AI exposure: Medical and Health Services Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.
Reading this score
computed39.7% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Medical and Health Services Managers at the 70th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.6 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 18 tasks it averages 2.13 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment..., at 73.3%. The least is Develop or expand and implement medical programs or health services that promote research,..., at 10.0%. A gap of 63.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 32 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 18 tasks, 13 are currently banded exposed, 3 assisted and 2 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
18 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.11 | exposed |
| Prepare activity reports to inform management of the status and implementation plans of programs, services, and quality initiatives. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.78 | exposed |
| Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports. | 61.3% | 26.2% | 12.5% | 4.31 | exposed |
| Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 4.16 | exposed |
| Establish objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units managed. | 47.5% | 27.5% | 25.0% | 3.96 | exposed |
| Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.04 | exposed |
| Consult with medical, business, and community groups to discuss service problems, respond to community needs, enhance public relations, coordinate activities and plans, and promote health programs. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.52 | exposed |
| Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting. | 35.4% | 27.1% | 37.5% | 4.16 | exposed |
| Monitor the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure effective use of resources and assess the need for additional staff, equipment, and services. | 35.4% | 27.1% | 37.5% | 4.11 | exposed |
| Review and analyze facility activities and data to aid planning and cash and risk management and to improve service utilization. | 35.4% | 27.1% | 37.5% | 3.83 | exposed |
| Develop and implement organizational policies and procedures for the facility or medical unit. | 31.1% | 27.2% | 41.7% | 3.92 | exposed |
| Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel. | 27.2% | 31.1% | 41.7% | 4.07 | assisted |
| Manage change in integrated health care delivery systems, such as work restructuring, technological innovations, and shifts in the focus of care. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.07 | exposed |
| Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based educational programs. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.41 | exposed |
| Inspect facilities and recommend building or equipment modifications to ensure emergency readiness and compliance to access, safety, and sanitation regulations. | 25.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 3.76 | assisted |
| Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel. | 21.7% | 28.3% | 50.0% | 4.43 | assisted |
| Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff. | 18.5% | 23.2% | 58.3% | 4.21 | untouched |
| Develop or expand and implement medical programs or health services that promote research, rehabilitation, and community health. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 3.73 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.57 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.35 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.15 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.24 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.13 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.51 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.