensive Population. Accepted for the President's Poster Reception at the American Diabetes Association's 61st Scientific Sessions. Philadelphia, PA. June 22-26, 2001.
  
• Maue SK, Konerman JP, Sarnes MW. Identifying Opportunities to Improve Clinical Outcomes for High Risk Hypertensive Patients. Accepted at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Meeting 2001; Los Angeles, CA. June 3-6, 2001.
  
• Woo A, DeWolf W, Maue SK, Which Standard for Blood Pressure Control? WHO or JNC-VI? Presented at the American Society of Hypertension 16th Scientific Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 17, 2001.
  
• Maue SK, Farrelly E. Quality Improvement Opportunities for Hypertension Care in a Managed Care Setting. American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Mid-Year Clinical Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. December 3-7, 2000.
  
• Pham Hoa, Godley PJ, Rohack J, Maue SK. Quality of Hypertension Care Among Diabetics in a Managed Care Setting: Scope for Improvement. American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Mid-Year Clinical Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. December 3-7, 2000.
  
• Fraser M, Mofsen R, Maue SK, Farrelly E. A Quality Improvement Initiative for Patients with Behavioral Disorders in the Long Term Care Environment. American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. May 17-21, 2000. Transatlantic Geriatrics Annual Meeting, Paris, France. September 1-3, 1999.
  
• Maue SK, Gillis CT, Frech FH, Doan Q, Farrelly EW. Identifying Opportunities to Improve Clinical Outcomes for Hypertensive Patients with Diabetes in a Managed Care Setting. American Society of Hypertension Fifteenth Scientific Meeting, New York, NY. May 16-20, 2000.
  
• Fraser M, Mofsen R, Kernodle SJ. A Quality Improvement Initiative for Patients with Dementia. American Medical Directors Association, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 4-7, 1999. Poster #60.
  
• MacKinnon NJ, Kernodle SJ. “Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation of Immunosuppressants in Solid Organ Transplants: Mycophenolate mofetil vs. Azathioprine.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Spring conference, Panama City, FL. April 1997