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Maintain health or medical records

Work activity · O*NET

Maintain health or medical records is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Documenting/Recording Information. 95 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Record patient medical histories
  • Maintain medical records
  • Maintain medical facility records
  • Record vital statistics or other health information
  • Maintain client records

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 50.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 76.5% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 12th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 5
Nursing Assistants 4
Physical Therapists 4
Psychiatric Aides 4
Dental Assistants 3
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 3
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 3
Medical Transcriptionists 3
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 3
Registered Nurses 3
Anesthesiologist Assistants 2
Chiropractors 2
Critical Care Nurses 2
Dental Hygienists 2
Medical Assistants 2
Medical Dosimetrists 2
Medical Records Specialists 2
Mental Health Counselors 2
Music Therapists 2
Nuclear Medicine Technologists 2
Nurse Midwives 2
Occupational Therapy Aides 2
Occupational Therapy Assistants 2
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 2
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists 2
Pharmacists 2
Physician Assistants 2
Psychiatric Technicians 2
Rehabilitation Counselors 2
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants 2
Sports Medicine Physicians 2
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 2
Acupuncturists 1
Acute Care Nurses 1
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 1
Allergists and Immunologists 1
Anesthesiologists 1
Art Therapists 1
Athletic Trainers 1
Audiologists 1

Showing 40 of 95 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 36 occupations in occupations that perform Maintain health or medical records.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Nursing Assistants Acupuncturists Psychiatric Aides Occupational Therapy Aides Dental Hygienists Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Dental Assistants Veterinary Technologists and Technicians Anesthesiologist Assistants Occupational Therapy Assistants Art Therapists Athletic Trainers Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Physical Therapists Acute Care Nurses Medical Dosimetrists Medical Transcriptionists Rehabilitation Counselors Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Maintain health or medical records., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Maintain health or medical records." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-health-or-medical-records

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Maintain health or medical records. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-health-or-medical-records

BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-maintain-health-or-medical-records,
  title  = {Maintain health or medical records},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-health-or-medical-records}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.