CareFlite
CareFlite provides air and ground critical care transport services integrated directly into your EHR. From helicopter and fixed-wing transfers to critical care ground, ALS, and BLS — care teams can request and track transports without leaving the patient chart, ensuring fast, accurate clinical handoffs for critically ill and injured patients.
About CareFlite
CareFlite is a SMART on FHIR-enabled air and ground medical transport app that integrates directly with Epic. By pulling real-time patient data — including demographics, encounter details, vital signs, conditions, and insurance coverage — CareFlite automates the coordination of critical care, ALS, and BLS transports across air and ground modalities.
Key Features
• Direct EHR integration via SMART on FHIR launch from Epic
• Support for helicopter, fixed-wing, critical care ground, ALS, and BLS transports
• Automatic patient data pull for demographics, conditions, vitals, and coverage
• Real-time dispatch, tracking, and status updates
• Complete audit trail and HIPAA-compliant data handling
• Seamless clinical handoff documentation
Benefits
• Faster time-to-transport for critically ill patients
• Eliminated phone calls and manual coordination with dispatch
• Reduced errors from manual data re-entry during transfers
• Full transport visibility for sending and receiving teams
• Streamlined transfer center workflows
- Critical care inter-facility transfers — request helicopter or critical care ground transport for ICU-level patients requiring rapid transfer to higher-acuity facilities.
- Trauma transfers — dispatch air or ground ambulance for trauma patients needing transfer to Level I or Level II trauma centers.
- STEMI and stroke transfers — initiate time-sensitive air or ground transport to cardiac catheterization labs or comprehensive stroke centers.
- Neonatal and pediatric transports — coordinate specialty air and ground transport for critically ill neonates and pediatric patients.
- Ground ALS and BLS transfers — request standard inter-facility or discharge transports for patients requiring ambulance-level care.
- Scene response support — coordinate air medical response for scene calls requiring rotor-wing transport to definitive care.