Speaking up for safety--it's not simple Pennsylvania patient safety advisory Liberatore, Kim, author. Health Care Surveys Patient Advocacy Patient Education as Topic Patient Participation Patient Safety Patient education, engagement, and empowerment have been at the core of many organizations' efforts to make healthcare safer. To measure and focus such efforts, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority developed a patient poll about basic safety practices, such as asking about healthcare worker handwashing. The poll was administered in 2006, 2013, and, most recently, February through April 2018. Results from 2018 remain consistent with the previous two iterations: high reported likelihood to ask questions to gain understanding and low reported likelihood to question potential safety breaches. In 2018, 96% of patients reported positive inclination towards asking for a fuller explanation, and just 33% reported positive inclination towards asking a healthcare worker if they washed their hands. This gap represents an opportunity for future safety work in Pennsylvania and beyond. [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2018 Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101735845-pdf 101735845 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101735845 English Pennsylvania United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0