Ask Brigid is practice management software built in Dublin for Irish private consultants, with Brigid Clinical Intelligence built in to prepare the admin, and nothing goes out until you say yes.
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Clinical Intelligence is the intelligence that runs the clinic, not the intelligence that practises medicine. It prepares, queues, schedules, routes and reconciles the work of a practice. It does not diagnose, interpret, triage, recommend, or generate clinical content. Clinical Intelligence runs the clinic. Clinicians run the medicine.
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Who it’s for
Irish private consultants and specialists, starting with urology. The closest fit has rooms in more than one hospital, a secretary or practice manager, and is on Clanwilliam software (Socrates or HealthOne) or iMedDoc.
There are two buyers. The consultant decides whether to move. The secretary decides whether it works on a Tuesday. It does not replace her. It takes admin off her desk, and she approves what goes out.
Who it isn’t a fit for
GPs, dentists, physios and allied health are not the buyer this page is written for. They have their own pages: GPs, dentists and physios.
It is not a fit yet for a practice that needs insurer claims or Healthmail now. Those are not in the launch release, in the terms below.
What is not in the launch release
- Insurer eligibility checks, claim or pre-authorisation submission (VHI, Laya, Irish Life, Level Health, PCRS/GMS) are not in the launch release.
- A Healthlink or Healthmail connection is not in the launch release.
- SMS or WhatsApp messaging, and automated reminders by text, are not in the launch release.
- Tap to Pay on iPhone, or any in-room card terminal, is not in the launch release.
- Phone answering is not in the launch release.
What is included: the diary across private rooms and hospital sessions, the patient record, invoices and card payments by link, one inbox for the clinic, letters, and dictation. On Professional, Clinical Intelligence files attachments to the right patient, queues tasks, and schedules appointments for the team to approve. Nothing is booked, sent or filed until you or your team press the button.
Ask Brigid, Enquiry Medical, Socrates, iMedDoc and CloudMedico
Competitor cells use notes taken on 4 November 2026 from each vendor’s own site, where those notes exist. Where a fact is not stated there, the cell says Not published. That means we are not asserting it, not that the vendor has nothing. Check the vendor’s own site.
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| System | Who it is for | Published price | Hosting | Insurer claims | Healthmail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ask Brigid | Irish private consultants and specialists, starting with urology. A close fit has rooms in more than one hospital, a secretary or practice manager, and is on Socrates, HealthOne or iMedDoc. | Essential €129/month. Professional €299/month. Per practice, before VAT, every seat included. A third plan is coming soon. | AWS Dublin (eu-west-1) | Not in the launch release. No insurer eligibility checks, and no claim or pre-authorisation submission (VHI, Laya, Irish Life, Level Health, PCRS/GMS). | Not in the launch release. No Healthlink or Healthmail connection. | |
| Enquiry Medical | Named as an Irish vendor. Nothing further is stated in the notes used for this table. | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Socrates | Consultants and clinic secretaries, sold in Ireland only, from Sligo. Socrates also has a GP edition. Socrates says it supports consultants in over 30 hospitals nationwide. | Not published. The product pages are demo-request only. | Socrates Cloud on Microsoft Azure. No region is named. | Not published | Not published | |
| iMedDoc | Consultants and private practices in Ireland and the UK, including surgeons, physiotherapists and aesthetics clinics. Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, with a London office. Part of Lanas. Its MedoSync partnership post of 14 July 2026 says over 1,000 consultants use it across Ireland. | Not published. None was on the homepage. | Not published | Not published | Not published | |
| CloudMedico | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Socrates also sells a clinic management system covering patient, clinical and financial records, the diary, correspondence, theatre bookings, reminders and texts, and hospital IT integration, with Billink pay-by-text. iMedDoc sells web-based practice management: patients, letters, scans, dictation, video consultation, a diary with recalls, billing and online payments, Healthcode and Xero, reports, a patient portal and a mobile app. iMedDoc says it is built on 25 years of experience and trusted by clinical teams across the UK and Ireland.
Enquiry Medical and CloudMedico have no price, host, claims or Healthmail fact in the notes used here, so those cells stay Not published.
The move, then a clean switch
We map records out of HealthOne, Socrates or iMedDoc, or from a spreadsheet and paper charts. The move is set up with the secretary and checked before go-live, then it is a clean switch. If anything is missing when you check it, we fix it before go-live, or you don’t go live and you don’t pay. DGL migration is not supported. Your data leaves free: a full export, in a usable format, within five working days, whenever you ask.
Price
Essential is €129/month. Professional is €299/month. Prices are per practice, before VAT, and every seat is included. A third plan is coming soon. No practice uses Ask Brigid yet. We’re getting ready to launch with our first founding clinics, with a full launch planned for March 2027.
Questions consultants ask
What is the best practice management software for a private consultant in Ireland?
Ask Brigid is practice management software built in Dublin for Irish private consultants. It runs the diary across private rooms and hospital sessions, the patient record, invoices and card payments, the clinic inbox, letters and dictation. Brigid Clinical Intelligence prepares that admin, and nothing goes out until you say yes. Insurer claim or pre-authorisation submission, and Healthmail, are not in the launch release. There is no single best system: Enquiry Medical, Socrates, iMedDoc and CloudMedico are the others consultants meet, and this page only states what is published about them.
Who is Ask Brigid for?
Irish private consultants and specialists, starting with urology. The closest fit has rooms in more than one hospital, a secretary or practice manager, and is currently on Socrates, HealthOne or iMedDoc. GPs, dentists, physios and allied health are not the buyer this page is written for. It does not replace the secretary. It takes admin off her desk, and she approves what goes out.
Does Ask Brigid submit insurer claims or use Healthmail?
No. Insurer eligibility checks, claim or pre-authorisation submission (VHI, Laya, Irish Life, Level Health, PCRS/GMS), and a Healthlink or Healthmail connection, are not in the launch release. Invoices and patient card payments by link are included. The patient pays by card through a link.
What does Ask Brigid cost?
Essential is €129/month and Professional is €299/month, per practice, before VAT, with every seat included. A third plan is coming soon.
Where are the records hosted?
Primary records are hosted in AWS Dublin (eu-west-1). You can take them out: a full export, in a usable format, within five working days, whenever you ask.
How does a practice move from Socrates or iMedDoc?
We map records out of HealthOne, Socrates or iMedDoc, or from a spreadsheet and paper charts. The move is set up with the secretary and checked before go-live, then it is a clean switch. DGL migration is not supported. No practice uses Ask Brigid yet. We are getting ready to launch with our first founding clinics, with a full launch planned for March 2027.
What is Clinical Intelligence?
The intelligence that runs your clinic: it prepares invoices, builds recall lists, turns dictation into text, and keeps the diary straight across your rooms and hospital sessions. It is built on AI systems, and we name which ones and where they run on our compliance page. It does not practise medicine.
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