The remote physician misdiagnosed my X-ray last time. That physician is easily automated out and possibly for the benefit of the patients not just costs. The other staff involved, like the NP, X-ray tech, assistant, are fine for a lot longer.

“are fine for a lot longer.”

My point is that “a longer” implies “when” rather than “if”. Everyone is replaceable, in the long run.

> If they can automate the work of a physician, who exactly is safe?

But they can't, it's like saying you're 15cl stove top italian coffe maker is replacing a starbucks tier coffee machine

If the only metric you account for is "it makes coffee" boolean then sure, if you actually implement it you'll notice things falling apart in the first 10 minutes.