Switching from Bp: an honest decision tree
This one deserves straight talk: some practices should not fully leave Bp — and knowing which kind you are is the whole decision.
Why practices make the move
Best Practice (Bp Premier) is one of Australia's dominant GP clinical and practice management systems, developed in Bundaberg, Queensland. It is deep clinical software: prescribing, pathology, MBS billing and care planning, typically installed on a practice server.
It is built for GP clinical medicine first — practices whose pain is operations (scheduling, communications, task flow, multi-location coordination) are working against its grain. Server-based deployment carries hardware, backup and IT overhead. Allied health and specialist teams inside a group often find it heavier than their workflows need.
The move itself
The decision tree has three branches. Pure GP practice living in prescribing, pathology and MBS care plans: Bp remains built for you; changing PMS won't fix operational pain that's actually process pain. Mixed group (GP plus allied/specialist/dental): keep Bp for GP clinical work and run the other disciplines — and the shared operations layer — on software shaped for them; this is Intellicore's most common Bp scenario. Operations-led practice where the clinical modules you actually use are light: a full move is realistic, and we'll map exactly what transfers before you commit to anything.
What comes across
Intellicore is not a GP prescribing system — if scripts, pathology and MBS clinical workflows are your core, Bp remains built for that. Where we fit is the operations layer and allied/specialist arms of a group: we migrate patients, appointments, communications and billing operations, and can run alongside clinical systems.
The process is our standard five steps: demo and discovery, installation and configuration by our team, data migration with verification against source counts, parallel testing with your staff trained on your real data, then a cut-over weekend you choose — with support continuing after go-live.
Best Practice vs Intellicore, at a glance
| Aspect | Best Practice | Intellicore |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | On-premise server (hosted options exist) | Cloud-native — any device, no servers, continuous updates |
| Pricing model | Annual licensing per practitioner band | Quoted per practice; onboarding includes migration and training |
| Data residency & isolation | Varies by deployment — confirm hosting location and tenancy model | AWS Sydney, one isolated database schema per practice |
| Australian claiming | Established — verify your specific workflows in a demo | Medicare, DVA and health-fund claiming modelled end to end, GST invoicing |
| Automation & AI | Varies — confirm what runs unattended and what is add-on | Audited task engine + AI agents with human approval on every send |
Competitor details reflect publicly available information as at August 2026 and may change — confirm specifics with the vendor. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Common questions
What data comes across from Best Practice?
Intellicore is not a GP prescribing system — if scripts, pathology and MBS clinical workflows are your core, Bp remains built for that. Where we fit is the operations layer and allied/specialist arms of a group: we migrate patients, appointments, communications and billing operations, and can run alongside clinical systems.
Does Intellicore replace GP clinical software?
No — and we say so plainly. Prescribing, pathology and MBS clinical workflows stay in dedicated GP clinical systems. Intellicore runs the operations layer — scheduling, communications, patient flow, billing operations — and fully serves the allied, dental and specialist arms of mixed groups.
How does Intellicore pricing work?
Pricing is quoted per practice after a demo, and onboarding is done for you — our team installs, configures, migrates your data and trains your staff. There is no self-serve signup: every practice goes live with its data and workflows in place rather than an empty account.
How do I see it working?
Book a demo — we'll walk through Intellicore configured for your kind of practice, with your workflows. Use the form on this page and we'll reply to arrange a time that suits your team.
See it working with your kind of data
Register your interest and we'll arrange a walkthrough of Intellicore configured for your practice — your workflows, your questions, no obligation.