Segments (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 84,331,000	$ 64,439,000	$ 223,858,000	$ 182,604,000
Cost of Revenue	38,244,000	29,991,000	102,646,000	82,699,000
Gross profit	46,087,000	34,448,000	121,212,000	99,905,000
Gross Margin Percentage	54.70%	53.50%	54.10%	54.70%
Operating Expenses	34,861,000	29,654,000	103,920,000	89,852,000
Income from operations	11,226,000	4,794,000	17,292,000	10,053,000
Operating margin percentage	13.30%	7.40%	7.70%	5.50%
Interest and other income (expense), net	34,000	(191,000)	57,000	(66,000)
Income before provision for income taxes	11,260,000	4,603,000	17,349,000	9,987,000
Provision for income taxes	4,340,000	1,609,000	6,703,000	3,736,000
Net income	6,920,000	2,994,000	10,646,000	6,251,000
Acute Care Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	64,394,000	64,439,000	191,294,000	182,604,000
Cost of Revenue	26,920,000	29,991,000	82,858,000	82,699,000
Gross profit	37,474,000	34,448,000	108,436,000	99,905,000
Gross Margin Percentage	58.20%	53.50%	56.70%	54.70%
Operating Expenses	29,070,000	29,654,000	94,167,000	89,852,000
Income from operations	8,404,000	4,794,000	14,269,000	10,053,000
Operating margin percentage	13.10%	7.40%	7.50%	5.50%
Non-acute care solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues			32,564,000
Cost of Revenue	11,324,000		19,788,000
Gross profit	8,613,000		12,776,000
Gross Margin Percentage	43.20%		39.20%
Operating Expenses	5,791,000		9,753,000
Income from operations	2,822,000		3,023,000
Operating margin percentage	14.20%		9.30%
MTS-Medication Technologies [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	18,300,000
MTS-Medication Technologies [Member] | Non-acute care solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues			19,937,000
Net income			1,929,000
COS relief of FV inventory step-up and misc [Member] | MTS-Medication Technologies [Member] | Non-acute care solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	0		1,650,184
Acq trransaction costs [Member] | MTS-Medication Technologies [Member] | Acute Care Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	0		2,342,780
Severance and misc cost [Member] | MTS-Medication Technologies [Member] | Non-acute care solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Expenses	0		861,828
Acquisition-related Costs [Member] | Acute Care Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue			2,300,000
Acquisition-related Costs [Member] | Non-acute care solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue			900,000
Fair Value Adjustment to Inventory [Member] | Non-acute care solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue			$ 1,700,000