<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/23/2020 5:30 PM, Bill Ricker
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAAbKA3V6UDmYHcJ-5_Rrgfp-14Apm-VQJZOEiXSrbP0zA_8CMw@mail.gmail.com">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div dir="auto">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, c<span
style="font-family:sans-serif">an even apply a cast if you
break a limb early enough in the day (one shift only). </span> Can
even do light surgery e.g. drain an abscess.
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">It has a corporate name, not "Dr P Smith, MD
PC".</div>
<div dir="auto">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.</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p>As I tag them, <br>
</p>
<p>amenity=doctors:<br>
* are usually operated by (and even named for) a particular doctor
(or a small partnership)<br>
* are usually either a general practice or specialize in a small
number of areas<br>
* often require an appointment<br>
* usually have typical daytime business hours<br>
<br>
amenity=clinic:<br>
* are usually named like a business<br>
* feature a larger medical staff, often rotating<br>
* offer treatment for a wide variety of issues<br>
* generally accept walk-in patients<br>
* often have extended hours, including 24/7</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Jason<br>
</p>
</body>
</html>