Note 3 - Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity (Details Textual)		3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016 shares	Jun. 30, 2016 shares
Milestone Medical Inc. [Member]
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage	86.00%
Share Exchange Program, Number of Shares of VIE Common Stock Received Per Share of Entity's Common Stock		2
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Exchanged for Common Stock of VIEs		4,497,542
Stock Exchanged	8,995,084	8,995,084
Share Exchange Program, Number of Shares Agreed to Exchange with VIE	532,542	532,542
Milestone Education LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage	50.00%
Percentage of Revenue from Services Performed to Variable Interest Entity	83.00%	83.00%

Percentage of revenue from services performed to variable interest entity.

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- Definition

Represents the number of shares of a variable interest entity for which the company has entered into an agreement to exchange shares in the future.

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- Definition

Represents the number of shares of the variable interest entity's common stock received for each share exchanged by the company under a share exchange program.

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- Definition

Number of shares that have been exchanged

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- Definition

Number of shares of stock issued during the period in exchange for common stock of variable interest entities.

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- Definition

Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64801991&loc=SL6759159-111685

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