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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Physician's Aide” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #239 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Physician's 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%

“Physician's 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

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

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

  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

  • Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.

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

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

  • Set up medical laboratory equipment.

  • Schedule appointments for patients.

  • Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

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

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

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

  • Change dressings on wounds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

Technologies & Software

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

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