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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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