PHILADELPHIA – When Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, Ebony Durant worried that the idea would be a hard sell for patients.
“I thought that families would not be receptive – they wouldn’t want us in their homes,” said Durant, a city health department employee who manages the program, known as Family Connects.
“But mothers have been really open, allowing us to come into their homes, meet their families – and allowing us to serve.”…