Dr. Maze has considerable experience in developing and evaluating public health programs and monitoring health outcomes. He is a dentist by training and in his career he has practiced as a private dentist, taught at the National School of Dental Therapy and worked on the front line as a clinician in a public dental program. As the province's Senior Dental Consultant he directed the dental public health programs of Prince Edward Island.
Although his experiences mostly involve dental public health, all health programs share the same general principles. In all health jurisdictions there is a need for effectiveness, cost-efficiency and sustainability. Programs need to be accountable in terms of the results achieved for the expenditures made. The focus of health programs needs to be measurable health outcomes.
In Prince Edward Island the level of oral health of children raised from being amongst the worst in Canada when the dental programs started in the 1970's to the best in Canada today. This was achieved through having a well designed dental program, monitoring outcomes and adapting services to meet changing situations. This was all done within allotted budgets with annual increases which over the years never exceeded annual increases in the province's GDP.
