<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp627e6353yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Well, in town centre of Milton Keynes, we have a stand-alone diagnostic facility, just behind a supermarket, on the ground floor, below some flats, so nowhere near the hospital....</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.inhealthgroup.com/location/inhealth-diagnostic-centre-milton-keynes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" fg_scanned="1">https://www.inhealthgroup.com/location/inhealth-diagnostic-centre-milton-keynes/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">...which provide CT Scans (a form of X-ray), MRI, Ultrasound and "DEXA Scan" (Dual X-ray Absorption scan for bone density, apparently)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">They are a private company, but relative of mine was sent there by the NHS, who picked up the bill.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp627e6353signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">>Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:54:30 +0000</span><br></div></div><div id="ydp1ff088dfyahoo_quoted_0353710927" class="ydp1ff088dfyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">>From: Philip Barnes <<a href="mailto:phil@trigpoint.me.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">phil@trigpoint.me.uk</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To: <a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [Tagging] Medical imaging facility<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:n96tci.qmpvqw.2zlaez-qmf@kundenserver.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">n96tci.qmpvqw.2zlaez-qmf@kundenserver.de</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>The British English term is x-ray.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>The people who operate them are radiographers, radiotherapy is treatment not imagining. Probably worth mapping as part of >micromapping hospital departments, but different to this.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>X-ray is not something that in my experience that is standlone but a department within most hospitals.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To find them you follow the signs to x-ray.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Other imagining technology used are things like ultrasound, again another hospital department.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Phil (trigpoint)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>On Sunday, 10 January 2021, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Jan 10, 2021, 09:19 by <a href="mailto:stefan.tauner@gmx.at" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stefan.tauner@gmx.at</a>:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 17:32:37 -0800<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> ><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> In the USA there are many private medical imaging facilities where you can<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> get x-rays, ultrasound, CT scan, MRI etc, with a doctor's order.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> I'm surprised we don't have a tag for this.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> There are a number of specialty imaging centers in my city, and I send<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> patients there when I want them to get outpatient imaging done: e.g.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> <a href="https://www.mycdi.com/locations/portland/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank" fg_scanned="1">https://www.mycdi.com/locations/portland/ </a>- and there are many more which<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> are inside of a larger clinic or hospital.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> Tags in use include healthcare=radiology - though this is a bit ambiguous -<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> perhaps amenity=medical_imaging or healthcare=medical_imaging is clearer?<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >> <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/healthcare=radiology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" fg_scanned="1">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/healthcare=radiology</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> >><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> ><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > I don't see how radiology is ambiguous - I think this is the correct<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > term in this context, quote WP: «In the clinical context, "invisible<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > light" medical imaging is generally equated to radiology or "clinical<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > imaging" and the medical practitioner responsible for interpreting (and<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> > sometimes acquiring) the images is a radiologist.»<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> ><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> For me (not an expert, not a native speaker, limited personal experience so far)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> my initial thought before looking at definitions is to think about <br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" fg_scanned="1">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Note header and explicit "is distinct from radiology" in the third paragraph,<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> so this confusion is not unique to me.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">>Sent from my Sailfish device<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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