A method for providing a user with the ability to collect and manage personal health records includes receiving over a network, monitoring data from a patient monitoring device associated with the user. The method further includes generating a personal health record from the monitoring data, storing the personal health record in a computer readable storage medium at a server, providing access to the personal health record to the user over the internet through a user account associated with the user, and providing a user interface associated with the user account allowing the user to selectively provide access to the personal health record to a health care provider.