# Organize your care flow with tracks
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/design-care-flows/organize-your-care-flow-with-tracks

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



A care process is usually a set of phases that happen in some order. Mapping all of them on one canvas
gets overwhelming fast, so a care flow is split into **tracks**, one per phase.

## Tracks keep the flow readable, and they activate independently [#tracks-keep-the-flow-readable-and-they-activate-independently]

Tracks give a care flow a shape a colleague can read without tracing every arrow.

A track doesn't run because the previous one finished; it runs when something happens that the author
defined as its **trigger**. So a monthly check-in can run alongside a treatment phase instead of after
it.

## Split by set of activities, or by treatment path [#split-by-set-of-activities-or-by-treatment-path]

There's no fixed rule, but these splits work in practice:

* By set of activities: data collection, information sharing, care delivery.
* By treatment path: one track per route a patient can take.

A track doing two unrelated jobs is usually two tracks; fifteen tracks with one step each is usually
fewer.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Next:** [Set the track triggers](/docs/design-care-flows/set-your-track-triggers). The phases are
defined; now decide what activates each one.