Cara Direct Care

10/07/2024

Help get medical supplies to Hurricane Helene victims. More information at

Dr Ryan Hurricane Relief Request 10.5.24Since starting Cara Direct Care in 2017, we've witnessed the world of Direct Primary Care (DPC) grow in ways we couldn't have imagined. As pioneers in this healthcare movement, we DPC physicians have bonded deeply—at conferences, online, mentoring and being ...

09/19/2022

MEMBERS ONLY:
Schedule your flu shot at Cara Direct Care now!

**Flu shots are available for current Cara Direct Care MEMBERS ONLY** The following vaccines are available at Cara Direct Care: - Inactivated influenza vaccine (injection) (6 months and older) - High Dose Influenza (65 years and older) INTRANASAL INFLUENZA VACCINES ARE NOT AVAILABLE! WHY DO I NEED T...

07/08/2022

For physicians interested in Direct Primary Care......

06/26/2022

Final call! Tonight, 7pm, Gaelic Park. Tickets at door: $25

Support Chicago’s next generation of Irish musicians. Our concert line up includes Jimmy Keane, Marty Fahey, Pat Broaders, Tommy Masterson, Marta Cook, Gerry Carey, and band alumni. We also will have some special guests!.....Check out the concert booklet in the Cara Direct Care blog post linked below. Many thanks to our performers and patrons, please support them!

Music is the Best Medicine!

Sunday 6-26-22: Tonight, Dr Ryan and her family are involved in a fundraiser concert of Irish Music at Gaelic Park, Oak Forest, IL. This is a culmination of effort and dedication, and will be a very special night! Check out the Concert Booklet below! We would like to thank our performers who are vol...

06/18/2022

Latest update on COVID 19 on the Cara Direct Care blog. Rates are rising, but we have more treatments now.

Thank you, science!

The Covid 19 variant Omicron swept through earlier this year infecting 50% of the US population in less than two months. Things settled down after that, we began to unmask in many public places, and life was good for a while. Until the rates started creeping up. And up. And then up some more. This w...

12/23/2021

Check out the latest Cara Direct Care blog post for what you should consider going into the holidays.

Bagpipe meme for a special uileann piper who turns 50 next week (Sean Ryan):

Well, unlike this meme bagpipes version of Covid - we did NOT see/hear Omicron coming. What just happened? A month ago, we were starting to look to the future. Now, everywhere around us on the verge of Christmas, people are testing positive in droves. It feels like 2020 all over again. But please be...

11/04/2021

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Working on the Cara Direct Care blog tonight: Covid-19 vaccines approved for children ages 5-12 - should you vaccinate your child(ren)?

YES! “Grandpa Ryan” is ready to join the vaccinated!
Make an informed decision - click below for more information.

https://www.caradirectcare.com/post/covid-19-vaccines-approved-for-children-ages-5-12-grandpa-ryan-is-ready-to-join-the-vaccinated

09/16/2021

Calling all Midwestern (and beyond) physicians: come learn how to start and run your own DIrect Primary Care practice.

La Grange is on the train line from downtown Chicago, bring your family and have a vacation in the Windy City!

Contact me drclodaghryan@gmail.com with any questions.

Are you ready for the next DPC Alliance Mastermind weekend??

We have an amazing line up with Dr. Clodagh Ryan of Cara Direct Care, Dr. Aleea Gupta of Family Family First Direct Primary Care, and Dr. Joel Schumacher of Schumacher Family Medicine.

DPCA MASTERMIND LA GRANGE IL, OCT 1-2, 2021

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY OCTOBER 1ST:
2.00-2.30pm Introduction to Mastermind at Cara Direct Care
2.30-5.00pm OFFICE TOURS
2.30-3.30pm: Transitioned DPC: Dr Clodagh Ryan, Cara Direct Care, La Grange
3.45-4.45pm: Micropractice: Dr Aleea Gupta, Family First Direct Primary Care
4.45-6.00pm: Break
6.00-8.00pm: Dinner

SATURDAY OCTOBER 2ND:
8.00-8.30am: Breakfast and networking
8.30-8.50am: “Setting up a rural DPC clinic” Dr Joel Schumacher
9.00-9.50am: “DPC for employers - marketing, onboarding, and management” Dr Joel Schumacher
10.00-10.50am: “Build your DPC practice to fit your life” Dr Clodagh Ryan
11.00-11.50am: “Social Marketing: Instagram for DPC docs” Dr Aleea Gupta

12.00-1.00pm: LUNCH

1.00-1.45pm “LLC vs S Corp? All things for legal for DPC” Stephanie Posey, JD
2.00-2.45pm: “Why patients choose DPC ” Panel of current DPC patients
3.00-3.45pm: “A week in the life of a DPC doc - compare and contrast” Drs Ryan, Gupta & Schumacher
4.00-4.45pm: Break out groups:
Micropractice/Building from zero patients (Dr Gupta)
Practice finance and staff management (Dr Schumacher)
Attendee choice (Dr Ryan)

Register today at dpcalliance.org/masterminds

04/22/2021

Walgreen Western Springs has 3 doses of COVID 19 vaccine that expire tonight! Please call 708-246-5120 to put your name down and then get over there ASAP!

Brand - unknown (sorry forgot to ask)
Second dose - can’t be formally scheduled tonight but they said they would have you call back close to the second dose date and they would get you scheduled at Western Springs.

Good luck! Dr Clodagh Ryan