HBI Solutions

About HBI Solutions

Founded in 2011, HBI Solutions emerged from a shared vision among colleagues at Stanford University Medical Center to enhance healthcare quality while lowering costs. The founders, Karl Sylvester, a pediatric surgeon, Bruce Ling, a PhD data scientist, and Eric Widen, a seasoned healthcare IT executive, combined their diverse expertise in patient care, data science, and business operations to address inefficiencies in the healthcare system. Widen, who serves as CEO, has dedicated his career of over 25 years to solving healthcare problems through data.

HBI Solutions provides a suite of predictive analytics and performance analysis tools for the healthcare industry. The company's business model centers on offering these software solutions to a global client base that includes health systems, physician practices, accountable care organizations (ACOs), payers, and health information exchanges (HIEs). Revenue is generated by enabling these organizations to manage risk and improve patient outcomes. A significant milestone was securing $12.6 million in a Series A funding round in November 2015.

The core offering is the Spotlight Data Solution, a platform that uses machine learning and real-time clinical, billing, and claims data to generate predictive insights. This allows clinicians to identify patients at high risk for conditions like sepsis, chronic kidney disease, or hospital readmission before acute events occur. For managers, the platform tracks key performance indicators, revealing variations in care quality and cost. The predictive models are designed for flexible integration with existing electronic health records (EHR) and IT systems, and their accuracy continuously improves as they process new data. This focus on validated, real-time predictive modeling within existing workflows distinguishes HBI from broader analytics platform companies.