patient-facing
面向患者的。在医疗产品设计里指专门为患者（非专业用户）设计使用的系统、界面或内容，与 clinician-facing（面向医生）形成对照。
English Definition
"Designating a system, interface, or content intended for direct use by patients (lay users), as distinct from clinician-facing or internal-facing artifacts."
用法说明 · 针对中文母语者
在医疗 HCI/产品里，patient-facing vs clinician-facing 是基础二分；前者要求更高的可读性、解释性，后者保留专业术语。
常见错误
- ·把它和 patient-friendly 混用——friendly 指友好度，facing 强调目标用户
- ·默认所有医疗 AI 系统都是 patient-facing
真实用例 · 4 条
"rigorous, multi-level evaluation of explanations in real-world patient-facing settings remains a challenging gap"
"natural language capabilities have been particularly suited for generating human-readable explanations. These are powerful tools for health information retrieval, clinical summarization, and patient-facing services"
"translating clinicians' assessment frames into layered, patient-facing explanations"
"uses RAG to ground the content, and employs progressive disclosure to stage explanations"