The authors of the article analyzed the publications devoted to the prospects of medical care to diabetic patients abroad. The main attention is paid to gross observational pharmacoeconomical studies as the most effective tool for planning and organization of specialized medical care for patients with diabetes. There is a tendency to increase the role of outpatient care for sufferers, as well as to introduce the elements of standardization, modern information and communication technologies into clinical practice. The challenges of implementation of medical information systems (MIS) to manage the quality of medical care in clinical practice are also pointed out. Proper evaluation of quality parameters is impossible without a complex process of collecting primary medical data with the use of modern computer technology. To ensure the reliability and relevance of information, it is desirable that it is collected and entered into the database by the attending physician directly at the outpatient reception hours. AWPE DM (automated workplace of an endocrinologist for outpatient admission of patients with diabetes mellitus) is a computer program designed to collect medical data of outpatients without additional working time expenditures, followed by a printout of the formalized protocol. Its application in everyday practice allows to solve the local problem of formalization and informational support of primary care to diabetic patients, to systematize the processes of collecting primary medical information. In the future, data provided by AWPE DM can be exported to the Federal Register of Diabetes Mellitus (FRDM) in order to update its database.