Fast-Track is for time-sensitive manuscripts, Hospital Practice offers this rapid service for an additional fee, in order to give you a rapid acceptance or rejection of your manuscript. The formal peer review will be completed within 10 days or less, and comments are provided to the author within 72 hours of their receipt by the peer reviewers. Authors are asked to submit a revised manuscript within 10-12 days. Accepted manuscripts are processed within 5 days, published online within 2 business days of final author approval, and in print in the next available issue.

Online Submissions
Submit your Fast-Track manuscript online today. It's fast and easy. Just follow the detailed instructions, fill in all the required fields, and upload your manuscript. Please click the link below to get started.
Online Submissions

Alternative Submissions
If you would like to use Fast-Track, please request this service in your cover letter, using "Fast-Track" in the subject line for email submissions. On sending your submission, please fax a completed payment form. We must receive this form before we can proceed with peer review. To cover the cost incurred for expedited review ($2000), you will be charged an initial fee of $500 on receipt of your submission. If your paper is rejected, there will be no further charges; however, if it is accepted, the remainder of the fee ($1500) will automatically be charged to the credit card supplied in this transaction. You will be contacted at a later date with the per-page service fee.

Citing Fast-Track Publications
Fast-Track articles are assigned a digital object identifier (DOI) which allows the paper to be cited in the literature immediately following online publication. Prior to print publication, please cite as follows: Author(s). Title. Hosp Pract. Published online: xx Month 200x. doi:x.xx.xxx. After print publication, add the date of online publication and DOI number to the standard citation.