Develop and distribute newsletters, brochures, or other printed materials to share information with patients or medical staff.

“Develop and distribute newsletters, brochures, or other printed materials to share information with patients or medical staff.” is a core task performed by Patient Representatives. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#12 most important). About 79% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Prepare informational or instructional materials. in Documenting/Recording Information
• Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.039% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 63% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.4 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 90% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Coordinate communication between patients, family members, medical staff, administrative staff, or regulatory agencies. · importance 4.7
• Interview patients or their representatives to identify problems relating to care. · importance 4.5
• Refer patients to appropriate health care services or resources. · importance 4.4
• Maintain knowledge of community services and resources available to patients. · importance 4.2
• Explain policies, procedures, or services to patients using medical or administrative knowledge. · importance 4.1
• Investigate and direct patient inquiries or complaints to appropriate medical staff members and follow up to ensure satisfactory resolution. · importance 3.9
• Provide consultation or training to volunteers or staff on topics, such as guest relations, patients' rights, or medical issues. · importance 3.9
• Analyze patients' abilities to pay to determine charges on a sliding scale. · importance 3.8
• Read current literature, talk with colleagues, continue education, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the field. · importance 3.7
• Identify and share research, recommendations, or other information regarding legal liabilities, risk management, or quality of care. · importance 3.5
• Collect and report data on topics, such as patient encounters or inter-institutional problems, making recommendations for change when appropriate. · importance 3.4
• Teach patients to use home health care equipment. · importance 3.0

See all tasks on the Patient Representatives page.

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  = {Develop and distribute newsletters, brochures, or other printed materials to share information with patients or medical staff.},
  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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-17674}
}