Tag:healthcare=health_post
 healthcare = health_post
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| A village or neighborhood health post, without a physician |
| Group: health |
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A health post (a.k.a. "Community Health Post", "Health Station", "Health Center") is an establishment for local residents where government health services are primarily provided by non-medical healthcare workers. In many cases, a rota of medical professionals (doctors, dentists, nurses, optometrists, etc.) visit the community to offer specific medical services, but the primary services are midwifery, health counseling, community awareness and wellness education
It is much smaller than a clinic -- ergo, smaller than a hospital, and unlikely to have emergency care facilities. Some may have stationed ambulances for ferrying emergency cases to the nearest hospital.
Primary care providers may vary from one facility to another. This may range from nurses, midwives, or local community health workers with special training, but in most cases, it is unlikely to have permanent physicians.
How to map
Use the tag healthcare=health_post on a node 
placed at the centrepoint of the building, or on a closed way (area) 
drawn around the perimeter of the building.
In addition to this tag, some mappers indicate the primary care provider:
- Nurse – healthcare=nurse
- Midwife – healthcare=midwife
- Community Health Worker – healthcare=community_health_worker
Tags used in combination
- name=*
- operator=*
- Address
- phone=*
- opening_hours=*
- wheelchair=*
See also
- healthcare=doctor – a doctor's office (a.k.a. "surgery" or "clinic") is a small medical practice with 1-9 medical staff.
- healthcare=clinic – a medical facility providing outpatient-only services, with 10 or more specialist doctors, nurses, or allied medical staff.
- healthcare=hospital – a hospital providing inpatient care, and emergency care services.
- healthcare=nurse – a facility where a nurse is the main medical services provider.
- healthcare=midwife – a facility where a midwife provides prenatal care and delivers babies.
- amenity=social_facility – a facility that provides social services.
Synonym
- amenity=health_post – an older synonym for this tag. They are used instead or in addition. See Proposal:Healthcare (2010) about potential transition of tagging from amenity to healthcare.