# Awell and Healthie
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/connect-systems/awell-healthie

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



Healthie is an electronic medical record (EMR) system used by digital healthcare providers. It exposes a
**GraphQL API**, which is what a care flow connects to.

## Awell holds the process, Healthie holds the record [#awell-holds-the-process-healthie-holds-the-record]

Connecting the two means a care flow can act in Healthie automatically: onboarding, care pathways and
triage create and update records rather than asking someone to do it twice.

Without that connection, a care flow drawn in Miro or Lucidchart and written up in a document stays a
document that people follow inconsistently. The alternative, hard-coding the process into an app, makes
every change a development cycle.

## The connection runs through the API call action [#the-connection-runs-through-the-api-call-action]

Configure an [API call action](/docs/connect-systems/the-api-call-action-graphql-and-rest) against
Healthie's GraphQL API.

Healthie can also send events back to Awell, so something happening in the EMR advances the care flow.
See [Automate with events](/docs/automate-with-events).

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Next:** [Set up a GraphQL API call to Healthie](/docs/connect-systems/healthie-graphql-api-call),
which covers the endpoint, the API key, and where to store both.