# Prefill form fields
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/run-care-flows/prefill-form-fields-in-awell-care

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



A long care flow collects the same form more than once: initial diagnosis, treatment options, review
after review. Filling it in from scratch each time costs clinical time and invites transcription errors.

**Form prefill** pulls up an earlier submission of the same form, so only what changed needs editing.

## Use form prefill [#use-form-prefill]

Start from the patient's **activity feed**, reached by
[reviewing activities](/docs/run-care-flows/review-and-interact-with-care-flow-activities) or
[following up on pending activities](/docs/run-care-flows/follow-up-on-pending-activities).

Then:

1. Select the form activity with **Complete form**, or pick the pending activity in the side pane.
2. Choose to prefill from an earlier submission of the same form.
3. Review each answer and change what's different.

## Review every prefilled answer before submitting [#review-every-prefilled-answer-before-submitting]

Prefill carries forward whatever was true last time. A prefilled answer submits with the rest of the
form, so an out-of-date value is saved unless the stakeholder corrects it.

Read every prefilled answer, particularly anything the care flow branches on.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

Changing a running care flow's structure is
[Edit a care flow's tracks](/docs/run-care-flows/edit-a-care-flows-tracks).