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Using a real time syndromic surveillance system to track heat related illnesses during a heat wave
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In 2004, the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), which serves a county population over 890,000, began using a real time syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more… or pneumonia. Conclusions Although the current query did produce a few ‘false positives’, the MCPHD staff has … 11 Date of Emergency Department Visit C o u n t o f P at ie n ts Fig. 1. Heat-Related Chief Complaints, Marion … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in …