Cast Has Powered Healthcare Webinars & Virtual Events Through the Pandemic

Although Cast offers a variety of systems and solutions, one of its main services is event hosting. They manage the digital aspects of clinical meetings, conferences and other healthcare-specific events.

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has put a bit of a strain on things over the past year. The typical events, seminars and conferences that Cast’s customers usually organize every year could not take place in person due to the global pandemic. The Cast team had to quickly find a solution to bring their customers’ events online.

Their challenge is to make these important events virtual, so as to be able to protect participants from the effects of COVID-19 and comply with all local restrictions on social gatherings.

To meet their live stream hosting needs, Cast turns to Dacast for several compelling reasons.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Cast used Zoom to host their online events, but Zoom alone was not cutting it. They needed a robust online video platform that would allow them to embed the streams in their custom landing pages with the highest quality. They also needed access to video analytics and other professional features.

Cast’s solution was to now stream from Zoom to Dacast with Dacast’s Zoom integration. This allows them to use the peer-to-peer function of Zoom while broadcasting to viewers around the world at the same time.

Cast chose Dacast for our reactivity. They needed support for an event on a Saturday, and they came to us the evening the day before. We responded instantly, and our support team was there for the Cast team on Saturday afternoon to ensure that the stream ran smoothly.

The CEO at Cast, Rui César das Neves, mentions that what he likes most about the partnership between Cast and Dacast is the support we’ve provided. He says that we’ve gone “above expectations” since the start. Beyond our 5-star support, he says that his team really appreciates our high-quality streaming, reliable connection, and playback protection. 

So far, Cast has hosted five events with Dacast. However, this is the beginning of a long series of online events. 

Cast has accepted that virtual events will likely be the way of the world moving forward. They don’t think things will revert back to “normal” any time soon, and they will still promote virtual and hybrid events even after the COVID crisis subsides.

More than ever, the healthcare industry needs support from innovative technologies, and companies like Cast are helping them with IT and scientific event management support with solutions like streaming video.

By helping their customers go virtual, Cast is filling a major need in the healthcare industry. Sharing accurate information on the virus, treatment options, vaccinations, and other medical developments has never been more critical than it is now. Thanks to the virtual events made possible by Cast, doctors and medical professionals can access information that they need to help people in the midst of this global healthcare crisis.

The company is relatively small, but its 30 years of business have left a notable impact on the local healthcare industry. Cast usually works with medical associations to put on events for between 400 and 4000 doctors and general practitioners.

In addition to providing technological support for events, Cast has developed information systems and solutions that are designed to automate and streamline all of the administrative activities in a healthcare unit. This includes sales, billing, patient management, scheduling, and clinical areas. Recently, Cast has been focusing on customers in the cardiology field.