Healthcare procedure elimination

Just as the switchboard operators and key punch technicians have gone the way of the history books, current healthcare procedures are changing quickly and dramatically. Less invasive procedures and computerized documentation all require the elimination of some work in favor of new work.

Identify one procedure in healthcare that you believe will be (or should be) eliminated in the next year. What will replace it? How will the new work be integrated into the healthcare system? Who will do the new work?