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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Ophthalmic Aide” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #239 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Ophthalmic Aide” 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

47%

“Ophthalmic Aide” 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 47% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Medical Assistants, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.

Avg. Annual Salary $44,720
Avg. Hourly Wage $21.50
Available Jobs (US) 793,460
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Medical Assistants #31-9092
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Medical Assistants”

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Related Occupations & Automation Risk

Medical Transcriptionists

AI Risk 60%
Robot Risk 35%

Physical Therapist Assistants

AI Risk 57%
Robot Risk 48%

Dental Assistants

AI Risk 48%
Robot Risk 52%

Personal Care Aides

AI Risk 47%
Robot Risk 47%

Nursing Assistants

AI Risk 46%
Robot Risk 45%

Medical Equipment Preparers

AI Risk 42%
Robot Risk 63%

Core Skills & Abilities

  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

  • Change dressings on wounds.

  • Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.

  • Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.

  • Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.

  • Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.

  • Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.

  • Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.

  • Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.

  • Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.

  • Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.

  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

  • Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.

  • Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

  • Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.

  • Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.

  • Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.

  • Set up medical laboratory equipment.

  • Schedule appointments for patients.

  • Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.

Technologies & Software

  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Visual electro diagnostic software
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Appointment scheduling software
  • Bookkeeping software
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business
  • Patient management software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Microsoft Word
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Web browser software
  • Data entry software
  • Epic Systems
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server
  • Billing software
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Email software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Diagnostic and procedural coding software
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Database software
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Business software applications
  • DeepSeek
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Access
  • IDX Systems Patient Chart Tracking
  • Oxygen tanks
  • Credit card readers
  • Spirometers
  • Endotracheal ET tubes
  • Cast cutters
  • Suction tubing
  • Baumanometers
  • Keratometers
  • Wheelchairs
  • Metric rules
  • Evacuated blood collection tubes
  • Electrocautery equipment
  • Retinoscopes
  • Otoscopes
  • Tablet computers
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS units
  • Plethysmographs
  • X ray development equipment
  • Canes
  • Microscope slides
  • Mayo stands
  • Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
  • Tourniquets
  • Crutches
  • Blood collection vials
  • Centrifuges
  • Lensometers
  • Handheld occluders
  • Butterfly needles
  • Pipettes
  • Vitalors
  • Staple removers
  • Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Lancets
  • Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Blood chemistry analyzers
  • Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
  • Autoclaves
  • Scanners
  • Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
  • X ray machines
  • Tonometers
  • Laser printers
  • Gait belts
  • Dosimetry badges
  • Notebook computers
  • Intramuscular needles
  • Oxygen masks
  • Syringe needles
  • Culturettes
  • Single draw needles
  • Syringes
  • Dictation equipment
  • Pulmonary function measurement equipment
  • Nebulizers
  • Audiometers
  • Oxygen equipment
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
  • Opthalmoscopes
  • Splints
  • Snellen eye charts
  • Suture removers
  • Enema equipment
  • Walkers
  • Electrocardiography EKG units
  • Pulmonary nebulizers
  • Personal computers
  • Breathalyzers
  • Hearing aids
  • Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
  • Intradermal needles
  • Suction machines
  • Tuberculin TB skin test equipment

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