Sana Mujer introduces Spanish-first telemedicine platform for women

Kathryn Kate Gorsuch In an effort to address healthcare gaps among Spanish-speaking women across the U.S., Kathryn “Kate” Gorsuch, a family nurse practitioner, has co-founded Sana Mujer, a Spanish-language telehealth platform dedicated to women’s health. Working as a family nurse practitioner in Spanish-speaking clinics like Alivio Medical Center in Chicago, where she spent a majority of her time working with immigrants from Latin American countries, she encountered various “eye-opening” situations that emphasized how language barriers could affect a patient’s care. “I realized how difficult it is for people who don’t have insurance and also don’t speak English to get into specialists,” Gorsuch said. “A lot of patients had to wait months to get into a specialist which often resulted in their symptoms getting worse, their baseline medical conditions getting worse which just becomes a vicious cycle. Sometimes you have to add on additional medications that are more expensive.” She added