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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

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

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

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

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

  • Change dressings on wounds.

  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

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

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

  • Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

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

  • Set up medical laboratory equipment.

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

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

  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

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

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

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

  • Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.

  • Schedule appointments for patients.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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