Business Segments and Geographic Data (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015 Segment	Mar. 31, 2014
Business Segments and Geographic Data [Abstract]
Number of operating units	3us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Results of operations from business segments [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 28,149us-gaap_Revenues	$ 50,075us-gaap_Revenues
Costs of revenues	7,922us-gaap_CostOfRevenue	10,345us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Gross profit	20,227us-gaap_GrossProfit	39,730us-gaap_GrossProfit
Gross profit % (in hundredths)	71.90%phmd_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfRevenues	79.30%phmd_GrossProfitAsPercentageOfRevenues
Allocated operating expenses [Abstract]
Engineering and product development	755us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	795us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Selling and marketing expenses	20,132us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense	31,625us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense
Unallocated operating expenses	4,729us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	7,587us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses	25,616us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	40,007us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Loss from continuing operations before interest and other financing expense, net	(5,389)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	(277)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest and other financing income, net	(2,551)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(147)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
(Loss) Income before income tax benefit (expense)	(7,940)	(424)
Operating Segments [Member] \| Consumer [Member]
Results of operations from business segments [Abstract]
Revenues	18,129	40,870
Costs of revenues	3,497	6,250
Gross profit	14,632	34,620
Gross profit % (in hundredths)	80.70%	84.70%
Allocated operating expenses [Abstract]
Engineering and product development	338	287
Selling and marketing expenses	14,719	27,157
Unallocated operating expenses	0	0
Total operating expenses	15,057	27,444
Loss from continuing operations before interest and other financing expense, net	(425)	7,176
Interest and other financing income, net	0	0
(Loss) Income before income tax benefit (expense)	(425)	7,176
Operating Segments [Member] \| Physician Recurring [Member]
Results of operations from business segments [Abstract]
Revenues	7,558	7,219
Costs of revenues	2,777	2,830
Gross profit	4,781	4,389
Gross profit % (in hundredths)	63.30%	60.80%
Allocated operating expenses [Abstract]
Engineering and product development	321	310
Selling and marketing expenses	5,191	4,011
Unallocated operating expenses	0	0
Total operating expenses	5,512	4,321
Loss from continuing operations before interest and other financing expense, net	(731)	68
Interest and other financing income, net	0	0
(Loss) Income before income tax benefit (expense)	(731)	68
Operating Segments [Member] \| Professional [Member]
Results of operations from business segments [Abstract]
Revenues	2,462	1,986
Costs of revenues	1,648	1,265
Gross profit	814	721
Gross profit % (in hundredths)	33.10%	36.30%
Allocated operating expenses [Abstract]
Engineering and product development	96	198
Selling and marketing expenses	222	457
Unallocated operating expenses	0	0
Total operating expenses	318	655
Loss from continuing operations before interest and other financing expense, net	496	66
Interest and other financing income, net	0	0
(Loss) Income before income tax benefit (expense)	$ 496	$ 66

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The aggregate amount of income or expense from ancillary business-related activities (that is to say, excluding major activities considered part of the normal operations of the business).

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Generally recurring costs associated with normal operations except for the portion of these expenses which can be clearly related to production and included in cost of sales or services. Includes selling, general and administrative expense.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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