[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - health_amenity:type

[Mark Herringer]

The intention of the tag is to specify physical equipment
(health_amenity:type=MRI) and should be used in conjunction with
amenity=clinic to show that the health facility contains that specialised
equipment. This will enable mappers say that "this clinic contains an MRI"
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On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 08:15, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 4) health_amenity:type
>
> I think the key "healthcare" should be used instead of the new key
> health_amenity:type". If it's necessary to tag an MRI facility
> separately, then create a tag like "healthcare=mri".
>
>  However, it may be more useful to use a tag like "mri=yes" on the
> main amenity=hospital or the radiology department within the medical
> centre - this tag would let mappers say that "this hospital contains
> an MRI" without requiring mappers to precisely locate the MRI
> equipment within the building. This would also make it easier for
> database users: they can just check for "amenity=hospital" + "mri=yes"
> rather than doing a spacial query to find MRI nodes within or near an
> amenity=hospital feature
>
>
> On 6/20/19, Mhairi O'Hara <mhairi.ohara at hotosm.org> wrote:
> > Hello Tagging Mailing List,
> >
> > We would like to bring your attention and comments on the proposal for
> the
> > staff_count:doctors and staff_count:nurses tags, which helps identify the
> > number of doctors and nurses at a given health facility [1][2]. The
> > operational_status tag, which has been proposed before and I would like
> to
> > highlight again, as this is used to document an observation of the
> current
> > functional status of a mapped feature (i.e. health facility) [3]. The
> > health_amenity:type tag is also being proposed, as this indicates what
> type
> > of speciality medical equipment is available at the health facility [4]
> and
> > the final tag is insurance:health which describes the type of health
> > insurance accepted at a health facility [5].
> >
> > Some of these are already in use but have never been formally accepted,
> or
> > properly described as to how they should be applied, which we would like
> to
> > try and achieve if possible for the Healthsites.io project. Please take a
> > look at the proposal pages on the OSM Wiki, as well as the Global
> > Healthsites Mapping Project page [2] which is at the core of the recent
> > work focused on creating a health facility data model. We look forward to
> > discussing these proposals on the respective Wiki discussion pages.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Mhairi
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:staff_count:doctors
> > [2]
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:staff_count:nurses
> > [3]
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:operational_status
> > [4]
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:health_amenity:type
> > [5]
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:insurance:health
> > [6]
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Global_Healthsites_Mapping_Project#Tag_Proposal
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Mhairi O'Hara*
> > Project Manager
> > mhairi.ohara at hotosm.org
> > @mataharimhairi
> >
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Kind regards
Mark Herringer
www.healthsites.io
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