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Medical Transcriptionists

Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
72/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
62/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence84/100
Task coverage89%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.High
75
Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.High
73
Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.High
75
Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.High
75
Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.High
69
Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.High
75
Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.High
74
Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.High
64
Perform a variety of clerical and office tasks, such as handling incoming and outgoing mail, completing and submitting insurance claims, typing, filing, or operating office machines.High
68
Set up and maintain medical files and databases, including records such as x-ray, lab, and procedure reports, medical histories, diagnostic workups, admission and discharge summaries, and clinical resumes.High
74
Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.High
69
Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.High
70
Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.High
71
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.75
  2. Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.75
  3. Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.75
  4. Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Perform a variety of clerical and office tasks, such as handling incoming and outgoing mail, completing and submitting insurance claims, typing, filing, or operating office machines.01
  2. Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.02
  3. Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.03
  4. Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.04
  5. Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency60
Physical dependency38
Adoption pressure71
Labour-market resilience54
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence84/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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