Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Details)

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]      
Current Federal Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 0us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit $ 0us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit  
Current State and Local Tax Expense (Benefit) 297,000us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 180,000us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit  
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit) 297,000us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 180,000us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (4,686,000)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 0us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred State and Local Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (349,000)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 0us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (5,035,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 0us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) 4,738,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (180,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Gross, Classification [Abstract]      
Allowances and reserves 4,769,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsOther 1,217,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsOther  
Compensation 3,637,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefits 4,010,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefits  
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets (7,046,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceCurrent (5,227,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceCurrent  
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net, Current 1,360,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent  
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, State and Local 5,534,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal 4,774,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal  
Federal net operating loss carryforwards 41,466,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 31,253,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards  
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards 150,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards  
State taxes 1,124,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsStateTaxes 1,124,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsStateTaxes  
Self insurance and other reserves 509,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsSelfInsurance 294,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsSelfInsurance  
Property, plant and equipment 2,332,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment 2,196,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Intangible assets (5,746,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets 8,269,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets  
Other reserves - restructuring 181,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsRestructuringCharges 391,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsRestructuringCharges  
Deferred revenue 5,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesTaxDeferredIncome 6,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesTaxDeferredIncome  
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets (48,080,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceNoncurrent (48,307,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceNoncurrent  
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net, Noncurrent (2,525,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent  
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations, Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]      
Federal statutory rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
State income tax rate, net of Federal tax benefit 0.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes  
Meals and entertainment (0.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseMealsAndEntertainment (2.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseMealsAndEntertainment  
Valuation allowance 1.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (35.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Other non-deductible (3.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther (1.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther  
Other taxes 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments  
Net change in Federal and state reserves 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies  
Effective tax rate 33.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (4.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]      
Beginning balance of unrecognized tax benefits 1,117,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   1,117,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Additions for tax positions related to the current year 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions  
Additions for tax positions of prior years 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions  
Reductions for tax positions of prior years 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions  
Ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits 1,117,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 1,117,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 1,117,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate 1,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 1,117,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate  
Income Tax Examination, Penalties and Interest Expense 200,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense    
Income Tax Examination, Penalties and Interest Accrued 2,200,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 2,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued  
UNITED STATES      
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Gross, Classification [Abstract]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards   118,500,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]      
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Gross, Classification [Abstract]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards   120,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
RedPath      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Release of Valuation Allowance 5,000,000pdii_IncomeTaxReleaseofValuationAllowance
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Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]      
Current State and Local Tax Expense (Benefit) 44,000us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pdii_RedPathMember
   
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 300,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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