We welcome your editorial submissions.
Please read our guidelines below for submitting articles to our editors.

HPN's Daily Update, our e-newsletter:

Product and technology-oriented news about late breaking product releases, personnel changes, GPO contracts, patent approvals, strategic alliances, major sales/contracts, and company/product line alliances, mergers or acquisitions are accepted. preferred length-75 words or less. email to: jakridge@hpnonline.com and/or krussell@hpnonline.com

Buyer’s Guides:

Healthcare Purchasing News offer readers a number of buyer's guides each year that complete comparison of various models of the featured technology as a starting point toward a buying decision. If your company markets a product featured in one or more of our guides, you will be faxed a product specification questionnaire. Watch for the questionnaire and return it by the specified deadline to guarantee inclusion in the comparison. In addition, submit a photo(s) and description(s) of your product(s) for the Marketplace Section that surrounds the product comparison chart. All printed charts will also appear, in reformatted form, on our web site.

Current Buyer’s Guides are:

• Supply Chain IT Guide

• Surgical Instruments

• Gloves

• Infection Control

• Capital Equipment

• Endoscope Processing & Maintenance

• Bariatric Products & Equipment

• Sterile Processing Accessories

• Cart Purchasing Guide

• Sharps Safety
   

• Annual Industry Guide – distributed with our November issue and available online all year. This includes all products needed in Med/Surge/O.R. Supplies and Equipment, Infection Control, Sterile Processing, and Administrative Products and Services.

New Products: 

Coverage of products and services used in healthcare facilities. Only products receiving FDA 510(k) marketing clearance prior to issue date will be considered for coverage. We also have specific vertical product sections that are linked to trade shows or specific product categories (ie. infection control products. sterilization products, etc.) Include a photo of your product or service. See photo requirements below.

What Works:

Monthly success stories that highlight hospitals that saved money, time and/or enhanced patient satisfaction by solving problems using your product or service. Written from the clinical viewpoint these articles about medical facilities illustrate what problem the facility/department faced, how a technology, service or product specifically solved the problem and other benefits, such as improved patient care or cost containment, that resulted from using the technology. Typical word count is 700-800 words. A facility photo and/or author headshot is also desired. See photo requirements below. CLICK HERE for specific format instructions.
 

People and Opinions:

In-depth question and answer sections, management opinions and tips from top experts including letters from readers about their industry observations and experiences. Typical word count is 700-1200. Photos, graphs, charts are welcome. See photo requirements below. We reserve the right to remove advertorial.
 

Photo Requirements:

Please send digital images (eps, tif, jpg or pdf - 300 dpi minimum) of your technology or your product, along with a press release containing a proper identification of the photo or product information. Photos prepared for web use are not acceptable for the print production process.