Jardogs

Jardogs was a patient engagement and health management solutions provider founded in 2009 in Springfield, Illinois. The company developed the FollowMyHealth Universal Health Record platform, which combined personal health record functionality with patient portal capabilities to create what it called a 'Universal Health Record.' The system was designed as an EMR-agnostic solution that enabled patients to access and manage their health information across multiple healthcare providers regardless of the underlying electronic health record system. Core capabilities included patient self-service kiosks for check-in and registration, secure patient-provider messaging, appointment scheduling, prescription refills, bill payment, and bidirectional data exchange with provider EHR systems. The cloud-based platform focused on enabling community-level patient engagement rather than being tied to a single vendor's technology. Jardogs received ONC-ATCB certification for its FollowMyHealth product in 2011, demonstrating compliance with meaningful use requirements. The company served physician practices, ambulatory clinics, and health systems seeking to improve patient engagement and meet meaningful use requirements. In March 2013, Jardogs was acquired by Allscripts (now Veradigm) as part of a strategic initiative to strengthen population health management and patient engagement capabilities. Following the acquisition, the FollowMyHealth platform was integrated into the Allscripts product portfolio. The original company ranked third among ambulatory modular EHR vendors with a 10% market share and 894 customers achieving meaningful use prior to acquisition. A second iteration of the company has since been established by original founder Jim Hewitt, now focusing on AI-powered medical scribing solutions under the Jardogs Health brand, representing a departure from the original patient engagement platform model.