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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Home Health Physical Therapy Assistant (Home Health PTA)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Home Health Physical Therapy Assistant (Home Health PTA)” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 57% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Home Health Physical Therapy Assistant (Home Health PTA)” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physical Therapist Assistants, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

Avg. Annual Salary $67,160
Avg. Hourly Wage $32.29
Available Jobs (US) 108,010
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physical Therapist Assistants #31-2021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physical Therapist Assistants”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Document patient information, such as notes on their progress.

  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.

  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.

  • Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.

  • Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

  • Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

  • Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.

  • Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.

  • Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

  • Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.

  • Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.

  • Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.

  • Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.

  • Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.

  • Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.

  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

  • Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.

  • Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

  • Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.

Technologies & Software

  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Eazy Application Systems QuickEMR
  • Beaver Creek Software The THERAPIST
  • Microsoft Windows
  • SpectraSoft DocuPRO
  • BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
  • Gemini (Google)
  • SpectraSoft AppointmentsPRO
  • Summit Software CarePoint
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Scheduling software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Arena Health Systems Phys-X
  • Word processing software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • dBASE
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Knees Software PT DocTools
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Billing software
  • Laboratory information system LIS
  • Email software
  • DeepSeek
  • Bookkeeping software
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Video game software
  • Llama (Meta)
  • PhysioTools Tools RG
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Virtual reality game software
  • Client caseload management software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Accounting software
  • TherAssist
  • Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
  • Rotating bed
  • High-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
  • Medicine balls
  • Balance boards
  • Back braces
  • Powder boards
  • Goniometers or arthrometers
  • Short wave diathermy devices
  • Hi-lo manipulation tables
  • Crutches
  • Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
  • Digital cameras
  • Surgical masks
  • Intermittent compression units
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Protective gowns
  • Medical nasal cannulas
  • Platform walkers
  • Whirlpool therapy baths
  • Tablet computers
  • Arm prosthetics
  • Posture grids
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Pulse oximeters
  • Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
  • Above-the-knee prosthetics
  • Below-the-knee prosthetics
  • Interferential electrical stimulation machines
  • Stretchers
  • Blood pressure cuffs
  • Tilt tables
  • Digital video cameras
  • Patient positioning devices
  • Front-wheel walkers
  • Hydrotherapy pools
  • Reciprocating walkers
  • Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
  • Paraffin baths
  • Standing cages
  • Sliding boards
  • Ultrasound machines
  • Quad canes
  • Pelvic traction equipment
  • Ergometers
  • Resistive exercise bands
  • Gait belts
  • Body-fat calipers
  • Portable oxygen equipment
  • Desktop computers
  • Upper-body isokinetic machines
  • Slings
  • Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
  • Notebook computers
  • Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
  • Electromyographs EMG
  • Reachers
  • Reflex hammers
  • Cardiac monitors
  • Muscle strength dynamometers
  • Safety goggles
  • Single point canes
  • Hoyer lifts
  • Free weights
  • Massage equipment
  • Cold packs
  • Lower-body isokinetic machines
  • Stationary bicycles
  • Wheelchairs
  • Cervical traction equipment
  • Mechanical percussors
  • Wrist splints
  • Splints
  • Standing tables
  • Iontopheresis equipment
  • Safety gloves
  • Swiss exercise balls
  • Inclinometers
  • Pick-up walkers
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
  • Balance beams
  • Personal computers
  • Exercise trampolines
  • Ankle-foot orthotics
  • Sequential compression devices
  • Hemi walkers
  • Plumb lines
  • Hand grips
  • Parallel bars
  • Therapeutic hot packs
  • Total lift chairs
  • Knee braces