Sharing in nutritional support information technology : The media for Knowledge Teruyoshi Amagai M.D., PhD. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, Mito 311-4145, Japan Japanese government has announced that they would establish e-government for advanced administration of national issues. As one of its clinical application, Telemedicine (TM) using information Technology (IT), such as IT visits to remote-home care settings. It includes evaluation of clinical appearances of patients' facial expressions, physical movements, pressure ulcers, and so on. Although it still remained experimental phase, government expects that IT and TM will make contribution to clinical advancement and QOL improvement of patients. IT is also expected to share clinical knowledge, including nutrition. Not only evidence-based medicine (EBM), but complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are key area in patient-centered medicine, evidence must be spread through IT. IT nutrition is introduced in this dialogue. From "The 10th Congress of PENSA" Dusit Resort Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand, October 27--29, 2004 Page : 51