Investment by Bon Secours Mercy Health venture arm supports the continued growth of Definity’s vendor-neutral platform, designed to modernize healthcare workforce management

COVINGTON, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Definity, a vendor-neutral healthcare workforce platform, today announced a $7 million Series A investment led by Accrete Health Partners, the digital venture arm of Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH), with participation alongside other investors. The investment reflects a shared commitment to building technology designed for health systems, enabling greater visibility, flexibility, and control across internal and contingent labor. Definity will utilize the capital to scale the platform and expand its team.

“We believe Definity can be a transformational platform for our hospitals, providing the transparency and flexibility we need to manage our workforce more strategically,” said Allan Calonge, Chief People Officer at Bon Secours Mercy Health.Share

Definity unifies critical workforce functions into a single, integrated platform, allowing hospitals and health systems to plan, source, and manage their talent more efficiently. By providing a single source of truth across labor pools, Definity gives health systems clear insight into workforce utilization and spend, optimizing workforce resources while maintaining quality of care. This investment comes at a pivotal time as health systems work to balance cost pressures, workforce sustainability, and evolving care delivery models.

“Health systems need workforce technology built for how care is actually delivered — not retrofitted from other industries,” said Kris Cannon, President of Definity. “This investment allows Definity to continue partnering closely with health systems like Bon Secours Mercy Health to innovate alongside them, expand our team, and deliver a world-class platform that gives leaders real-time insight and control over their most complex and costly challenge: labor.”

The investment includes a strategic partnership with BSMH, which will leverage Definity’s platform to better manage its contingent workforce and build a more flexible, data-driven labor strategy. As part of the investment, BSMH’s Chief People Officer Allan Calonge will join Definity’s board, strengthening alignment between platform development and health system workforce needs.

“We believe Definity can be a transformational platform for our hospitals, providing the transparency and flexibility we need to manage our workforce more strategically,” said Calonge. “Having a comprehensive view of our labor ecosystem allows us to make smarter decisions, control costs, and ensures we have the right talent in place to support our patients.”

“Definity represents the type of purpose-built, health system-designed innovation we look to support through Accrete Health Partners,” said Cyril Philip, Vice President of Digital Venturesat Bon Secours Mercy Health and Accrete Health Partners. “Being at the front end of their journey alongside BSMH operational leadership allows us to do more than invest; it gives us the opportunity to help shape a platform that simplifies workforce management and delivers measurable impact for health systems.”

Definity plans to accelerate product innovation and deepen partnerships with health systems nationwide.

About Definity

Definity is a vendor-neutral, end-to-end healthcare workforce platform designed to streamline the full labor management lifecycle. The platform combines applicant tracking and real-time analytics with robust vendor management and gig workforce solutions that enable smarter staffing strategies. Built by healthcare leaders and co-designed with leading health systems, Definity helps hospitals and health systems optimize internal and external labor. Learn more at definitywfs.com.

About Accrete Health Partners

Accrete Health Partners is the strategic digital venture arm of Bon Secours Mercy Health, dedicated to accelerating change that is scaled across the health system. Accrete partners with and invests in leading edge technology companies that make healthcare simpler and more effective for patients, providers, and health systems. By innovating and codeveloping solutions that deliver measurable impact, Accrete transforms care delivery and creates sustainable value for the communities our health system serves. Learn more at accretedigital.com.

About Bon Secours Mercy Health

Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) is one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s quality, compassionate care is provided by nearly 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as Ireland and the Philippines. Bon Secours Mercy Health provides care for patients nearly 14 million times annually through its network of more than 1,200 care sites, which includes 47 hospitals. For more information, visit bsmhealth.org.

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