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{ Health Care Briefs } were discovered across the state, the scientists found high concentrations in wells that correlated with certain types of bedrock; however, bedrock type alone was not always predictive of higher or lower concentrations. Arsenic exposure has been related to many adverse health outcomes and can increase the risk of certain cancers. Starling Physicians opening Glastonbury multispecialty facility Starling Physicians, which was formed by the merger of two Hartford County healthcare groups more than a year ago, continues to spread its wings, announcing the opening of a new multispecialty location in Glastonbury. e new office, located at 289 Western Blvd., includes 27 providers in allergies, cardiology, orthopedics/ sports medicine, physical therapy, podiatry, pulmonary care, rheumatology and surgery. Starling's allergy, cardiology, pulmonary, and rheumatology departments already have a presence in Glastonbury, but its orthopedics, physical therapy, podiatry and surgery specialties are a new addition there. e office is off Route 2 and Hebron Avenue in the Gateway Medical Complex. Farmington biotech raises $2.9M in venture capital Farmington biotech firm Azitra Inc. has closed on $2.9 million in venture funding that will allow the company to further test its therapeutic skin treatment. Azitra said the funding round, which was led by Texas venture capital firm Bios Partners, brings total outside money raised to $3.75 million. Investors also include Peter iel's San Francisco-based Breakout Labs. Azitra is a preclinical biotechnology company that aims to treat skin conditions ranging from eczema to staph infections by using the skin's own genetic material. e funding will allow Azitra to continue testing its products across a variety of skin conditions, including common and rare genetic skin diseases and cosmetic applications. Tech center displays medical device equipment Assisted Living Technologies in Meriden has partnered with Arc of Meriden Wallingford Inc. (e Arc) and others on a technology center that educates social services providers about electronic devices used to help people with physical or developmental limitations. Assisted Living Technologies is one of the vendors for the equipment and will conduct labs and assist with brainstorming. e tech center, at 290 Pratt St. in Meriden, provides: a showroom where equipment/soware/programs can be viewed and manipulated by the providers and their clients and where providers can assess benefits to their clients from such equipment; learning labs on the equipment, soware, programs and apps; training, networking and credentialing for assistive technology assessors; accessibility programming for computers and smart devices; a list of vendors from which the equipment/ soware can be purchased; and a library of catalogs featuring adaptive equipment and devices. Hartford HealthCare, GE plan $5.5M high-tech logistics center Hartford HealthCare and GE Healthcare have announced plans for projects over the next seven years aimed at speeding up care access and delivery and improving efficiency to reduce costs — all steered through a $5.5 million high-tech patient care logistics center. e center's location and timing are not yet finalized. It's expected to drive at least $14 million in savings over seven years, Hartford HealthCare said. e efforts, tapping GE Healthcare's advanced analytics to determine the best strategies for clinical program and capacity design, will help patients avoid unnecessary wait times and "traffic jams" that can delay care, Hartford HealthCare said. e logistics center's goal is to improve patient and staff experience by reducing waiting times and improving communication between providers and facilities, the healthcare provider said. 45 CT hospital execs top $1 million in salary, benefits Forty-five Connecticut hospital or hospital system executives earned combined salary and fringe benefits exceeding $1 million last fiscal year, according to new state data. Marna Borgstrom, president and CEO of Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. and Yale New Haven Hospital, led the state at $3.8 million, which includes a salary of $2.8 million, according to figures from the Office of Health Care Access. She had a package worth $3.6 million in fiscal 2015. Tops among Hartford executives was Hartford HealthCare Corp. CEO Elliot Joseph at about $2.6 million, which includes a salary of $2.2 million. His fiscal 2015 package was $2.4 million. e state releases the top 10 pay packages for each acute-care Continued from previous page Study: Gender, geographical pay gap significant among CT docs Physicians in Bridgeport earn some of the highest average pay in the U.S., but female doctors there, while among some of the highest paid, earn 29 percent less than their male colleagues. at's among the highest gender gaps in major metro areas, and only slightly better than the 22 percent and 25 percent gaps for female doctors in Hartford and New Haven, respectively, according to a new study. e study is by San Francisco- based Doximity, a social network for physician and advanced practice clinicians based on more than 36,000 verified physician respondents who practice at least 40 hours a week. Average annual salary for all physicians, specialists and primary care combined, in Bridgeport was $353,925, second highest among large metro areas. e average for primary care physicians in Bridgeport was $279,138, also No. 2. New Haven ranked ninth-lowest for primary care physician pay, $232,260. Hartford fared better, 25th lowest at $244,418. For all physicians combined, Hartford's average pay was $324,790, 17th-highest. New Haven, at $301,475, was 11th-lowest. While female physicians, specialists and primary care docs in Hartford averaged $267,891 in annual pay, seventh-highest among metro areas, it's 22 percent less than what male doctors make. Female physicians nationwide earn an average 26.5 percent less, or $91,284 less, than their male counterparts, Doximity said. P H O T O \ \ C N N M O N E Y 6 GREATER HARTFORD HEALTH • Summer 2017