Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 10

209 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10 some sort of disturbance. The goal is not to make it worse by going in and using force. That’s historically how law enforcement handled mentally ill people. “But these days, law enforcement is getting more sophisticated, in part because of the training they receive about how to deal with this by de-escalation. We assist with that, as well, but the training is a way that we advocate for it. I have given many lectures in my career to law enforcement and health care professionals on how mental illness affects behavior, and how to look objectively and rationally at how to approach these people in a helpful way.” BVM: What would you like Orbit Health to achieve in the next three to five years? Kaftarian: “We want to achieve a nationwide rollout of our app that will directly assist police officers in terms of helping mentally ill people on the street. That’s definitely something we’re excited about. We also want to integrate services between the community mental health centers that we serve, as well as the jails and prisons. So if an inmate is released, we want to follow them through their probation or parole and in their outpatient treatment. Then if they need to go back to jail for whatever reason, or to the hospital, the care would follow them. At Orbit Health, we are striving for a complete integration of care.” ORB I T HEALTH