Key:healthcare
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Description |
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A healthcare facility. ![]() |
Group: health |
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Documented values: 32 |
Useful combination |
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Status: approved![]() |
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The key healthcare=*
is used to map a facility that provides healthcare (part of the healthcare sector).
Many other healthcare facilities are tagged with amenity=*
, and some are tagged with emergency=*
or shop=*
.
See Healthcare for a full list of healthcare facility tags.
How to map
Create a node in the centre of the feature and tag it with healthcare=*
. Or map an outline of this feature and add healthcare=*
to that area. healthcare=*
is also commonly added to building=*
areas.
Add a healthcare:speciality=*
as appropriate.
Values
Value | Description |
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healthcare=alternative
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Someone practising ![]() ![]() |
healthcare=audiologist
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![]() shop=hearing_aids instead
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healthcare=birthing_centre
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A non-clinical ![]() |
healthcare=blood_bank
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healthcare=blood_donation
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A facility where you can donate blood, plasma and/or platelets, and possibly have stem cell samples taken. |
healthcare=centre
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Healthcare facility with unspecified characteristics. Its usage without further specifications is discouraged. |
healthcare=clinic
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May be used in addition to amenity=clinic .
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healthcare=community_health_worker
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A place where a ![]() |
healthcare=counselling
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Healthcare counselling, e.g. an addiction centre, a nutritionist, or a sex therapist. Also see healthcare=nutrition_counselling
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healthcare=dentist
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May be used in addition to amenity=dentist .
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healthcare=dialysis
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A clinic for day patients to get a haemodialysis ![]() |
healthcare=doctor
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May be used in addition to amenity=doctors .
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healthcare=hospice
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A Hospice which provides palliative care to terminal ill people and support to their relatives. |
healthcare=hospital
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May be used in addition to amenity=hospital .
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healthcare=laboratory
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Medical laboratory also called (analytical, diagnostic) is a place that analyzes body fluids such as blood, urine, faeces etc. Often blood and other samples are collected here as well. |
healthcare=midwife
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A ![]() |
healthcare=nurse
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healthcare=occupational_therapist
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Someone who practices ![]() ![]() |
healthcare=optometrist
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![]() shop=optician instead.
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healthcare=pharmacy
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May be used in addition to amenity=pharmacy .
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healthcare=physiotherapist
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Someone who practices ![]() ![]() ![]() |
healthcare=podiatrist
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Someone who practices ![]() |
healthcare=psychotherapist
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Someone who practices ![]() |
healthcare=rehabilitation
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healthcare=sample_collection
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Site or dedicated healthcare facility where samples of blood/urine/etc are obtained or collected for purpose of analyzing them for healthcare diagnostics |
healthcare=speech_therapist
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Someone who practices ![]() |
healthcare=vaccination_centre
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A healthcare facility specifically dedicated to administering vaccinations to individuals, to provide immunisation against infectious diseases. |
healthcare=postpartum_care
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A facility that helps residents recover from their childbirth (i.e. ![]() |
healthcare=yes
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General healthcare facility. Used only if specifics are unknown. If this value is used, it is recommended to include some details with the description=* or fixme=* key.
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Subtags
healthcare:speciality=*
as defined below.
The speciality of a medical practitioner (informal the doctor) or a medical facility can be tagged using the key
healthcare:speciality=*
.
The following table shows values which could be used in connection with this key. The table was derived from the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament on the recognition of professional qualifications [1] with additions from Wikipedia.
If a medical practitioner or a medical facility covers several specializations, they could be separated by a semicolon (';') e.g. healthcare:speciality=radiology;radiotherapy
Specialities of medical practitioners
Specialities for amenity=clinic
/ healthcare=clinic
Value | Description |
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healthcare:speciality=abortion
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healthcare:speciality=fertility
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healthcare:speciality=vaccination
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Vaccination centre |
Specialities for healthcare=psychotherapist
Different schools and approaches of psychotherapy may be tagged using healthcare:speciality=*
. May also be used for healthcare=doctor
and other healthcare=*
.
Value | Description |
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healthcare:speciality=autism
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healthcare:speciality=behavior
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healthcare:speciality=body
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healthcare:speciality=cognitive_behavorial
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healthcare:speciality=depth
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psychotherapy based on ![]() ![]() |
healthcare:speciality=humanistic
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psychotherapy based on ![]() |
healthcare:speciality=other
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psychotherapy that does not fit into the other categories, e.g. ![]() |
healthcare:speciality=systemic
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Specialities for healthcare=laboratory
Specialities for healthcare=alternative
May also be used for healthcare=doctor
and other healthcare=*
.
Attention, the specialities here may be used additional to medical facilities.
But on its own the alternative healthcare cannot ensure proper and state-of-the-art healthcare.
Therefore the tag healthcare:=*
is very misleading. Some of this practices may even be dangerous for the human health.
Specialities for healthcare=counselling
What types of counselling are offered.
Value | Description |
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healthcare:counselling=addiction
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healthcare:counselling=antenatal
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healthcare:counselling=dietitian
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healthcare:counselling=nutrition
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healthcare:counselling=sexual
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Rendering and editors
- Rendering / editor: Healthsites.io
- Rendering: osm-carto Not currently rendered. See PR (#3731 – Revert rendering of healthcare key) to suspend the rendering of
healthcare=*
for problems with areas tagged withhealthcare=*
not being in the rendering database yet. Now rendering on the OSM website depends on this request. - Open Healthcare Access Map
See also
- Healthcare - For a full list of facilities which provide healthcare services
amenity=pharmacy
- A shop where a pharmacist sells medicationsamenity=hospital
- A hospital providing in-patient medical treatmentamenity=clinic
- A clinic is a medical centre, with more staff than a doctor's office, that does not admit inpatientsamenity=doctors
- A doctor's office, a place to get medical attention or a check up from a physicianamenity=health_post
- A village or neighbourhood health post, without a physicianamenity=dentist
- A dentist practice / surgeryamenity=social_facility
- A facility that provides social servicesbuilding=hospital
- A building which forms part of a hospitalemergency=*
- This key describe various emergency services- Emergency - Used for various forms of emergency equipment
- Social facility - A facility that provides social services
- Disabilities - Tags and features that will be relevant for disabled users
- Proposal history:
- 2009-04: Proposed features/healthcare (Status: obsoleted)
- 2010-11: Proposed features/Healthcare (Status: approved)
- 2011-01: Proposed features/Healthcare 2.0 (Status: inactive)