Only weeks after a former Harvard economics instructor claimed thatvirtually all of the money companies have spent on wellnessprograms has been wasted, a Harvard study is highlighting onecorporate wellness program as a ringing success.

A study conducted by a group of researchers estimated thatMcKesson, a health care IT company, had a return-on-investment of30 percent for the money it has devoted to its employee wellnessplan.

McKesson is touting that finding along with news that it wasselected to receive the Everett Koop National Health Award, anhonor given by the Health Project to companies with wellnessprograms that prove the program has both improved worker health andsaved money.

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