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Monitor health conditions of humans or animals

Work activity · O*NET

Monitor health conditions of humans or animals is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings. 77 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.

  • Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments
  • Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities
  • Monitor patients following surgeries or other treatments
  • Monitor clients to evaluate treatment progress
  • Monitor nutrition related activities of individuals or groups
  • Monitor health or behavior of people or animals
  • Monitor animal behavior or condition
  • Monitor patients to detect health problems

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 92.1% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 18.4% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 75.8% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 36th 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
Critical Care Nurses 6
Registered Nurses 5
Acute Care Nurses 3
Dietitians and Nutritionists 3
Surgical Assistants 3
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 3
Anesthesiologist Assistants 2
Anesthesiologists 2
Animal Breeders 2
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 2
Community Health Workers 2
Dietetic Technicians 2
Emergency Medicine Physicians 2
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 2
Midwives 2
Nurse Anesthetists 2
Occupational Therapy Assistants 2
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 2
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 2
Respiratory Therapists 2
Social and Human Service Assistants 2
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 2
Surgical Technologists 2
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 2
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 1
Animal Caretakers 1
Animal Trainers 1
Art Therapists 1
Audiologists 1
Cardiologists 1
Childcare Workers 1
Clinical Neuropsychologists 1
Clinical Nurse Specialists 1
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 1
Emergency Medical Technicians 1
Exercise Physiologists 1
Family Medicine Physicians 1
General Internal Medicine Physicians 1
Healthcare Social Workers 1
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 1

Showing 40 of 77 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 35 occupations in occupations that perform Monitor health conditions of humans or animals.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Surgical Assistants Animal Trainers Surgical Technologists Emergency Medical Technicians Veterinary Technologists and Technicians First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Respiratory Therapists Anesthesiologist Assistants Occupational Therapy Assistants Animal Breeders Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Nurse Anesthetists Art Therapists Childcare Workers Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Dietetic Technicians Community Health Workers Healthcare Social Workers Social and Human Service Assistants Family Medicine Physicians Clinical Neuropsychologists Dietitians and Nutritionists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Monitor health conditions of humans or animals., 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. "Monitor health conditions of humans or animals." 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/monitor-health-conditions-of-humans-or-animals

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Monitor health conditions of humans or animals. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/monitor-health-conditions-of-humans-or-animals

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-monitor-health-conditions-of-humans-or-animals,
  title  = {Monitor health conditions of humans or animals},
  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/monitor-health-conditions-of-humans-or-animals}
}

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