Daily Briefing Live – April 1, 2020
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.
About Daily Briefing Live:
Daily Briefing Live is a 30-minute live video podcast focused on how health system marketers and communicators are managing the COVID-19 crisis.
Each day, we’ll feature the latest that we’re hearing from the industry and our clients, the most up-to-day recommendations and ideas, and provide a forum for attendees to ask questions. We’ll post a recording of the podcast each day for download, and then we will be back, every weekday at 12:00 CST, until this crisis passes.
To join the live video podcast each day, simply visit http://bit.ly/daily-briefing-live at 12:00PM CST.
