Sometimes operator= is already used for this. There are at least ~400 MD + ~100 M.D , ~13k Dr
The company in operator= might be be considered for move to owner= as an alternative. For completeness, NHS may not be suitable for operator= in UK for both reasons. It mostly concerns hospitals, and then it should be each NHS trust. Should NHS be used to label hospitals in the UK?
If operator= is used for the company, there will be an overlap and redundancy between operator= and practitioner*= for “sole proprietorships” or “partnerships”. This causes a question of whether to fill in both.
Tracking and updating could be difficult for OSM. Indicating the number of doctors eg *:count= (capacity= refers to patients more, and does it include waiting, or per day?), and linking to *:url= can be done first. The list of doctors may be fetched from that webpage. Furthermore, contacts can be obtained there, instead of adding *:phone= , *:email= , etc, for everyone.
It may be awkward if this is used for office= , craft= , and other features. Legal practitioner is less worse. Depends on British English usage.
Format-wise, there are already 12 singular practitioner | Keys | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
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