Key Resources Mentioned in Today's Episode

• Subscribe to the Daily Briefing Live Podcast
• ReviveHealth COVID-19 Resource Hub
• Array Advisors Report
• New York Times: White House Predicts 100-240k US Deaths
• UN March Report
• Boston Medical Center Furloughs 10 Percent of its Workforce
• Doctors Answer Coronavirus Questions in Exclusive SiriusXM Facebook Live Session

Key Takeaways from Today's Episode:

• Pivoting Physician communications
  • The US surgeon general is keeping pace with the changing science and is saying that we may see citizens advised to wear face masks in public
• Increasing financial strain on health systems
  • Hospitals typically have 60 to 90 days of cash on hand
  • Boston medical center is predicted to lose $5m a week
  • Many executives forgoing pay for the next month
  • Furloughs and layoffs for hospital workers who don’t have frontline duties
• Command Centers and accurate communication
  • We see a long and complicated communication journey around COVID-19 that will last weeks and, if not months, on end. Command centers typically are short-term programs that have an end in sight, but this is not like most situations.

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