SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements
Euros	$ 652HSKA_Euros	$ 321HSKA_Euros
Yen	1,252HSKA_Yen	1,252HSKA_Yen
Swiss Francs	167HSKA_SwissFrancs	209HSKA_SwissFrancs
Canadian Dollars	23HSKA_CanadianDollars	0HSKA_CanadianDollars
Inventory to PP&E	4,598	3,950	1,327
Customer Rental Contracts	1,800HSKA_CustomerRentalContracts	1,100HSKA_CustomerRentalContracts
PP&E from Customer Rental Contracts	3,000HSKA_PPandEfromRentalContracts	1,300HSKA_PPandEfromRentalContracts
Depreciation and Amortization expense for PP&E	3,700	2,500	1,700
Capitalized Third-Party Software Costs	587HSKA_CapitalizedThirdPartySoftwareCosts	791HSKA_CapitalizedThirdPartySoftwareCosts
Capitalized Software in PP&E on Cash Flow Statement	31HSKA_CapitalizedSoftwareinPPEonCashFlow	809HSKA_CapitalizedSoftwareinPPEonCashFlow	11HSKA_CapitalizedSoftwareinPPEonCashFlow
Goodwill	21,000	21,000
Upfront License Fees	3,000HSKA_UpfrontPaymentsforLicenseFee	7,000HSKA_UpfrontPaymentsforLicenseFee	0HSKA_UpfrontPaymentsforLicenseFee
Stock-based compensation	1,881us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	423us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	378us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Net Income reduced by Stock Options Issued	1,200	380	219
Basic and Diluted earnings per share	0.20	0.07	0.04
Anti-dilutive securities	367		643
Cash Flow increase from Stock-Based Compensation	1,400HSKA_CashFlowIncreasefromStockBasedComp	312HSKA_CashFlowIncreasefromStockBasedComp	386HSKA_CashFlowIncreasefromStockBasedComp
Advertising Expense	111us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	386us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	701us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Cumulative translation adjustments	683	984	912
Unrealized pension liability	(447)HSKA_UnrealizedPensionLiability	(447)HSKA_UnrealizedPensionLiability	(629)HSKA_UnrealizedPensionLiability
Unrealized gain on for sale investments	$ 47HSKA_UnrealizedGainOnForSaleInvestments	$ 43HSKA_UnrealizedGainOnForSaleInvestments	$ 13HSKA_UnrealizedGainOnForSaleInvestments

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Customer Rental Contracts

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Euros

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Net income reduced by stocl options issued

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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