Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
The Doctors Laboratory [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense	$ 32,000	$ 34,000	$ 64,000	$ 68,000
Consulting Service [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Development	25,000	25,000	50,000	50,000
Laboratory Testing Services [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party	$ 58,000	$ 88,000	$ 206,000	$ 125,000

Business development involves the development of products and services, their delivery, design and their implementation. Business development includes a number of techniques designed to grow an economic enterprise. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, assessments of marketing opportunities and target markets, intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, generating leads for possible sales, follow-up sales activity, formal proposal writing and business model design. Business development involves evaluating a business and then realizing its full potential, using such tools as marketing, sales, information management and customer service.

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