But much of those menial tasks are quite difficult to automate - changing IVs, bed sheets, patient clothes, bandages, diapers etc etc...I don't think AI/robotic

But much of those menial tasks are quite difficult to automate - changing IVs, bed sheets, patient clothes, bandages, diapers etc etc...I don't think AI/robotics is anywhere close. However, it is possible that much of the menial work will be delegated to lower paid "nurse aides" that don't really need much medical knowledge , while the real therapeutic work start being automated by machines and algorithms. Thus salaries will be squeezed downwards, which in the end is what the system wants obviously.