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ADIME

Documentation format mirroring the four steps of the Nutrition Care Process.

Also: Assessment Diagnosis Intervention Monitoring Evaluation

ADIME structures the nutrition note around Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, and Monitoring/Evaluation. It is the dietetics-specific alternative to the medical SOAP note and is widely used in electronic health records to support consistent documentation, billing, and outcomes research. Each section maps to a step of the NCP.

How one textbook covers it

  • Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 16th ed.Chapter 9

    ADIME structures the nutrition note around Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, and Monitoring/Evaluation. It is the dietetics-specific alternative to the medical SOAP note and is widely used in electronic health records to support consistent documentation, billing, and outcomes research. Each section maps to a step of the NCP.

Related terms

Nutrition Care Process, PES Statement, SOAP Note