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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other

The short answer

Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 130 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

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 61% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

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    What the move takes

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    Skills you already have

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    What the move takes

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    Skills you already have

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    Skills you already have

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