Will AI replace Clinical Research Coordinators?
The Stanford WORKBank study rates tasks, not whole jobs, so it cannot say whether any one job disappears. What it shows: AI experts rate 5 of the 14 studied Clinical Research Coordinators tasks as do-able by AI today, and 3 of those are tasks workers also want automated.
of tasks in the Clinical Research Coordinators role are ones AI can already do, per AI experts.
From a Stanford study where AI experts and clinical research coordinators workers rated each real task (O*NET). Not a guess from the job title.
Key statistics
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- AI can already do 36% of the 14 work tasks in the Clinical Research Coordinators role, according to AI experts in the Stanford WORKBank study (O*NET SOC 11-9121.01).
- Workers in the Clinical Research Coordinators role rate 43% of their tasks 3 or higher out of 5 for wanting them automated (Stanford WORKBank, 1,500 U.S. workers).
- 3 of 14 Clinical Research Coordinators tasks are Automation Green Light, wanted by workers and do-able by AI, that is 21% of the role (Stanford WORKBank).
- The typical Clinical Research Coordinators task scores 2.95/5 for worker desire to automate and 3.04/5 for AI capability today (Stanford WORKBank, 1-5 scale).
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What workers told Stanford
Of the 14 tasks studied for Clinical Research Coordinators, 3 (21%) are in the Automation Green Light zone, AI can largely do them and workers want it. Across all tasks, workers rate 43% of their tasks 3 or higher out of 5 for wanting them automated. The typical task scores 2.95/5 for worker desire and 3.04/5 for AI capability.
All 14 tasks, most-wanted first
Register protocol patients with appropriate statistical centers as required.
Green Lightwant 4 · AI 4Communicate with laboratories or investigators regarding laboratory findings.
R&D Opportunitywant 3.4 · AI 2Maintain required records of study activity including case report forms, drug dispensation records, or regulatory forms.
Green Lightwant 3.3 · AI 4.5Order drugs or devices necessary for study completion.
Green Lightwant 3.3 · AI 4.5Contact industry representatives to ensure equipment and software specifications necessary for successful study completion.
R&D Opportunitywant 3.22 · AI 2.33Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols.
R&D Opportunitywant 3.1 · AI 1.5Track enrollment status of subjects and document dropout information such as dropout causes and subject contact efforts.
Low Prioritywant 2.9 · AI 3Maintain contact with sponsors to schedule and coordinate site visits or to answer questions about issues such as incomplete data.
Low Prioritywant 2.9 · AI 3Code, evaluate, or interpret collected study data.
Red Lightwant 2.8 · AI 4Collaborate with investigators to prepare presentations or reports of clinical study procedures, results, and conclusions.
Red Lightwant 2.8 · AI 3.5Prepare study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports.
Low Prioritywant 2.7 · AI 3Record adverse event and side effect data and confer with investigators regarding the reporting of events to oversight agencies.
Low Prioritywant 2.4 · AI 2.67Review proposed study protocols to evaluate factors such as sample collection processes, data management plans, or potential subject risks.
Low Prioritywant 2.4 · AI 2.33Review scientific literature, participate in continuing education activities, or attend conferences and seminars to maintain current knowledge of clinical studies affairs and issues.
Low Prioritywant 2.1 · AI 2.25
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Lower-automation alternatives
Less of these jobs is automatable today: AI experts rate a smaller share of their tasks as doable than the 36% for Clinical Research Coordinators (Stanford WORKBank).
Clinical Research Coordinators ranks #68 of 104 studied roles by the share of tasks AI experts rate as do-able today. See which roles top and bottom the list in the most automatable jobs in 2026.