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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Ophthalmic Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #239 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Ophthalmic Assistant” 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 Assistant” 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

  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

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

  • Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.

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

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

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

  • Schedule appointments for patients.

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

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

  • Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

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

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

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

  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

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

  • Set up medical laboratory equipment.

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

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

  • Change dressings on wounds.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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