ACE
ACE Team Our Social Enterprise
The ACE Team is an innovative pharmacist-led, multidisciplinary outreach team that was created to fill a gap in care for individuals living with health and social inequity. They serve some of Edmonton’s most vulnerable individuals and have become specialized in managing complex health needs including substance use disorders, mental health concerns, HIV, and hepatitis.
The ACE Team works in collaboration with prominent stakeholders such as the Northern Alberta Program, and the Boyle McCauley Health Centre to address an individual’s social needs, such as housing, food, and financial security, as a means of improving their broader health outcomes and medication-taking behaviours.
Serving Edmonton's most vulnerable Innovative Pharmacist-led
ACE meets its clients where they’re at and provides outreach services to shelters, clients’ homes, and the streets of Edmonton. Often, the team must first address a patient’s social needs, such as housing, food, and financial security, as a means of improving their broader health outcomes and medication-taking behaviours. They accomplish this through working in collaboration with a variety of professionals from the Northern Alberta Program, Boyle McCauley Health Centre, and other community resources.
ACE works to:
- Improve medication adherence
- Connect clients to healthcare
- Support clients in getting and staying housed
- Works with the Edmonton Food Bank to provide food hampers to clients
- Help clients rebuild their trust in the healthcare system and achieve their personal goals
The team has gone on to receive recognition including two Avenue Top 40 under 40 (2018) winners and a pharmacy industry-leading APEX award in 2017. In 2018, the ACE Team received support from Alberta Health Services through the provision of a demonstration grant.
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