General Internal Medicine Physicians
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 467 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 89% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Immunize patients to protect them from preventable diseases.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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