Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.

Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 20 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Explain medical information to patients or family members. in Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 20 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 16 (80%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 9 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.023% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members. · Acute Care Nurses · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
• Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families. · Radiologists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Discuss testing options and the associated risks, benefits and limitations with patients and families to assist them in making informed decisions. · Genetic Counselors · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Communicate test results or technical information to patients, physicians, family members, or researchers. · Cytogenetic Technologists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Provide patients with proposed treatment plans and cost estimates. · Orthodontists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. · Genetic Counselors · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage. · Pharmacists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans. · Neurologists · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Provide patients with information about the inheritance of conditions such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and various forms of cancer. · Genetic Counselors · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Discuss medical health of pets with clients, such as post-operative status. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws. · Medical Transcriptionists · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Educate patients on ophthalmic medical procedures, conditions of the eye, and appropriate use of medications. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy. · Physical Therapists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Provide technical information about test results to physicians, family members, or researchers. · Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods. · Midwives · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide patients with contraceptive and family planning information. · Midwives · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals. · Acute Care Nurses · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Inform patients of how to prepare and supply birth sites. · Midwives · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions. · Clinical Nurse Specialists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Acute Care Nurses
• Radiologists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Genetic Counselors
• Cytogenetic Technologists
• Orthodontists
• Pharmacists
• Neurologists
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Medical Transcriptionists
• Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
• Physical Therapists
• Midwives

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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