Time tracking and productivity system

A system for automatically tracking employee hours, the system comprising:

• an electronic tracking component, wherein the electronic tracking component includes:
• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory programmed with executable instructions, the instructions including:
• determine the current location of the tracking component;
• determine if the current location of the tracking component is within one or more designated work locations;
• if the current location of the tracking is within the one or more designated work locations, track the time spent by the tracking component within the one or more designated work locations;
• and
• send an electronic communication, the electronic communication indicative of the time spent by the tracking component within the one or more designated work locations;
• and
• an evaluation module, wherein the evaluation module includes:
• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory programmed with executable instructions, the instructions including:
• receive the electronic communication from the tracking component;
• and
• identify an employee to which the tracking component has been assigned;
• attribute the time spent by the tracking component within the one or more designated work locations to the employee;
• determine if the time attributed to the employee within the one or more designated work locations exceeds a predetermined threshold for the employee;
• and
• send an alert to a supervisor if the predetermined threshold is exceeded.

A method of automatically tracking employee hours where the employee is engaged in providing healthcare services to a patient, the method comprising:

• assigning each employee an electronic tracking component, wherein each electronic tracking component, by use of a processor:
• determines the current location of the tracking component;
• determines if the current location of the tracking component is within one or more designated work locations;
• if the current location of the tracking component is within the one or more designated work locations:
• logs in the tracking component for tracking;
• and
• tracks the time spent by the tracking component within the one or more designated work locations;
• if the current location of the tracking component is not within the one or more designated work locations:
• logs out the tracking component for tracking;
• and
• sends an electronic communication to an evaluation module, the electronic communication indicative of the time spent by the tracking component within the one or more designated work locations;
• and
• the evaluation module, by a processor:
• receives the electronic communication from the tracking component;
• and
• identifies an employee to which the tracking component has been assigned, wherein at least a portion of the employee's duties include providing healthcare services to a patient;
• attributes the time spent by the tracking component within the one or more designated work locations to the employee;
• links the time spent within the one or more designated work locations to a medical record of the patient;
• determines if the time attributed to the employee within the one or more designated work locations exceeds a predetermined threshold for the employee;
• and
• alerts a supervisor if the predetermined threshold is exceeded.