HealthcareNameCourseProfessorDateIntroductionA patient Survey is a tool used by healthcare providers in making important decisions on how to improve the experiences of the patients. The patient survey is also called patient questionnaire. Healthcare providers may not be meeting high scores as far as delivery of healthcare services is concerned. In order to meet the high scores, the perspectives of the patient are sought through some carefully structured questions, the data from the questions is analyzed so as to identify the areas or issue that are of concern for the appropriate actions to be taken.Purposes of a Patient SurveyPatient Surveys serve several purposes in Healthcare that all result in increasing patient experience and increasing patient satisfaction. Patient experience is related to meeting the most valued needs of the patients while satisfaction refers the level at which the patients feel that all their needs including the most valued needs have been met by the healthcare Provider(Coulter, Fitzpatrick & Cornwell, 2009). In enhancing patient satisfaction and patient experience, direct feedback from the patients is a valuable aspect. Patient surveys are important because of being a basis of making decisions in healthcare. Furthermore, the surveys serve