On 4/30/19, Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 4/30/2019 12:13 PM, Nita Rae Sanders wrote: > >> On 4/30/19, Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com> wrote: >>> I've mapped one of these: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6372786026 >>> ... >>> >>> It's got a very different feel from an "Urgent Care" center, which I'd >>> tag as healthcare=clinic. It feels like a hospital department that >>> happens to be offsite. >> That's exactly what it is. They exist for all the following reasons: >> >> o Cheaper than building a whole new hospital (just to get the ER) >> o Allow for better utilization of the inpatient care capacity at the >> central facility >> o Redundancy of the ER department >> o Outreach to areas otherwise poorly served >> o Reduction of time for ambulance pickup to ER arrival (and to patient >> stabilization) >> o Functionally equivalent to an onsite ER department, with the >> exception of Trauma handling >> >> There are now more off-site ER departments in Florida, than on-site ER >> departments. > > I've contemplated a healthcare=department tag, for mapping complex > hospital campuses. This could also be useful for offsite departments > like these ERs. > > J This article, from 2016, makes it clear that a FSED is not a retail medical clinic or an urgent care facility https://catalyst.nejm.org/how-the-freestanding-emergency-department-boom-can-help-patients/
So now I have several questions … Have we reached the conclusion that a new tagging value is needed ? If so, what is the schema for the new value ? Can we move on to a vote ? TIA _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
