On 1/23/2020 5:30 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
My US doctor's office *is* a clinic, but that's because they were
previously an all in one HMO before merger/spinoff. On-site blood lab,
x-ray, specialities, pediatrics, coffee shop, PT/OT, optometry,
pharmacy, ... . Multiple docs and nurses in each practice for cover.
Larger clinics in chain have urgent care, can even apply a cast if you
break a limb early enough in the day (one shift only). Can even do
light surgery e.g. drain an abscess.
It has a corporate name, not "Dr P Smith, MD PC".
Otoh the back country family-practice partnership that took care of my
family 50 years ago had a small surgery in the British sense en-suite,
in addition to consulting and examining rooms, and could be called a
clinic - they had an autoclave and a centrifuge.
As I tag them,
amenity=doctors:
* are usually operated by (and even named for) a particular doctor (or a
small partnership)
* are usually either a general practice or specialize in a small number
of areas
* often require an appointment
* usually have typical daytime business hours
amenity=clinic:
* are usually named like a business
* feature a larger medical staff, often rotating
* offer treatment for a wide variety of issues
* generally accept walk-in patients
* often have extended hours, including 24/7
However, truth be told, since the default map has ceased rendering
healthcare=*, I've found myself tagging anything smaller than a hospital
but larger than a doctor's office as amenity=clinic. For example, the
"freestanding emergency departments" that were discussed on the Tagging
list last April. This is one area where I'm not too shy about tagging
for the renderer.
Jason
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