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A partial chart shows the rankings of 40 of the state's 67 counties. Image courtesy Florida Department of Health addressing a range of chronic diseases that drive employee healthcare costs through workplace wellness initiatives," said Tidewell Hospice Wellness Consultant Jessi Neitzel in the release. According to local health officials, Healthy Sarasota County Workplaces is the county's only community-based and community-driven workplace wellness program, the release notes. Wellness and health professionals from Sarasota County's largest public employers — Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota County Government, the Sarasota County Schools, Tidewell Hospice and the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County — participated in its development, the release explains. Sarasota News Leader March 28, 2014 Page 76