Automation index

How much of a Health information technician’s job can AI already do?

An ICD-10 and a file come earlier. Coding it right and having the record when it is needed do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

31%

AI can already do 31% of this job.

#43 / 623

Health information technician

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Code ICD, the discharge set and the episode. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	52%	+9.4
Filing, scanning and the missing record. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	48%	+7.7
Loans, copies and the judge who wants the file. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Documentation emergencies and the discharge that will not close. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Data quality, audits and billing. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Confidentiality and not losing the record. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		31%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

IS WORK OVER?

31%

#33 / 623

Information specialist

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Classify, index and describe holdings. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Thesauri, metadata and the internal search. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	52%	+8.3
Answer queries and retrieve what nobody can find. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Records policy, retention and destruction. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Train people who file badly and people who do not file. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
The organisation’s memory, and not losing it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		30%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low