Schedule patient procedures or appointments.

Schedule patient procedures or appointments. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 22 occupations and seen in 23 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Schedule appointments. in Scheduling Work and 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 23 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 23 (100%) 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 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% 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.

• Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records. · Medical Transcriptionists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care. · Nurse Practitioners · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Maintain patient recall system. · Dental Hygienists · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Perform office reception duties, such as scheduling appointments or helping customers. · Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Complete administrative responsibilities, such as coordinating paperwork, scheduling case management activities, or writing lesson plans. · Speech-Language Pathologists · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Recommend and arrange for diagnostic procedures, such as blood chemistry tests, saliva tests, x-rays, or other imaging procedures. · Chiropractors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Schedule appointments for patients. · Medical Assistants · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics. · Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, or pulling and filing films. · Radiologic Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Schedule appointments, prepare bills and receive payment for dental services, complete insurance forms, and maintain records, manually or using computer. · Dental Assistants · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Schedule patients for treatment times. · Radiation Therapists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Schedule appointments and procedures for animals. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Perform clerical duties, such as scheduling exams or special procedures, keeping records, or archiving computerized images. · Diagnostic Medical Sonographers · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission. · Medical Assistants · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Schedule patient appointments with physical therapists and coordinate therapists' schedules. · Physical Therapist Aides · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments. · Occupational Therapy Aides · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform clerical duties, such as scheduling appointments, collecting data, or documenting health insurance billings. · Occupational Therapy Assistants · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Perform administrative or business management tasks, such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, budgeting, or maintaining business records. · Veterinarians · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Perform general administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments or ordering supplies or equipment. · Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Schedule appointments for research subjects or clinical patients. · Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Manage surgery services, including planning, scheduling and coordination, determination of procedures, or procurement of supplies and equipment. · Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric · exposure with tools
• Manage surgery services, including planning, scheduling and coordination, determination of procedures, or procurement of supplies and equipment. · Pediatric Surgeons · exposure with tools
• Schedule medical appointments for patients. · Medical Records Specialists · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Medical Transcriptionists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Dental Hygienists
• Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Chiropractors
• Medical Assistants
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
• Dental Assistants
• Radiation Therapists
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
• Physical Therapist Aides
• Occupational Therapy Aides
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Veterinarians
• Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
• Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
• Pediatric Surgeons
• Medical Records Specialists

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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