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Aim: Presenting semi-open data on adverse events with a special focus on pressure ulcers as a tool to increase the health literacy of the general public. Method: The provision of health services is a risky area. One significant risk is the occurrence of adverse events, of which pressure ulcers are the most commonly reported in the national adverse event reporting system. Since 2018, monitoring and reporting pressure ulcers have been mandatory for all inpatient healthcare providers. Initially, the data was only available to authorized healthcare providers and used for aggregated national analyses. Currently, the analyses are published in aggregated form for the general public. Thus, a new online tool for sharing semi-open data will be presented. Results / Discussion: Data from 430 healthcare providers on the number of adverse events/injuries are visualized. There is an overview of the trend of pressure ulcer reporting - the number of pressure ulcers per 1000 patients and the absolute number of pressure ulcers. Whilst the conversion of pressure ulcers per 1000 patients has been on a steady trend in recent years (approximately 50 pressure ulcers per 1000 patients), the total number of reported pressure ulcers has increased by three thousand PUs year on year (2021 vs 2020). Visualizing the number of reported PUs by type of healthcare provider also provides interesting information. While the total number of reported PUs is highest for large and faculty hospitals (40 thousand PUs in the year 2021), when calculated per 1000 patients, the largest number of PUs is reported from post-acute care facilities. Conclusion: An appropriate presentation of information to the general public will increase health literacy, raise awareness of the problem and contribute to addressing the economic cost of preventing and treating pressure ulcers. Acknowledgement: This work was supported by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic under grant no. NU20-09-00094 "Cost analysis of pressure ulcers treatment - determinant of care". All rights reserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]