Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.

Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 20 occupations and seen in 25 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates .

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 25 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 21 (84%) 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 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.021% 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.

• Monitor patients' conditions and reactions, reporting abnormal signs to physician. · Radiologic Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. · Genetic Counselors · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, or blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur. · Respiratory Therapists · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses. · Radiologists · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians. · Athletic Trainers · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Write patient discharge summaries and send them to primary care physicians. · Hospitalists · importance 4.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Write information in medical records or provide narrative summaries to communicate patient information to other health care providers. · Nurse Midwives · importance 4.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Observe and reassure patients during treatment and report unusual reactions to physician or turn equipment off if unexpected adverse reactions occur. · Radiation Therapists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Observe and monitor patient food intake and body weight, and report changes, progress, and dietary problems to dietician. · Dietetic Technicians · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Monitor patients' comfort and safety during tests, alerting physicians to abnormalities or changes in patient responses. · Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions. · Registered Nurses · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Communicate with other health care professionals regarding patients' conditions and care. · Neurologists · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Provide sample analysis results to physicians to assist diagnosis. · Phlebotomists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Recognize and report abnormalities in the color, size, shape, composition, or pattern of cells. · Cytogenetic Technologists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Consult with a pathologist to determine a final diagnosis when abnormal cells are found. · Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Act as liaison with physicist and supportive care personnel. · Radiation Therapists · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Communicate with patients' primary care physicians upon admission, when treatment plans change, or at discharge to maintain continuity and quality of care. · Hospitalists · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff. · Psychiatric Technicians · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Prepare and submit reports and charts to treatment team to reflect patients' reactions and evidence of progress or regression. · Recreational Therapists · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Set up 24-hour Holter and event monitors, scan and interpret tapes, and report results to physicians. · Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with others to design or implement interdisciplinary treatment programs. · Music Therapists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia. · Registered Nurses · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment. · Emergency Medical Technicians · exposure with tools
• Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment. · Emergency Medical Technicians · direct LLM exposure
• Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment. · Paramedics · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
• Genetic Counselors
• Respiratory Therapists
• Radiologists
• Athletic Trainers
• Hospitalists
• Nurse Midwives
• Radiation Therapists
• Dietetic Technicians
• Registered Nurses
• Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
• Neurologists
• Cytogenetic Technologists
• Phlebotomists
• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
• Psychiatric Technicians
• Recreational Therapists
• Music Therapists
• Emergency Medical Technicians
• Paramedics

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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