1. A method comprising: a plurality of medical devices each receiving data through a wired connection via a first communications protocol, wherein the first communications protocol is different for at least two of the data received; reformatting each of the received data to a second communications protocol that is the same for each of the received data and transmitting the received data to an intermediary device; the intermediary device formatting a message and transmitting it to a medical data server, wherein the message includes the received data; the intermediary device receiving a command from the medical data server to alter the operation of at least one of the plurality of medical devices; the intermediary device reformatting said command for said at least one medical device to create at least one reformatted command; and said at least one medical device receiving said command from the intermediary device.