1. A system for monitoring a patient over a network comprising: a network; a connection device configured to connect to the network, the connection device comprising a reporter that transmits reports to the network; a user interface device in communication with the network, the user interface device comprising: a display; and a gateway; a network management system in communication with the network, the network management system comprising an active alert system list listing each user interface device having a gateway that has registered with the network management system; a communications interface in communication with the network, the communications interface receiving reports from the reporter and transmitting reports to the network management system; wherein the network management system determines if a report, received from the communications interface is to be sent to the user interface device as an alert.