Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.

“Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.” is a supplemental task performed by Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#14 most important). About 33% 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.

• Perform administrative or clerical activities. in Performing Administrative Activities

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.

• 0.013% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 52% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.3 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 91% 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

• Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff. · importance 4.6
• Transcribe recorded messages or practitioners' diagnoses or recommendations into patients' medical records. · importance 4.6
• Compile and record medical charts, reports, or correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer. · importance 4.5
• Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations. · importance 4.5
• Complete insurance or other claim forms. · importance 4.5
• Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff. · importance 4.5
• Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax. · importance 4.5
• Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff. · importance 4.5
• Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files. · importance 4.5
• Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms. · importance 4.4
• Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records. · importance 4.4
• Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders. · importance 4.3
• Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records. · importance 4.2
• Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 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  = {Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.},
  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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}