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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Podiatrist Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #239 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Podiatrist 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%

“Podiatrist 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

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

  • Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

  • 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.

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

  • Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Set up medical laboratory equipment.

  • Change dressings on wounds.

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

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

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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