Will AI Replace Medical Assistants?

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Change dressings on wounds.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Schedule appointments for patients.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Set up medical laboratory equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.