Move patients to or from treatment areas.

Move patients to or from treatment areas. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Transport patients or clients. in Performing General Physical Activities .

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 12 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

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.

• Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. · Orderlies · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician. · Medical Assistants · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements. · Physical Therapist Assistants · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to or from exam rooms. · Radiologic Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area. · Occupational Therapy Assistants · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to and from treatment areas, using wheelchairs or providing standing support. · Physical Therapist Aides · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel. · Endoscopy Technicians · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area. · Occupational Therapy Aides · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to the hospital or within the hospital. · Respiratory Therapists · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. · Nursing Assistants · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Escort patients to medical appointments. · Psychiatric Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Transport patients to operating room. · Surgical Assistants · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Orderlies
• Medical Assistants
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapist Aides
• Endoscopy Technicians
• Occupational Therapy Aides
• Respiratory Therapists
• Nursing Assistants
• Psychiatric Technicians
• Surgical Assistants

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-move-patients-to-or-from-treatment-areas,
  title  = {Move patients to or from treatment areas.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/move-patients-to-or-from-treatment-areas}
}