<div dir="ltr">Brian,<div><br></div><div>That's my US American understanding of a clinic. A clinic is not a hospital and not a "doctors office". But If I cannot get into my doctor or if an individual does not need to go to the emergency room of a hospital, then a clinic is a place to go. For example, Honor Health is part of a hospital system. They are adding these "clinic" type places all over the place as in here <a href="https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.64049309000001&lng=-112.01184603000002&z=17&pKey=FJ_1oHqz8x2c1-PziWhxSQ&focus=photo&x=0.4913798647410984&y=0.548466145091522&zoom=0">https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.64049309000001&lng=-112.01184603000002&z=17&pKey=FJ_1oHqz8x2c1-PziWhxSQ&focus=photo&x=0.4913798647410984&y=0.548466145091522&zoom=0</a> In this case, they bought out another clinic and replaced it with their Honor Health brand. </div><div><br></div><div>You will need to zoom in on this image <a href="https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.67662935172414&lng=-111.97772731602434&z=17&pKey=sEr2RqD5xZYGSZGEej8oJw&focus=photo&x=0.8085766039159952&y=0.517578833862374&zoom=2.486737400530504">https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.67662935172414&lng=-111.97772731602434&z=17&pKey=sEr2RqD5xZYGSZGEej8oJw&focus=photo&x=0.8085766039159952&y=0.517578833862374&zoom=2.486737400530504</a> There is also surgery center's. Still not a hospital but invasive procedures are performed at these locations. A surgery center is cheaper than a hospital per insurance dictates. In this case you could go while with POIs. Some of these surgery centers are next to a string of retail POIs or may be in the same wing of a building with retail space.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't know. Some day I will sit down and map those. I am just not interested at the moment.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Greg</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 6:33 AM Brian Stromberg <<a href="mailto:brian.stromberg@gmail.com">brian.stromberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">When I hear “clinic” in reference to a healthcare facility, I think of “urgent care” clinics, and I think there are about six urgent care clinics within a 20 minute drive of my local hospital. These are usually staffed with nurses and Physicians Assistants rather than MDs. It’s pretty common in the US for people to use these rather than the local emergency room, or even in lieu of a primary care doctor. Having them on OSM seems important if people need immediate care that doesn’t rise to the level of a hospital visit. For example, I took my mother to one near me when she had a fall (at her request, I might have preferred an actual hospital, but it wasn’t a great time to argue...). They often serve you faster and there is less administrative processing involved.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just wanted to share an American perspective.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:56 AM Philip Barnes <<a href="mailto:phil@trigpoint.me.uk" target="_blank">phil@trigpoint.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 2020-01-24 at 00:51 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> On 1/23/20 22:42, Paul Johnson wrote:<br>
> > There may be a disconnect with what the US (or that spammer)<br>
> > means. <br>
> > Could I get a clarification on the difference between "doctors" and<br>
> > "clinic" as you understand it? <br>
> <br>
> Personally (and in my country - Germany) there's precious little I<br>
> would<br>
> tag as a clinic; in everyday language we use the (german version of)<br>
> the<br>
> word clinic more or less synonymous with "hospital", with the<br>
> possible<br>
> exception that we'd also apply clinic to something that deals<br>
> exclusively with non-illness-related things like e.g. a beauty clinic<br>
> or<br>
> a drug rehab clinic. In my language, a clinic would always be<br>
> something<br>
> where you can (and usually do) have a bed and stay for longer until<br>
> the<br>
> treatment is over. A building with a couple of different medical<br>
> practitioners might be a "Gemeinschaftspraxis" ("shared practice") or<br>
> perhaps an "Ärztehaus" (doctors' house) but not a "Klinik". Then<br>
> again<br>
> these would hardly ever be open 24/7...<br>
> <br>
> I'm not trying to apply my understanding of medical establishments to<br>
> the US - just asking what the general understanding is on your side<br>
> of<br>
> the pond. Does Jmapb's distinction sound more or less ok for others<br>
> too?<br>
> He wrote:<br>
> <br>
Even in the UK, where OSM originated, clinics are quite rare.<br>
<br>
A clinic is where outpatients go, usually referred by their doctor to<br>
see a specialist. <br>
<br>
The on the ground reality is that most clinics take place within<br>
hospitals. <br>
<br>
Standalone clinics do exist, there is one in my town, but will tend not<br>
to exist in larger towns or cities which have hospitals.<br>
<br>
HTH<br>
Phil (trigpoint)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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