Liquidity (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Jul. 09, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Portamedic Service Line [Member] holdback_component	Mar. 31, 2014 Portamedic Service Line [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Strategic Alliance Agreement Assets [Member]	Aug. 31, 2014 Strategic Alliance Agreement Assets [Member]	Aug. 07, 2014 Purchase and Sale Agreement Property [Member]	Jul. 18, 2014 Purchase and Sale Agreement Property [Member]	May 13, 2014 Purchase and Sale Agreement Property [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 4,082,000	$ 6,655,000	$ 4,082,000	$ 6,655,000		$ 3,100,000	$ 3,970,000	$ 8,319,000
Working capital			4,500,000
Loss from continuing operations	77,000	(3,933,000)	(4,689,000)	(10,512,000)
Net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations			4,933,000	7,786,000
Net borrowings			2,600,000
Costs paid to sell business	900,000										800,000		200,000			200,000	1,800,000
Consideration amount									8,400,000			3,500,000			3,000,000
Escrow deposit												250,000		300,000
Proceeds from the sale of real estate, net of closing costs			2,544,000	0									2,500,000
Holdback amount									2,000,000
Number of holdback components									2
Holdback amount, component one									1,000,000
Holdback amount, component two									1,000,000
Proceeds from the sale of Portamedic									8,100,000	700,000
Loan maximum defined, based on eligible receivables	85.00%		85.00%
Loan maximum defined, based on eligible receivables, reserve	500,000		500,000
Additional borrowing availability under Loan and Security Agreement	4,300,000		4,300,000
Borrowings outstanding under Loan and Security Agreement	0		0
Minimum Percent of aggregate unbilled eligible receivables					50.00%
Net proceeds from sale of Basking Ridge, New Jersey property and sale of Heritage Labs and Hooper Holmes Services business units	5,100,000
Capital expenditures	400,000		780,000	1,062,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under Loan and Security Agreement	$ 10,000,000		$ 10,000,000