A monitor remote control method and system thereof using a mobile terminal. The system comprises: a mobile terminal, a monitor terminal and a network terminal. The mobile terminal comprises an instruction setting unit for inputting setting instructions and sending the setting instruction to the network terminal. The network terminal comprises a data and instruction receiving unit for receiving the setting instructions, and a wireless connection unit for building a wireless connection between the mobile terminal and the monitor terminal. The monitor terminal comprises a setting execution unit for receiving and executing the setting instructions sent by a data and instruction sending unit of the network terminal. The system enables medical staffs when away from bedside to know information and parameter conditions of patients in real time and to set the settings of the monitor.