Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.

Treat patients using alternative medical procedures. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 9 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases. in Assisting and Caring 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 9 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (11%) 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 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.011% 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.

• Treat patients using tools, such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, or nutritional supplements. · Acupuncturists · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
• Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments, such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, guasha, or bleeding. · Acupuncturists · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
• Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment. · Acupuncturists · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
• Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy, and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself. · Naturopathic Physicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Treat medical conditions, using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, or tuina. · Acupuncturists · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa. · Acupuncturists · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Treat patients' symptoms with alternative health care methods such as herbs or hydrotherapy. · Midwives · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises. · Athletic Trainers · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure
• Treat deformities using mechanical methods, such as whirlpool or paraffin baths, and electrical methods, such as short wave and low voltage currents. · Podiatrists · importance 2.9 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Acupuncturists
• Naturopathic Physicians
• Midwives
• Athletic Trainers
• Podiatrists

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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  title  = {Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  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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