AI exposure Healthcare practitioners and technical
Will AI replace healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners?
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other. US occupation 29-1299.
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2.2%
of the time healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.
Ranked 315 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 57% of them.Further along than 57% of them.
Per cent of working time Square-law scale
Average US job 7.7%
Around the middle of the pack.Keeping pace with the average job.
What AI already does for healthcare diagnosing or treating practitionersWhat healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners no longer do alone
O*NET lists 35 tasks for healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners. AI use at work shows up in 2 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.
- Prepare diagnostic or treatment reports for other medical practitioners or therapists.Core task automated and assisted 0.85
- Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.Core task mostly assisting 0.50
What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human
33 of the 35 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.
- Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy, and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself.Core task
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.Core task
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.Core task
- Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry.Core task
- Collaborate with ophthalmologists, optometrists, or other specialists in the diagnosis, treatment, or management of conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal diseases.Core task
- Conduct periodic public health maintenance activities such as immunizations and screenings for diseases and disease risk factors.Core task
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- Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.Core task
- Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary.Core task
- Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.Core task
- Diagnose health conditions, based on patients' symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements, such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalographs.Core task
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.Core task
- Educate patients about health care management.Core task
- Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.Core task
- Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.Core task
- Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.Core task
- Maintain professional development through activities such as postgraduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.Core task
- Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.Core task
- Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation.Core task
- Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures.Core task
- Participate in clinical research projects.Core task
- Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.Core task
- Perform mobilizations and high-velocity adjustments to joints or soft tissues, using principles of massage, stretching, or resistance.Core task
- Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples.Core task
- Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies.Core task
- Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.Core task
- Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.Core task
- Provide training related to clinical methods or orthoptics to students, resident physicians, or other health professionals.Core task
- Refer patients to ophthalmic surgeons or other physicians.Core task
- Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.Core task
- Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions.Core task
- Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures.
- Perform vision screening of children in schools or community health centers.
- Present or publish scientific papers.
How that compares
Among the 65 healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners rank 22. The group averages 4.1%, and its most exposed job is Medical Records Specialists at 66.7%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.
Just above in the ranking
- 313Tellers 2.3%
- 315Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 2.2%
- 315Forest and Conservation Technicians 2.2%
Just below
What this does and does not mean
Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.
A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.
Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.