METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

A conversational and embodied Virtual Assistant (VA) with Decision Support (DS) capabilities that can simulate and improve upon information gathering sessions between clinicians, researchers, and patients. The system incorporates a conversational and embodied VA and a DS and deploys natural interaction enabled by natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, and an animation framework capable of rendering character animation performances through generated verbal and nonverbal behaviors, all supplemented by on-screen prompts.