REMOTE HEALTHCARE DATA-GATHERING AND VIEWING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A medical data collection method and system (10) for gathering medical data from an individual when the individual is located remotely from a healthcare professional. A computer device that includes an aggregation device (22) is used at the patient remote site (11) for collecting medical data/information from various medical devices (14) that can gather appropriate medical data. The aggregation device (22) sends the recorded medical data using a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) web service/application (25) to a network 16. The information may be saved on a local or centralized data storage device (18) and/or stored to a patient's medical record. A healthcare provider (i.e. physician, physician's assistant, nurse or the like) (20) can access the medical data (25) in real time or from the optional data storage device via a connect manager or through a secure or unsecure connection in real time while the data is being captured from the patient or if the data is stored, at any time in the future using a personal computer or handheld device such as a personal computer, notebook, palm pilot, Iphone, Blackberry or the like that is capable of running a browser that can consume the medical record service (25) provided by the aggregation device (22).