What was the primary innovation focus of the mid-2000s remote pager/cell phone alerts?

Reach

The iteration of pill organizers around 2004 that could send alerts to pagers or cell phones was primarily focused on achieving 'reach.' This meant ensuring the reminder alert could successfully travel away from the physical location of the medication container and reach the patient wherever they were, overcoming the limitation of earlier, purely local alarms. While this was a crucial step toward remote notification in medication management, the technology at that stage was not centered on complex data logging or verification of whether the dosage was actually taken; its singular innovation goal was making sure the alert signal got through to the user.