Abstract: A system for providing medical services over the Internet is disclosed, having a patient system at a patient location, and a medical service provider system at a provider location. The patient system includes a monitoring system having various monitoring devices, each of which produce an electronic signal indicative of a particular physical or medical characteristic of a patient. Using these electronic signals, the monitoring system produces an output signal to an interface device which, in turn, provides input to a communication device adapted for communicating via the Internet. The medical service provider system includes apparatus for receiving the information sent by the patient system. In response, the provider system sends medical advice to the patient system, via the Internet, or, if the information received tends to indicate an emergency situation might exist, notifies emergency care givers in the vicinity of the patient location that emergency services are needed at the patient location.