# Trigger a care flow from Awell Care
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/automate-with-events/trigger-from-awell-care

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.awellhealth.com/llms.txt).



**Awell Care** is the application Awell builds and maintains for running the care flows designed in
Studio. It's a prebuilt alternative to running Orchestration headless behind a custom interface.

To trigger a care flow here, create a patient, then start a flow for them.

## Start a care flow [#start-a-care-flow]

1. [Create a patient](/docs/run-care-flows/create-patients) in Awell Care.
2. Start a care flow from their profile. See
   [Start a care flow](/docs/run-care-flows/start-a-care-flow).

## Best when there's no provider app, or a flow needs testing [#best-when-theres-no-provider-app-or-a-flow-needs-testing]

* **There's no provider-facing app**, or Awell provides the interface.
* **A care flow needs testing.** This is the fastest way to run a flow end to end and watch what it
  does, without wiring up a trigger first.

Even teams that will trigger everything through the API can use Awell Care to prove a care flow works
by hand before automating the way in.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Next:** [Trigger with a Hosted Pages link](/docs/automate-with-events/trigger-with-a-hosted-pages-link)
to let patients enroll themselves.