Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures.

“Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures.” is a core task performed by Naturopathic Physicians. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#10 most important). About 96% 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.

• Assist others to access additional services or resources. in Assisting and Caring for Others
• Order medical tests or procedures. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time 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 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics. · importance 5.0
• Educate patients about health care management. · importance 4.9
• Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens. · importance 4.9
• Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes. · importance 4.9
• Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids. · importance 4.8
• Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories. · importance 4.8
• Diagnose health conditions, based on patients' symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements, such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalographs. · importance 4.7
• 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. · importance 4.4
• Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary. · importance 4.4
• Maintain professional development through activities such as postgraduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs. · importance 4.2
• Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation. · importance 4.0
• Conduct periodic public health maintenance activities such as immunizations and screenings for diseases and disease risk factors. · importance 3.9
• Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples. · importance 3.7
• Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Naturopathic Physicians 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
• “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  = {Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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