1. A computer system for associating a laboratory report for a patient with a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image, the system comprising: at least one image database for maintaining at least one DICOM healthcare image for a patient; at least one clinical application for documenting one or more laboratory reports for the patient, wherein the laboratory report is created based on results other than the DICOM healthcare image; and at least one association module for receiving a request from a clinician to directly associate the one or more laboratory reports for the patient with at least one DICOM image for the patient and for associating the one or more laboratory reports for the patient with at least one DICOM image for the patient.