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Editorial Mission
Health Facilities Management is the only publication that comprehensively covers advances in the hospital design, construction, engineering and operations fields. In today’s dynamic building/renovation environment, HFM bridges the knowledge gap among these decision-makers. Through close working relationships with the nation’s leading architectural, engineering and health care environmental services organizations, we give our readers exclusive access to experts who keep them current on industry changes. Consistently ranked as the #1 publication by health facility managers, HFM delivers insights on ways health facilities can operate more efficiently and profitably while serving community needs. HFM is an American Hospital Association publication and the oldest and most trusted magazine in its field.
Editorial Coverage
Each issue of HFM highlights management and equipment trends, codes and standards, regulatory updates, construction news, profiles on new facilities, case studies and new-product information. HFM is the premier publication for specialized coverage in these areas:
- facility planning, construction and renovation
- interior design
- furnishings
- engineering
- energy management
- HVAC & plumbing systems
- lighting
- medical waste & environmental management
- housekeeping & laundry services
- security & fire safety
- infection control
- medical office management
- signage
- elevator management
- parking maintenance & groundskeeping
- emerging technologies (e.g., wireless communications, asset tracking systems)
Editorial Calendar 2008 (Jan-June)
| January Ad Close 12/3/07 Ad Mat’l 12/11/07 |
February Ad Close 1/2/08 Ad Mat’l 1/10/08 |
March Ad Close 2/1/08 Ad Mat’l 2/11/08 |
April Ad Close 3/3/08 Ad Mat’l 3/11/08 |
May Ad Close 4/1/08 Ad Mat’l 4/9/08 |
June Ad Close 5/1/08 Ad Mat’l 5/9/08 |
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| Planning, Design & Construction | • Facility Profile • ACHA Architectural Roundtable* |
• 2008 ASHE/HFM Annual Hospital Construction Survey** • PDC Conference Guide** |
• ASHE Vista Award Winners • Hospital Construction Quarterly • Design Process Improvement* |
• Facility Profile • OR Technology Planning |
• Facility Profile • Project Management |
• Facility Profile • Hospital Construction Quarterly • Rural Hospital Design* |
| Interior Design | • Designing for Patient Safety | • Bariatric Design | • Furnishings | • Interiors Supplement | ||
| Engineered Systems & Equipment | • HVAC • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Planning for Power Failures • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Cost-Effective Commissioning • ASHE President’s Letter/Update** |
• Lighting Control Technology • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Plumbing Systems • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Data Center Infrastructure • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
| Environmental Services | • Hard Floor Care • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Patient Flow*** • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Employee Training • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Infection Control*** • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Carpet Cleaning • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• OR Cleaning*** • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
| Solutions (Product Section) | • Lighting • HVAC Equipment |
• Medical Equipment • Building Materials |
• Flooring & Floor Coverings • Building Controls |
• Wayfinding & Signage • Cleaning Supplies & Equipment |
• Security Systems • Plumbing Fixtures & Equipment |
• Furnishings • HVAC Equipment |
| Sponsorships & Special Ad Opportunities***** | • ACHA Architectural Roundtable: Designing for an Aging Workforce* | • 2008 ASHE/HFM Annual Hospital Construction Survey** | • Hospital Construction Quarterly | • Hospital Construction Quarterly • Do's and Don'ts for a Hospital Move-In |
• Interiors Supplement • Hospital Construction Quarterly |
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| Advertiser Options | • Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study Ad Study Issue |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
| Bonus Distribution**** | • Health Forum/AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference: San Diego, CA January 27-30 |
• ASHE’s International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design and Construction (PDC): Orlando, FL March 11-12 • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference: Orlando, FL February 25-28 |
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Annual Congress: Anaheim, CA April 1-3 • AHA Annual Leadership Meeting: Washington, DC April 6-9 |
• The Total Facility Management Show: Chicago, IL April 22-24 |
• American Institute of Architects (AIA) Annual Conference: Boston, MA May 15-17 | • NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair: Chicago, IL June 9-11 • Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Annual Educational Conference: Denver, CO June 15-17 • Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Annual National Institute: Las Vegas, NV June 23-26 |
Editorial Calendar 2008 (July-Dec)
| July Ad Close 6/1/08 Ad Mat’l 6/10/08 |
August Ad Close 7/1/08 Ad Mat’l 7/10/08 |
September Ad Close 8/1/08 Ad Mat’l 8/11/08 |
October Ad Close 9/2/08 Ad Mat’l 9/10/08 |
November Ad Close 10/1/08 Ad Mat’l 10/9/08 |
December Ad Close 11/3/08 Ad Mat’l 11/11/08 |
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| Planning, Design & Construction | • 2007 ASHE/HFM Green Design & Operations Survey** • Building Envelopes |
• Facility Profile • Outpatient Facilities |
• Facility Profile • Medical Waste Facility Design* • Hospital Construction Quarterly |
• 20th Anniversary Special Issue • Designing for Disaster |
• Facility Profile • Project Management |
• Facility Profile • NICU Design* • Hospital Construction Quarterly |
| Interior Design | • Flooring | • Interiors Supplement | • Interiors & Infection Control | |||
| Engineered Systems & Equipment | • ASHE Annual Conference Guide** • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Water Efficiency • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Security Systems • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• HVAC • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Wireless Systems • Codes & Standards • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
• Emergency Power • ASHE President’s Letter/ Update** |
| Environmental Services | • Stone, Tile & Terazzo Maintenance • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Pandemic Preparedness *** • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• ES Department of the Year*** • ASHES Annual Conference Guide*** • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Managing Pharma Waste*** • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Green Cleaning • ASHES President’s Letter/ Update*** |
• Medical Office Building Cleaning*** |
| Solutions (Product Section) | • Laundry Equipment & Supplies • Carpeting |
• Asset Tracking • Fire Safety |
• ASHES Exhibitor Product Spotlight*** |
• Flooring & Floor Coverings • Plumbing Fixtures & Equipment |
• Building Materials • Cleaning Supplies & Equipment |
• Lighting • Waste Management |
| Sponsorships & Special Ad Opportunities ***** | • 2007 ASHE/HFM Green Design & Operations Study** | • Green Construction | • ES Department of the Year*** • Hospital Construction Quarterly |
• Interiors Supplement | • Hospital Construction Quarterly | |
| Advertiser Options | • Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study As Study Issue |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
• Editorial Foldout • Case Study |
| Bonus Distribution**** | • American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) Annual Conference and Exhibition: Washington, DC July 21-22 • Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) Annual Conference: San Antonio, TX July 21-22 • Health Forum and the American Hospital Association Annual Leadership Summit: San Diego, CA July 24-26 |
• American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) Annual Conference: San Antonio, TX September 8-11 • American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals Annual Conference (ASHCSP): Reno, NV September 15-16 • American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) Annual Meeting and Educational Conference: Boston, MA October 2-4 |
• Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo: Chicago, IL October |
Footnotes:
* = In cooperation with the American College of Healthcare Architects
** = In cooperation with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering
*** = In cooperation with the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services
**** = Subject to change.
***** = Unique editorial content available for corporate underwriting and special exposure
Additional Company Visibility Options
Four-Page Editorial Foldout There are always new topics, issues of concern, or emerging strategic developments that require special coverage and emphasis. We offer 4-page sponsored foldout sections that focus on highly visible topics and bring a new point of view to the field. Feature topics are negotiable, and examples include: energy management, environmentally preferable purchasing, security, flooring, HVAC, team cleaning, construction and infrastructure maintenance.
Sponsors receive the following benefits:
- Company logo on front cover of foldout
- Full-page company ad on outside cover
- Sponsorship highlighted on HFM Web site
- 500 supplement reprints
Roundtable Report Custom, 8- to 12-page reports featuring closed-door dialogues on strategic topics with senior executives, as well as representatives from sponsor companies are available. Topics are open for selection and sponsors receive:
- A seat at the table and networking lunch with up to five of your hospital facility executive clients
- Visibility (name and photo) in the roundtable special report as a panelist
- Opportunity to be quoted in the roundtable report
- Company logo on front cover of the roundtable report
- Company name listed on back cover of the roundtable report
- 250 reprints of the roundtable report
Case Study Page Companies can increase their level of visibility and deliver a more complex message via single- or multiple-page editorial case study. A case study can feature significant health care project(s) and include photos and illustrations that highlight a product or service. Company Web links can also be added to the HFM Web site where the case study will also appear.
Buyers’ Guide Company Listings A special section in the December issue containing product and service categories and company contact information. The Buyers’ Guide section is an important vehicle to reach department-level buyers in the nation’s hospitals, health systems and nursing homes. The Buyers’ Guide is also included in the December issue of Materials Management in Health Care (MMHC is a magazine read by 30,000 directors of materials and supply chain management, or, infection control, and central services). Companies have the option of adding listing enhancements (e.g., boldface type, company logo) and they can purchase a 1/6th-page display ad at a significant discount in this section.
HealthForumBuyersGuide.com
A new Web site link, www.HealthForumBuyersGuide.com, featured in banner ads on the Web sites of Health Forum publications is quickly becoming a valuable resource for health care professionals trying to locate products and services. www.HealthForumBuyersGuide.com uses powerful search technology that continually indexes the content of participating supplier Web sites. Site visitors have the option of performing keyword-driven searches that mirror traditional search engines, or a category-specific search. Both methods produce the most relevant searches on the Web.
Purchasing a searchable listing ensures that your company’s brand and message are delivered directly to those that matter most to your business. Each listing features your company logo, a corporate description, links to your company’s Web site and specified e-mail addresses and placement in as many predefined headings as you’d like. There is a full range of pricing and placement options, plus banner ads available. Contact your Account Manager for additional information.
Listing and placement options start at: $395
Advertisers can evaluate their ad’s performance and compare it with others in any of two ad study issues:
- April
- October
Ad studies are conducted by Harvey Research Organization, Inc., an independent research firm. The studies are conducted on full circulation display ads only and reveal:
- How many readers remember seeing your ad
- How many readers remember reading your ad
- How readers with buying/specifying influence in the product category rate your ad against that of your competition
Health Facilities Management has been the leading facility management magazine since it launched the health care market niche, and it continually adjusts editorial content to meet reader needs. We leverage our strategic alliances with the leading experts among the architecture, interior design, construction, engineering, regulatory and infection control firms serving the health care market to ensure we report on the most current topics. We provide superior coverage of manufacturers, consultants, group purchasing organizations, distributors and others who share a commitment to serve our audience. And, we conduct original and sponsored research that helps us define current trends and challenges so our readers and contributing companies can achieve better results. Here are some of the sections and Web options our readers find especially helpful:
Construction scorecard A quarterly scorecard of hospital construction and the top 10 largest hospital construction projects. The data, provided by R.S. Means, illustrate where the “hot spots” of health care construction are in the U.S.
Interiors Supplements These highly focused, superbly designed in-depth special sections provide detailed looks at some of the latest interior design trends in health care. Besides receiving placement inside the supplement, advertisers get 500 reprints of the section and the report will be posted on our Web site throughout 2008 for added value.
Product coverage alert We’ll help companies with new products featured in the Solutions section of each HFM issue get a jump on promoting their product to their sales force and customers. We’ll send a PDF of each month’s Solutions section to each of the companies covered. We continue to encourage new product release contributions in order to keep readers on top of the latest improvements.
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The Leader in Readership & Response
Health facilities department administrators have unique information needs and they seek editorial tailored for the health care environment. HFM covers the specialized codes and standards, regulations and interdepartmental work issues unique to health care. Facility managers, architects, engineers, environmental services directors and others loyally read each issue and on average pass it on to three colleagues. Below are the responses from two national surveys of health care facility executives…
Time spent reading each issue of HFM
| 41% | 15 to 30 minutes |
| 25% | 31 to 45 minutes |
| 21% | 46 minutes or more |
| 13% | less than 15 minutes |
“If you could only receive one publication, which would you prefer?”
| 66% | HFM |
| 34% | All other Publications & Non-respondents combined |
“What action have you taken as a result of an ad in HFM...”
| 43% | Visited the advertiser’s Web site |
| 39% | Requested additional information |
| 31% | Recommended purchase |
| 24% | Bought products advertised |
Average pass along readers per issue — 3.0
Source: Harvey Research Organization, Inc. survey based on 2,900 executives surveyed through April 2007. Results may be accepted as being statistically accurate within a sampling tolerance of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence.
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