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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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Set up medical laboratory equipment.

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

  • Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.

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

  • Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

  • Change dressings on wounds.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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