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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 22, 2014
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net balance as of December 31,	$ 111,343,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 111,407,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Additions	12,112,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Adjustments	(735,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments	(64,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Net balance as of December 31,	122,720,000us-gaap_Goodwill	111,343,000us-gaap_Goodwill	122,720,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Automation and Analytics [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net balance as of December 31,	28,543,000	28,543,000
Additions	0	0
Adjustments	0	0
Net balance as of December 31,	28,543,000	28,543,000	28,543,000
Medication Adherence [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net balance as of December 31,	82,800,000	82,864,000
Additions	12,112,000	0
Adjustments	(735,000)	(64,000)
Net balance as of December 31,	94,177,000	82,800,000	94,177,000
Surgichem [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net balance as of December 31,				12,112,000
Net balance as of December 31,				12,112,000
Surgichem Acquisition, adjustment to purchase price			$ 100,000