A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method comprising: associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising personal health records associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium; providing the user with a user interface on a computing device to remotely access the personal health records stored on the server; receiving at the server the files comprising the personal health records associated with the user from a health care provider associated with the user; receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interface of the computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request; sending the user a file containing the personal health records associated with user from the server to the computing device in response to the request; wherein the files are maintained on the server independently from any files maintained by the health care provider and wherein the files are managed privately by the user independently from the health care provider. view more

The method of claim 8 wherein the access information comprises a password.

The method of claim 8 further comprising further comprising receiving at the server additional files comprising personal health records associated with the user from a second health care provider associated with the user.

The method of claim 10 wherein the files comprise image file format files.

The method of claim 11 wherein the image file format files include image representations of at medical records, living wills, power of attorneys, or other medical or legal documents.

A method for providing a user with an ability to access and collect drug prescriptions associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method comprising: associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising drug prescriptions associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium; providing the user with a web-based user interface on a web-enabled computing device to remotely access the drug prescriptions stored on the server; receiving at the server the files comprising the drug prescriptions associated with the user from a healthcare provider associated with the user wherein the drug prescriptions include medication prescribed, a date of issuance of the prescription, a name of the patient and a prescriber's name and contact information, the healthcare provider prescribing the drug prescriptions, and wherein the step of receiving at the server the files comprising the drug prescriptions associated with the user from the healthcare provider associated with the user is performed without providing the healthcare provider access to the server; providing a means for scheduling one or more prescription refills concerning a drug prescription to perform steps comprising: (a) receiving at the server a request directed by the user to schedule one or more prescription refills concerning the drug prescription wherein the prescription is associated with the request, and (b) scheduling the one or more prescription refills concerning the drug prescription based on the prescription and directed by the user and storing the schedule on the computer readable storage medium; electronically sending one or more of the drug prescriptions associated with the user to a pharmacy selected by the user; receiving at the server a request from the user made through the web-based user interface of the web-enabled computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request; sending the user a file containing a drug prescription associated with the user from the server to the web-enabled computing device in response to the request; and wherein the files are maintained separately from any maintained by the healthcare provider prescribing the drug prescriptions and wherein the files are managed privately by the user and independently from the healthcare provider prescribing the drug prescriptions. view more

The method of claim 1 wherein the server uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

The method of claim 1 wherein the healthcare provider is a doctor.