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Analysis of Heat Illness using Michigan Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance
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The MSSS, described elsewhere (1), has been in use since 2003 and records Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint data along with the patient’s age, gender and zip code in real time. There were 85/139 hospital EDs enrolled in MSSS as of June 2012… read more… as of June 2012, capturing 77% of the annual hospital ED visits in Michigan. The MSSS is used routinely during the … and is monitored throughout the year for aberrations that may indicate an outbreak, emerging disease or act of … basis to monitor potential increases in heat-related ED visits. Objective The purpose of this work was to conduct an …