Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs has been named among HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2009 — the only hospital in Colorado to achieve the distinction. The award places Penrose-St. Francis in the top 1 percent of all hospitals in the nation for quality outcomes.
DigitalGlobe, a Longmont-based provider of satellite imagery, announced that the WorldView-2 remote sensing instrument provided by ITT Corp. has been integrated by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, into the WorldView-2 spacecraft, and system-level testing has commenced.
LogRhythm, the Boulder company that makes log data useful, and Excelerate Systems announced a distribution partnership for LogRhythm’s integrated log and security information event management platform.
Geneos Wealth Management Inc., a Denver-based broker/dealer serving financial advisers, announced an agreement to acquire Portfolio Design Advisors LLC, a California-based investment management firm.
Avanquest Software, a Denver-based software provider, unveiled SendPhotos, an interactive photo sharing solution.
Intermap Technologies of Denver announced a partnership with PCI Geomatics to offer its digital elevation models, orthorectified radar images, contour line maps and optimized triangulated irregular network models worldwide.
Variety, the trade publication covering the entertainment and media industry, is offering the latest entertainment industry buzz via a new Variety iPhone App and online widget, developed by Denver-based NewsGator and RB Searchs.
MapQuest announced the addition of My Places to MapQuest 4 Mobile, a free, downloadable application that lets MapQuest users save maps and routes to their profile.
McKesson Health Solutions, a Broomfield- based unit of McKesson Corp., announced the launch of an Uncompensated Care Management Program with Baptist Health of Montgomery, Ala., to decrease the amount of uncompensated care provided within Baptist Health’s hospitals.
Alpine Access, a Denver-based provider of contact center solutions, announced that the company is expanding into Louisiana. Alpine will be hiring home-based customer-care professionals from New Orleans, Shreveport, Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.
Colorado Jitney has launched a transportation service to shuttle passengers from downtown Boulder to several ski areas along Interstate 70.
Aurora History Museum will host an exhibit from the National Building Museum in Washington that explores the field of green residential design. The exhibit will open March 17 and run through May 3.
