Diagnose medical conditions.

Diagnose medical conditions. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 20 occupations and seen in 38 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Diagnose health conditions or disorders. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems .

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 38 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 35 (92%) 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 7 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% 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.

• Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs. · Emergency Medicine Physicians · importance 5.0 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements. · Orthoptists · importance 5.0 · exposure with tools
• Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients. · Physician Assistants · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose diseases or study medical conditions, using techniques such as gross pathology, histology, cytology, cytopathology, clinical chemistry, immunology, flow cytometry, or molecular biology. · Physicians, Pathologists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients. · Hospitalists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose health problems by reviewing patients' health and medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients and interpreting x-rays. · Chiropractors · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat diseases or disorders of genitourinary organs and tracts including erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, incontinence, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, urethral stones, or premature ejaculation. · Urologists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability. · Acute Care Nurses · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions. · Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose and treat pigmented lesions such as common acquired nevi, congenital nevi, dysplastic nevi, Spitz nevi, blue nevi, or melanoma. · Dermatologists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose diseases and deformities of the foot using medical histories, physical examinations, x-rays, and laboratory test results. · Podiatrists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat allergic or immunologic conditions. · Allergists and Immunologists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Distinguish between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders, and diagnose appropriately. · Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat injuries, disorders, or diseases of the eye and eye structures including the cornea, sclera, conjunctiva, or eyelids. · Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results. · Neurologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose and treat skin conditions such as acne, dandruff, athlete's foot, moles, psoriasis, or skin cancer. · Dermatologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• 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. · Naturopathic Physicians · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments. · Midwives · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke. · Neurologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system. · Sports Medicine Physicians · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth. · Midwives · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Perform ophthalmic triage, in the office or by phone, to assess severity of patients' conditions. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital. · General Internal Medicine Physicians · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure. · General Internal Medicine Physicians · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist. · Hearing Aid Specialists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments. · Clinical Nurse Specialists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose or treat performance-related conditions, such as sports injuries or repetitive-motion injuries. · Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Identify visual impairments related to basic life skills in areas such as self care, literacy, communication, health management, home management, and meal preparation. · Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose illnesses, using examinations, tests, and reports. · Anesthesiologists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose infections, such as Hepatitis B and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), by conducting tests to detect the antibodies that patients' immune systems make to fight such infections. · Physicians, Pathologists · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers. · Registered Nurses · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness. · Acute Care Nurses · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose bodily disorders and orthopedic conditions, and provide treatments, such as medicines and surgeries, in clinics, hospital wards, or operating rooms. · Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric · no direct exposure
• Diagnose or treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system. · Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric · exposure with tools
• Examine fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents, and diagnose health issues to determine need for intervention, such as surgery. · Pediatric Surgeons · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Emergency Medicine Physicians
• Orthoptists
• Physician Assistants
• Physicians, Pathologists
• Hospitalists
• Chiropractors
• Acute Care Nurses
• Dermatologists
• Podiatrists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
• Neurologists
• Midwives
• Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
• General Internal Medicine Physicians
• Hearing Aid Specialists
• Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
• Anesthesiologists
• Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
• Pediatric Surgeons

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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