According to a survey announced today by Accenture and Harris Interactive, nearly 58 percent of physicians in medical practice plan to introduce Electronic Medical Records in coming two years. Around 1,000 US physicians have been surveyed.

The survey showed that around 15 percent of physicians were carrying out EMR system. And 75 percent of physicians were not using EMRs technology.

Federal legislation has decided to bring in incentives for physicians who execute EMRs and physicians will be charged for not adopting the same by 2015.

The Federal Government introduced 556-page of rules and regulation regarding implementation of electronic health records.

Around $36 billion will be paid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as incentives. Every physician in medical practices would receive $44,000 for implementing EMRs.

"If U. S. health care providers properly implement and use EMRs more broadly, there is no doubt that EMRs can make an important contribution to improving quality of care and controlling costs", said Dr. Kip Webb, who leads Accenture's clinical transformation practice.