The best recent posts you may have missed

Every other month or so, I post a list of my top 5 favorite posts since the preceding "best of" list on this blog, for those of you who have only recently started reading Common Sense Family Doctor or don't read it regularly. Here are my favorites from the past few months:

1) How much does it cost to have an appendectomy? (4/24/12)

2) Electronic health records: medical progress, not panacea (5/16/12)

3) My take on state health insurance exchanges (3-part series) (4/16/12)

4) Counterintuitive findings on quality incentives and patient satisfaction (4/20/12)

5) Don't confuse cardiovascular imaging with preventive medicine (3/27/12)

If you have a personal favorite that isn't on this list, please let me know. TGIF and thanks for reading!